Aug 31, 2007 Movies Once by John Carney (Review) A very fetching little musical romance that eschews the usual tropes associated with both musicals and romances.
Aug 31, 2007 Movies Scenes I Go Back To: Chinese Super Ninjas It just doesn’t get any more freaking awesome than Chinese Super Ninjas.
Aug 30, 2007 Movies Scenes I Go Back To: Fist of Legend This brilliant action sequence whets your appetite while barely preparing you for the martial arts mayhem to come.
Aug 29, 2007 Music Lost Days, Open Skies and Streaming Tides by Manual (Review) Hopefully, this collection of odds and sods from Manual’s archives presages a sea change in Jonas Munk’s career.
Aug 29, 2007 Movies Scenes I Go Back To: The Matrix A beautiful, aesthetic scene to watch as well as one full of signature kick-ass moments.
Aug 28, 2007 Movies Scenes I Go Back To: OldBoy It undercuts viewers’ expectations and forces us to rethink our assumptions and expectations, to question why we got so excited in the first place.
Aug 27, 2007 Scenes I Go Back To: The Sacrifice The Sacrifice has often been labelled Tarkovsky’s “last will and testament.”
Aug 27, 2007 Movies If I Were Going to TIFF 2007… Every TIFF lineup I’ve seen to date has been great, but this year’s lineup seems especially so.
Aug 26, 2007 Movies Scenes I Go Back To: Naked In one brief, spiteful speech, the film’s “hero” sums up all that is wrong with modern society.
Aug 25, 2007 Movies Scenes I Go Back To: Go This was the movie that first got me thinking about “scenes I go back to.”
Aug 24, 2007 Movies Scenes I Go Back To: Police Story Jackie Chan wants you to know that only he, and no mere mortal, can pull something like that off.
Aug 23, 2007 Movies Scenes I Go Back To: Raising Arizona A mix of manic comedy, inventive camerawork, absurdism, and a surprisingly touching bit of family drama.
Aug 23, 2007 Music Next Door Conversation by Jerry Johansson (Review) The album’s mix of musical traditions from around the world is both improvisational and intimate.
Aug 22, 2007 Movies Scenes I Go Back To: Terminator 2: Judgment Day To this day, the movie’s effects remain some of my favorites.
Aug 21, 2007 Video Games Wired Looks at Halo 3 Halo is a phenomena of epic proportions that moves beyond mere video games.
Aug 21, 2007 Movies Scenes I Go Back To: The Return of the King It may be the height of fantasy, but there’s still great, undeniable Truth contained within these minutes.