Let the bunting begin. And, NO, this is not an invitation for HenryJames to devolve this thread into a debate on the merits of Augie Ball sacrifice statistics.
The entertainment industry has released its nominees for its most prized… prizes. The 82nd Academy Awards will be given away on March 7th, and with a month to prepare, office pools and wagers
Dick Simcoe passed away on June 11th. I came to know Dick and his wife Surin through their restaurant Little Thailand, the first Thai restaurant in Central Texas. It is also the best. Eating there is like going to someone’s home and having their mother cook for you while their dad serve you drinks and imparts his wisdom. I don’t hesitate to say that it’s my favorite restaurant in Austin.
You should want to go to
Mas cinema. This from SydneyCarton. - S.R.
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Due to the continued dearth of off-season topical conversation, Sailor Ripley has entreated a few guest lecturers to contribute to The Barking Carnival. Fortunately for him, my unchecked hubris, proclivity towards wild exaggeration and generality, and immediate recognition that HenryJames is an unrepentant fairy should allow me to fit in perfectly well within the swelling ranks of Barking Carnival.
Today, probably to the complete and general
As we continue our quest to turn this sports blog into Ain't It Cool News, I give you another Guest Film Crit lecturer - our pal, Scagnetti.
- S.R.
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There seems to be no middle ground on here, albeit a ground that’s well-tread with expansive, intelligent discourse. Appears we either ham up the art or pick the popcorn outta our teeth.
This stops NOW!
Sailor asked me to write something for you bloodhounds, and I look forward
Chris Applewhite will likely be along shortly to add his excellent 'Review for Nerds' but I thought I'd post some quick thoughts in the interim.
A buddy and I have a tradition of seeing most of these sci-fi/comic book/adventure films at their opening midnight showing as the people watching often surpasses the quality of the film itself. To date we've seen dorks of all ages dressed as Yoda, Dr. Manhattan and I think even
As a big fan of non-fiction writing across all genres, from
John McPhee's takes on feats of civil engineering to
Paul Theroux's travelogues, a good biography on a notable historical figure is hard to beat. A recent article in the
New Yorker reviewed new biographies of four titans of 20th century media, starting with treatments on William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer's rival tabloid dailies in New York, then examining how Barney
Remember literature classes where some crazy allegory was pointed out in an otherwise interesting book (i.e. “The Nautilus represents Verne’s expressions of inadequacy as a man.”), and you thought, “Man, they are really making too much out of this.”? I’m about to do that with “Solaris”, the 1972 Russian film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky and based on the novel by Stanislaw Lem.
Please bear with me- there is a point to this exercise.
Here’s