Month: July 2007

Evening (review)

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Bittersweet and deeply, achingly romantic, this perfect, perfect film — based on Susan Minot’s novel — enfolds regrets and memories and love and hope in the snug embrace of a story of how one moment can send us careening down a path we never expected.

‘Eureka’ returns and reels me in

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[spoilers!] I’m not sure why I never really watched Eureka last summer, particularly after everyone started raving about it. I still haven’t quite caught up, even with the first season now on DVD, and with the Sci Fi Channel’s multiple marathon catchups. But I figured I might as well dive right in with the new … more…

‘Captivity’ promises to be a feminist dream

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There’s a party at the Privilege nightclub on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood tonight. It’s to celebrate the release, this coming Friday, of the new film Captivity. There’s gonna be cage fighting, Suicide Girls, and a warren of live torture rooms. I was invited, but of course I’m on the East Coast and no one offered … more…

Daniel Radcliffe, all grown up and money to burn…

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In my review of the last Harry Potter film, The Goblet of Fire, I snarkily contemplated Daniel Radcliffe’s future as a former child star. And the moment is upon him: when he turns 18 on July 23, he’ll come into his Harry Potter fortune: $40 million currently held in a trust fun for him. And … more…

Geek Philosophy perkin’ up

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I try not to let Geek Philosophy, my blog about Generation X and all things geeky, go fallow, but there are only so many hours in the day. I hate seeing weeks go by with no new posts there, but it happens. But I’ve been particularly prolific, and particularly inspired, today, and I’ve posted some … more…