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On the evening of March 20, 2003 I was ...

On TV anyway ...

First: everything you've heard about The Master is true; and, in best Paul Thomas Anderson fashion, not true. My review.

When it's this hot, here's what you want to be drinking.

GIN RICKEY

2 oz. gin
juice of half a lime
1 tablespoon raspberry syrup
Pellegrino, or other sparkling mineral water

Combine in a Collins glass with plenty of crushed ice, then swizzle till frosty.

Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

1. "If you read as much as you`re supposed to, you`d know that the library closes at 9."
2. Profile. Monologue. He turns his head to the camera and asks a question--to Charlie, to us.
3. He snaps off the stem of the flower, puts the flower in his buttonhole.

Just watched DAREDEVIL. God, did it ever suck. The most corporate, soulless movie I've seen in a long time.

A Separation [2011]

1. "The court doesn't care about those things."
2. She phones for advice. Is it sacrilegious to clean the old man?
3. Rather than hit his wife, he slaps himself violently again and again.

Away From Her [2006]

1. She places the pot in the freezer. She realizes she's done something odd, but she doesn't realize why it's odd.
2. "I think people are too demanding. People want to be in love every single day. What a liability."
3. They dance together by the Christmas tree. "Harvest Moon" by Neil Young on the soundtrack.

When Worlds Collide [1951]

1. At a fancy supper club, he lights his cigarette by setting some money on fire. He looks over at a startled matron and says, "I've always wanted to do that!"
2. For a moment he thinks that Drake has left him to die. He calmly looks off in the distance at the helicopter. Slowly the helicopter circles back around to pick ( Read more... )