James Cameron is a genius. There, I said it. It's out there, and I'm never taking it back. He can spend as much money as he wants on a movie as long as something as amazing as Avatar is the result. This will not be a review. There will not be spoilers. I just need to express my amazement at the near-perfection of this movie. Sure, it was quite ( Read more... )

And then Merlin had to go and ruin my perfect day of satisfying television.

Yesssss! That episode of Dollhouse in the attic was the best yet! And that ending...wow!

EDIT: AND now Sanctuary! Why is it all so good?!

Hailing from Baltimore, Maryland and currently based in New York City, Animal Collective is often classified as psych folk or noise rock, it is hard to define the Animal Collective sound as they often experiment with new styles and ideas. "Unlike so many indie-rock crossover artists before them, Animal Collective did not breach the mainstream by ( Read more... )

This is a pretty awesome short film, apparently made for only $300. See if you can spot the homage to Battleship Potemkin.

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Loretta Lynn is an American country music singer-songwriter; she was one of the leading country vocalists and songwriters during the 1960s and is revered as a country music legend. With an impoverished upbringing, a troubled yet devoted marriage, chronic illness and exhaustion due to her hectic pace, and several tragedies through the years, Lynn's ( Read more... )

So the Golden Globe and SAG Award nominations both came out this week and I'm not going to go too deep into analysis at all. I must say, though, that I am extremely excited to see Sandra Bullock in both for The Blind Side. I thought she was absolutely fantastic in that and I sometimes find myself using her little catchphrase of "well, alright then ( Read more... )

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Definitely a day to pick a song from Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós as the song of the day. And so I'm certainly going to pick one from my favorite album, ( ), but which one? I'm actually going to stray from what usually would have been my favorite track and choose "Untitled 3" as today's choice. It is one of the two songs from ( ) that is ( Read more... )

Today I spent most of the morning listening and downloading Sigur Ros songs, including some of the first album, Von, and the B-sides. Around noon I headed out for some Christmas shopping and got my dad a nice sweater from Zara. I also managed to NOT anything for myself, so big accomplishment there.

Next I went to see Up in the Air which was ( Read more... )