Before opening the Sunday News today, I was considering the pluses of moving to (or at least within the vicinity of) a major city. My first job offer last year was with the DPW in one of Philadelphia's 17 offices; desperate as they were (and requiring a mandatory 2-year assignment before allowing a transfer out), they immediately offered me a job, ( Read more... )

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A quick plug for a local theater (an independent one-screener) where I attended a midnight showing of Army of Darkness last night ( Read more... )

100 Of My Favorite Horror FilmsIn no particular order ( Read more... )

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Same approach as last year--en lieu of masturbatory comments on this year's best and worst, I will field comments (if any) debating (or praising) my reasoning. I will say that this year's crop of films made those of 2006 look like a eunuch colony, with almost every great director (or, in the case of the Coen brothers, directorial team) currently ( Read more... )

Sweeney Todd, in a word:

Fuckinincredible!

And I normally don't like musicals (though the South Park movie is an exception).

And:

Happy holidays and all that shit, my little LJers!

With any luck, I'll be spending all of tomorrow watching A Christmas Story over and over again...

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1) Where did you begin 2007 ( Read more... )

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Thursday, November 29 (tomorrow night) at York College (DeMeester Theater), starting at 9:30.

Show up, raise hell, you won't regret it.

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