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Deadwood
David Milch’s 36-episode chronicle of a lawless mining camp in 1870s Dakota Territory is the best television show you’ve never seen. Broadcast by HBO from 2004 to 2006, Deadwood works on a level that network TV never even aspires towards, merging sterling writing, impeccable production values and a powerhouse acting ensemble to create a brutal, ( Read more... ) -
On this bitterly cold morning...
The WGA Negotiating Committee punked out and caved this weekend, shaking hands with the studios on a shitty deal instead of showing they meant business by forcing the cancellation of the Oscars and the ad upfronts. Unless the membership, most of whom are understandably desperate to go back to work, votes the deal down, the strike will be over this ( Read more... ) -
Media of the Moment
Movies:
Eastern Promises, Hellboy (Director's Cut), Stop Making Sense, There Will Be Blood, Zodiac
Prose:
Blood Meridian, or The Evening Redness In The West, Cormac McCarthy
Brasyl, Ian McDonald
Come In Alone, Warren Ellis
Writers On Comics Scriptwriting, Mark Salisbury
Comics:
Black Hole, Charles Burns
Finder: Sin-Eater, Volume I, Carla Speed ( Read more... ) -
Oscar Nom Day!
Good morning children! Today is one of my favorite days of the year -- Oscar Nomination Day! The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for the 80th Academy Awards this morning in Los Angeles, and I must say I am more pleased with their selections than usual. I will discuss my personal quibbles below, but on the whole ( Read more... ) -
Fuck you.
NBC Entertainment co-chief Ben Silverman on the WGA strike forcing the cancellation of the Golden Globes:
"Sadly, it feels like the nerdiest, ugliest, meanest kids in the high school are trying to cancel the prom. But NBC wants to try to keep that prom alive."
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2007 In Review, Pt. 3 - Film
2007 was a great movie year in general and for me personally. Tons of awesome material was released, and I far exceeded my record for theatrical viewings. I saw 37 different movies in a theater this year, of which 34 were new releases; in chronological order, they were: Dreamgirls, Pan's Labyrinth, Children Of Men, Zodiac, 300, Grindhouse, Hot ( Read more... ) -
2007 In Review, Pt. 2 - Books And Television
One of the best parts of no longer being in school is all of the time I have to myself. Outside of my day-job, writing articles and my weekly gaming night, I don't have any commitments - no papers to write, no rehearsals to run. I spend my weekends in Waltham, and my weeknights in Stoneham, and basically all I do is read, watch TV and go to the ( Read more... ) -
2007 In Review, Pt. 1 - Personal
2007 was a very good year for me. Not to say that everything that happened to me was itself good - in point of fact, some of the most unpleasant experiences of my life happened in 2007. Rather, the aggregate totality of the events of 2007 amounted to a great deal of positive change in my life. To wit ( Read more... ) -
Media Of The Moment - Christmas Edition
The holidays are one of my favorite times of year for many reasons, not least of which is that it's when I acquire much of the media that will sustain me in the months to come. This year was no different!
DVDs
On the film front, I received 2001 - A Space Odyssey (Two-Disc Special Edition), Alien (Two-Disc Collector's Edition), Close Encounters Of ( Read more... )
