watch it: “Green Porno: Bon Appetit: Squid”
Isabella Rossellini is so wonderfully weird: Watch all of Green Porno: Season 3 at the Sundance Channel (and previous seasons, too).
Month: September 2009
my week at the movies: nothing
I’m in England. I’m too busy sitting in pubs and flirting with bartenders with cute accents to go to the movies. Although… I might try to see either Creation or Dorian Gray, which are new in theaters here. You’ll hear about that if I do.
trailer break: ‘Zombieland’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Awesome. Worried about climate change and peak oil and your adjustable rate mortgage readjusting? Don’t. Is it Shaun of the Dead in America? A bit. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Zombieland opens in the U.S. on October 2, and in the U.K. on October 9.
classical movies are music to cinema’s ears
No, not classic movies: classical movies. September is Classical Music Month, the origin of which probably ties in to the whole “back to school, back to seriousness” idea. Which is sort of silly, actually: just because classical music is has stood the test of time doesn’t mean it has to be solemn. In fact, for … more…
question of the day: What’s your favorite cinematic adaptation of a Shakespeare play?
Another question in honor of my trip to the once hometown of the Bard and the current base of the Royal Shakespeare company: What’s your favorite cinematic adaptation of a Shakespeare play? Consider the question as broadly as you like, but keep it limited to movies adapted from the plays, not movies about Shakespeare himself … more…
the further adventures of Nigel (Sunday)
[previous] Nigel the Charity Pig wanted to drive this morning as Bonnie and I headed to Oxford: I hated to have to point out to him that he couldn’t reach both the wheel and the pedals at the same time, but it’s true. At Balliol College: Oxford makes Nigel feel all literary, and he insisted … more…
the further adventures of Nigel (Saturday)
[previous] Yesterday, Nigel the Charity Pig joined me and my pal Bonnie at the Stratford Festival of Food: What you see there are the remains of a rabbit, venison, and pheasant pie — no pigs were harmed in the making of it. (Nigel remained safely in my bag while we sampled all the many delicious … more…
the weirdest thing I’ve seen in Stratford (so far)
I dunno what this Elvis impersonator was doing there on the High Street, but he was kinda cute in a Bruce Campbell kind of way, and he came complete with his own white stretch American limo. I should have thought to get a picture of him with Nigel…
retro trailer: ‘The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex’
Take a look back at an old trailer… Man, people worked more in the 1930s. Michael Curtiz has five other titles credited to him as director for 1939 besides this one. A movie like this today would consume a filmmaker for years, and he tossed it off between golf games. I love how the trailer … more…
meet Nigel, our English hitchhiker
We picked up Nigel in a Welcome Break rest area off the M40 when we arrived in England on Wednesday. He was sitting there all forlorn at the register when I went to pay for my coffee, surrounded by a bunch of stuffed frogs, who are — as everyone knows — absolutely the worst conversationalists, … more…
