no go on ‘Gran Torino’

My day started off shitty, with all sorts of hobbling of the site just as I’m starting to build up traffic again. Fantastic. I get some new people in here, and the first thing they see is a messed-up site with half its content missing, or a site that looks okay but when they try … more…

more site strangeness

As you probably noticed, the site was acting bizarrely for much of the day — server errors when you tried to post a comment, then half the content disappearing… I only just collected emails that have been piling up for the last 24 hours, and a day’s worth of email related to a site like … more…

trailer break: ‘Gran Torino’

Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… I’m gonna see this movie today, so I figured I might as well get a gander at what I’m in store for. Looks like Dirty Harry’s gotten too mean and too old for the real world. His son wants to put him in a home; a … more…

my week at the movies: ‘Defiance,’ ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,’ ‘The Reader,’ ‘Revolutionary Road,’ ‘Gran Torino’

No official “press” screenings for me this week — it’s all FYC screenings. That is, “for your consideration.” These are specialty screenings that the studios hold for members of critics’ organizations, AMPAS (the “Academy” that awards the Oscars), and other industry guilds who will be voting on their year-end acclaims in the early weeks of … more…

trailer break: ‘Nobel Son’

Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… I saw Nobel Son at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2007. Great cast and some good twists… even if the trailer hints at them more than it should. Nobel Son opens limited in the U.S. on December 5; no U.K. release has been set yet.