On Saturday, my friend Ann, was baptized. She wanted to do it old school style in a lake. So, we jaunted off to the local water hole. It went off, more or less, without a hitch, but it was by far the oddest baptism I have ever attended.
Just as she was being dunked we noticed […]
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So, here is a picture of my long hair. Unfortunately this profile also shows off my receeding hairline, and double chin.
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We finally saw Revenge of the Sith on Tuesday. I have decided that I will not be writing any kind of review. I am well behind on my review writing, and there are only about 18 billion reviews of this movie elsewhere.
I will say that I rather liked it. I went in with rather low […]
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Like the supermarket rags in the title, this James Elroy novel is loaded with grandiose stories, half truths and more conspiracy theories than an Oliver Stone wet dream. It rewrites history in a manner akin to the Lone Gunmen in the X-Files and is a thoroughly enjoyable experience.
It is filled with wall to […]
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I came to this film expecting a light hearted romantic comedy. Watching the trailer did nothing to eliminate this idea. The actual film is hardly light hearted, and is really rather sad, and dramatic.
The set up is fairly antiquated, and somewhat sexist. Jack Lemmon plays CC Baxter, a quiet gentleman […]
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The Duke de Mondo is out with the royal conclave again this week. Deciding who will be the next Pope de Mondo takes plenty of time, apparently.
He promises to be back next week. Until then, here is this weeks Region 1 DVD releases.
The big movie release this week is Martin Scorcese’s the Aviator. Though he’ll […]
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Movies on May 24th, 2005
We have spent the lat two days finalizing our “last hurrah.” A few weeks ago we booked the packaged Ireland tour, the flights to and fro, and a place to sleep in Barcelona. It was there we stopped because we were unsure as to where we would like to spend a few days in France. […]
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Amy’s department at the university had a picnic yesterday evening. Well, first they had a game of football (that’s soccer to us Yanks) which Amy and I were conveniently very late to, causing us to have to sit out and not play. The picnic was a very casual affair with everyone bringing their favorite dishes […]
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A blogcritics friend usually does a bit on the weekly DVD releases. He’s out of commission for a couple of weeks, and asked me to help out. As stated yesterday, I’m now posting all blogcritic posts here as well. I hope this doesn’t annoy my faithful readers, but rather, brings some new folks into the […]
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Movies on May 18th, 2005
I’ve decided to post any news type items that I post on blogcritics here as well. The following is a little blurb I did on the Dark Star Orchestra.
Dark Star Orchestra will continue their spring tour after the sudden death of founding member, and keyboardist Scott Larned. After canceling numerous concerts to regroup, […]
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Music on May 17th, 2005