So, last February I decided that I didn't do enough writing about the movies I was watching and I didn't keep track of what I was watching so I made this blog on Blogspot to do that because I, for whatever reason, wanted it to be separate from here, since this was supposed to be the personal space in which I spit out the butt ends of my days and ( Read more... )

New Year's resolutions are, traditionally, for the fat and the naive. HOWEVER, every book one reads and every movie one sees contributes to the well of potentially sparkling party conversation. As such, I Ross Denton M--- Richard Allen O---, being of (mumblemumble) mind and body, do hereby resolve to finally read and watch the following:

BOOKS (in ( Read more... )

I came across a few decent lists of films today:

2009 FIREPRESCI Winners

Roger Ebert's 2009 best foreign films list

Andrew O'Hehir's 2009 list. His best of the decade list is all right as well but, aside from including that great (forgotten?) Jonestown documentary, it's not very surprising.

I like the Vanity Fair list because it was brave ( Read more... )

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Music Box
Bright Star, Siskel Center
Brothers, AMC
Crazy Heart, Landmark
Me and Orson Welles, Pipers Alley
Nine, Landmark or Davis
Up in the Air, AMC or Davis

And maybe but not likely:
Angel of Mine (aka, Mark of an Angel), Facets Cinematheque
Invictus

Also, since Jesse be standing my ass up today, I ( Read more... )

I recently made that list of the movies I thought of as the best of the decade, as you may have noticed.
The list ended up being around 150 movies.

These are the ones available for instant viewing on Netflix, fyi.

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My roommate was telling me I was mistaken to have put Saddest Music in the World on my list instead of Brand Upon the Brain. He might be right but it's really a sentimental decision ( Read more... )

I'm so tired and spaced out at work tonight. It's quiet. I don't think the phone has rung in hours. It's hard to tell though since I might be on autopilot. I brought two books with me but I can never seem to concentrate on books here.

Zac rented a bunch of dumb movies the other day. The ones I watched with him were District 9 and The Hangover ( Read more... )

There Will Be Blood ( Read more... )

( a work in progress )

The post I was in the process of making when I stumbled upon the unsettling news about Brittany Murphy was about how I rented Duplicity because it was #8 on The Onion's list of the top movies of 2009. I figured if they liked it and if Julia Roberts is nominated for a Golden Globe for it and if it's by the guy who wrote and directed Michael Clayton ( Read more... )