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I tried to see that Stellet Licht movie at Cinematheque tonight, but I was about a dozen people away from purchasing a ticket when the place sold out. You could so tell that everyone in that line had a relationship with the language of Low German. Most people probably in the “I can understand more [...]
I’m home.
The sleep schedule’s all messed up but luckily I don’t have to go to work till tomorrow. And even then it’s not like I have to wake up at a normal time. I need four (maybe six, to get me home and back) hours of functionality in the evening. Piece of cake.
Customs went fine [...]
Is there something more satisfying than watching an old man cut off his own arm so he can reach that extra inch further into a dragon and rip out its heart with his bare hands? I think not.
Well, actually doing it might be a bit more satisfying. I guess. More bloody though.
Alison bought the DVD of Death Proof so I watched it this afternoon. This extended version fills in a bit more so it makes more sense as a movie, but still. I mean, it’s cool and all, but the complete lack of story bugged me a lot more this second time. I still like [...]
In all the hubbub and rain of yesterday I forgot it was Free Comic Book Day. No free comics for me. But I got some good information about printing from Sarah, who had experience in such matters in producing her zine, 1234V. I will be using that information in production of my [...]
I’m back from the lake weekend. No one died/had shards of wood/old style hypodermic needles jammed into their eyes, so let’s call it a win. I got to watch some baseball this afternoon and then saw Grindhouse tonight. Wow. The Thanksgiving movie trailer in the middle has a special surprise at [...]
Last night/early this morning Sean and I saw 300. Here’s the point of the movie: Spartans were the manliest men ever. You’ve seen the best lines in the trailer, but the fight scenes, which is what the movie is primarily composed of are things of beauty. The dialogue, not so much. [...]
Who knew that Pushkin wrote poems about holding a midget in a bag and forcing it to roar like a lion to scare off the herd of oxen that had been sent to gore you? Did you? But it happens in Ruslan and Ludmila. The midget in question has an extremely long [...]
“We are rapidly approaching the moon! To the baths!”
There’s a bit of interpretation there. The translation of the title card only said “To the baths!” But I wanted you know what was going on.
You see, Russian people really like to bathe. Especially when the virile man in the prime [...]
The Departed, one of my favourite movies of 2006, has been banned in China! From the CBC:
Reports from China say the movie was blocked because of a plot line in which Boston gangsters are shown trying to sell military computer hardware to Chinese villains.
I find it funny that the story refers to the movie’s [...]
