I, for some unknown reason, now have tumblr.  I'm not sure what I'm going to use it for yet...probably interesting links, photos and video. My handle is 13-pines and you can find me here. If you're a tumblr user, feel free to follow me, and let me know it's you so I can follow you back!

(FYI, I'll still be posting here just as often as I normally do ( Read more... )

I saw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I last Friday, but with the holidays, etc. I didn't have time to sit down and write a decent entry about it until now.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I (2010)
Directed by: David Yates
Screenplay by: Steve Kloves (based on the novel by J.K. Rowling)
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, ( Read more... )

Happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow Americans, and to the rest of you: I hope you've had a wonderful Thursday! I finally forced myself out of my earlier Tryptophan coma in order to tell all you LJ folks how thankful I am for both your friendship and your entertaining (and oftentimes enlightening) posts. Happy holidays, and for those of you headed ( Read more... )

Watch this trailer and guess the ONLY reason I'm going to see the movie (a correct guess wins you an as-yet-to-be-determined prize):

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"From the Director of Twilight" *shudders*

But Catherine Hardwicke isn't actually a bad director (Thirteen and Lords of Dogtown, anyone?); she just had Stephenie Meyer's horrible material to work with, not to mention ( Read more... )

Prince William is officially engaged to Kate Middleton.

Well, there goes that marriage prospect! And here I was, expecting him to call me up any day. ;-)

Congrats to the lovely couple!

Unrelated, but equally awesome: The Beatles are now on iTunes!

TV Squad counts down the 10 greatest (or TV Squad's opinion of the 10 greatest) West Wing episodes here:

Best West Wing Episodes of All Time

Thoughts? Opinions? You already know what I think -- They left out "Noel," therefore this list is invalid. (However, I will admit that I completely agree with the top three.)

Read this article, take a look at the corresponding photo, and tell me that man doesn't look perfect for the role. Go ahead, I dare you. Ohmygodiamsoexcited!

Le Carre update: I finished the Karla trilogy in September, bought A Murder of Quality at the airport bookstore two weeks ago, and am hoping to read The Spy Who Came In From The Cold over the ( Read more... )

Entertainment Weekly has gathered together 12 television and movie casts, including the cast of The West Wing, for a Reunion issue.  The folks over at EW.com have posted some great footage and interviews from the reunion photo shoots.  Make sure to check out the West Wing reunion video here. (Be sure to watch to the end for Bradley Whitford and ( Read more... )

I haven't abandoned you, LJ, I swear! Life has just been hectic, and I haven't had much to say.

Last weekend's New York Comic Con featured a panel on Cate Blanchett's upcoming film, Hanna.  Starring Blanchett, Eric Bana, and Saoirse Ronan, Hanna tells the story of a teenage girl who has been trained by her father to be an assassin (Think Leon: The ( Read more... )

Up In The Air (2009)
Screenplay by: Jason Reitman & Sheldon Turner (based on a novel by Walter Kim)
Directed by: Jason Reitman
Starring: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, Melanie Lynskey, Danny McBride, Amy Morton, Zach Galifianakis, JK Simmons, Sam Elliott

Synopsis: Ryan Bingham (Clooney) spends most of his life on an ( Read more... )