10:59 am  •  15 April 2010

While my love of cult films, pop culture, and pure cheez borders on obsession, I also have a soft spot for films and art that get you pondering world history and social issues. William Kentridge’s work achieves just that. On one hand, it’s stunning: Earthy, gestural charcoal and ink drawings, often on large sheets of paper. You almost picture his hands drawing right in front of you. But it’s more than just a bunch of impressively detailed sketches. When you look closer, past the long charcoal strokes and torn paper puppets, you see that he’s tackling some important stuff here.

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12:39 pm  •  14 April 2010

“City girls just seem to find out early/How to open doors with just a smile/A rich old man/And she won’t have to worry/She’ll dress up all in lace and go in style…

Late at night a big old house gets lonely/I guess every form of refuge has its price/And it breaks her heart to think her love is only/ Given to a man with hands as cold as ice”

—Lying Eyes by The Eagles

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2:07 pm  •  9 April 2010

I’m not a huge Nicolas Cage fan, BUT I do love this picture.

11:41 am  •  5 April 2010

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3:11 pm  •  1 April 2010

Even super babe Margaux Hemingway and her lovely caterpillar like eyebrows couldn’t save this rape/revenge stinker. It’s pretty bad, even by rape and revenge movie standards, so I’d advise you to only watch the first and last fifteen minutes of this film. That’s it! The rest is just a big ole snooze and all kinds of ridiculous; But let’s get back to Margaux, the one and only reason I that I suffered through this. Sorry Mariel!

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1:41 pm  •  1 April 2010

Some relationships fall victim to a lack of chemistry, absence of common interests, a long distance, cat people vs. dog people or any number of reasons two crazy kids can’t make it work. Then there are those that are just bad timing. Some realize this soon into the relationship, while others continue on a path of destruction of which neither party can make it out unscathed or bruised. Its no surprise that these are based on lust since you already know this person is not right for you, so you figure you might as well get laid. Nicoloas Roeg’s Bad Timing shows the life cycle of a destructive sexual relationship, from the first glance at a party to the last dramatic suicide attempt, and everything in between.

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10:44 am  •  30 March 2010

“RAWFARE. Recommended for only the most mature.”

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10:57 pm  •  19 March 2010

I have only seen a few westerns in my time (Wait, is City Slickers even considered a western?) because I’ve always been a bit put off by them. I’m not sure exactly why. Then I stumbled upon these three perfect posters and I knew that I had to see The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. As the title implies this film concerns three men: a good(ish) guy named Blondie (Clint Eastwood), a very bad man named Angel Eyes (Lee Van Cleef), and an ugly fellow named Tuco (played by Eli Wallach). The men become intertwined when they discover there is $200,000 in stolen Confederate gold buried in a cemetery up for grabs.

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11:02 am  •  15 March 2010