Category: Movies
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Comicon 2010: News of World War Z
Let me put something out there at first, I loathe most recent cultural narratives about zombies and pity my hipster peers who cite The Zombie Survival Guide as a favorite book. Much of the cultural prestige of a zombie invasion is predicated on adolescent male fantasy and objectivist survivalism. Having said that, World War Z […]
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My Oscar Win Wishlist 2010
Below is a list of movies I want to see win Academy Awards this year in each category. I’ve seen only a few of these movies this year. Some picks are random and out of intuition for movies I haven’t seen. I’ll put an asterisk on those picks. Best Picture District 9 The Hurt Locker […]
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This week In Dallas Music History: A weekly article series on Dallas Observer Stories
My latest post for the Observer is up: This week In Dallas Music History: Walker, Texas Ranger Finds A Killer On Baboon’s Tail, Kinda. My first cut included a paragraph on how I assumed this episode was a Walker version of a reliable police show trope, the Quincy Punk. In this trope, our noble protagonist immerses […]
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Best of the decade in list
Music Jesu — Silver Jesu — Conquerer http://www.lala.com/external/flash/SingleSongWidget.swf Old Year – Jesu Deltron 3030 Textures — Polars VNV Nation — Judgement http://www.lala.com/external/flash/SingleSongWidget.swf The Farthest Star – VNV Nation Lustmord — The Place Where The Black Stars Hang http://www.lala.com/external/flash/SingleSongWidget.swf Aldebaran Of The Hyades – Lust… Isis — Panopticon http://www.lala.com/external/flash/PlaylistWidget.swf Panopticon – Isis Isis — In The […]
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Avatar review
I got back from watching Avatar. The film was was really engaging and fulfilling. This is another time in my recent memory that I left the theater without regrets. The plot is straightforward: Caucasian man encounters natives connected to the ecosystem, becomes one of them, fulfills their prophecy and fights against the ruthless hegemon he […]
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Best of 2009 In List
A lot of good stuff is being released in December, so the list will change between now and the new year. Albums The Prodigy — Invaders Must Die Isis — Wavering Radiant Brother Ali — Us The Empire Shall Fall — Awaken http://www.lala.com/external/flash/PlaylistWidget.swf Awaken – The Empire Shall Fall Massive Attack — Splitting the Atom […]
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On TV Science Fiction
Charles Stross just kicked up an e-fuss about scifi televison. I agree that most tech in sci-fi is just geek window dressing for the drama and action. Some cases you could replace the space with sea, planets with islands, transcendent technology with magic, and you would have an Odyssey or Sinbad knockoff. http://www.spike.com/efp CineMassacre: Top […]
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District 9 review
I just came back from watching District 9, a Sath Efriken sci-fi film about alien refugees stuck in Johannesburg. This film has elements of nearly every sci-fi film of decades past from Terminator to Road Warrior to the Fly. Allegories can be gleaned of every little social issue from immigration to internment to abortion to […]
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We’ve been sacked!!!
Methinks that with all the news about pirates in the sea and bankers taking our money, we need Crimson Permanent Assurance scenario more than ever.
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Watchmen review: Who Watched?
Just got back from Watchmen. Have a few thoughts Laurie was too underdeveloped as a character, It might be either the actress or stuff that was cut. Perhaps it was both. The soundtrack selections sounded out of place for what was going on. No alien squid? wtf!! Lot more gore than the comic and more […]