Last night I went to see a screening of Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) here in town. It was accompanied by some extremely earnest commentary, provided by various Cold War scholar-types and historiographer-types. (Just hearing the worlds “Woodrow Wilson Center” made me feel sad and wistful for the Career That Never Was.) [...]
Posts Tagged ‘movies’
It’s Not A Documentary
Posted in Posts, tagged movies on April 29, 2010 | Comments Off
The More The Merrier*
Posted in Posts, tagged events, metblogs, movies on April 7, 2010 | Comments Off
*cross-posted from dc.metblogs.com Hey, all you classic film buffs out there! Hey, all you folks who enjoy seeing films set in our very own city! Tomorrow’s TCM “Road to Hollywood” event is made just for you. As companion events to its Classic Film Festival that’s taking place in Hollywood, Turner Classic Movies has organized several [...]
Three-Day Weekend Tidbits
Posted in Posts, tagged holiday, movies on January 15, 2010 | Comments Off
Whoo! Three-day weekend! Enjoy your Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Holiday, and try to do something good in memoriam. There are lots of events in my town; I’m sure there are some in yours. I know my employer is having lots of stuff on, which is pretty cool. Speaking of things my employer is putting [...]
Best and Worst
Posted in Posts, tagged movies on January 11, 2010 | Comments Off
I came across this amusing blog post today, highlighting a debate among dorky lefty bloggers over which was the best/worst comic-book adaptation film of the aughts. Personally, I liked X2, Batman Begins, A History of Violence, Hellboy. Elektra was sort of awesomely bad. Daredevil would have been awesomely bad too, if someone other than Ben [...]
What’s your neighbor renting?
Posted in Posts, tagged movies, random on January 11, 2010 | Comments Off
*cross-posted from dc.metblogs.com Have you ever wondered what those noises coming from under the door of your neighbor down the hall really were? Was he watching a Rob Zombie film, or trying to create a real zombie? Well, the New York Times has created this awesome and engrossing interactive map of Netflix’ most rented films [...]
Bumbles Bounce
Posted in Posts, tagged meetings, movies on December 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Whew! Today was a day of meetings, meetings, meetings. I noticed that about half of the folks at the first meeting brought their smartphones and answered calls, wrote emails, etc. I did not bring mine; it stayed in my purse at my desk, where it belongs. Instead I just brought a notepad and a pen. [...]
It’s A “Jump to Concusions” Mat
Posted in Posts, tagged celebs, memory lane, movies, tidbits on October 19, 2009 | Comments Off
It was an exciting weekend, folks. OK, not really. The wet weather kept me inside and I skipped the football games; I’m a bad sister! Bad! Sigh. But after the last cold and drizzly game I was ill for a couple of days, and I didn’t want to have the same or worse happen again [...]
Shoot the whole day down
Posted in Posts, tagged movies, tidbits on September 21, 2009 | Comments Off
Mondays, case of. Well, not really, especially considering how little sleep I was able to get lastnight. It was toss, turn, toss, turn! Ugh. But, I’m here and drinking my coffee so things could be worse. The weekend was nice! The weather was great, and I took advantage by riding my bike up to Pentagon [...]
Quantum of perspective
Posted in Posts, tagged movies, whippersnappers on November 19, 2008 | Comments Off
I liked the recent Casino Royale well enough. (I thought I was being beaten over the head with the love story.) But I thoroughly enjoyed QoS when I saw it this weekend. I do have an affinity for Bond movies (they provided the structure for my favorite college paper ever, which I still think is [...]
I am so totally going to this. These are the things which make me so glad to be in DC. Fantastic exhibit, about a fascinating woman, and it’s totally FREE! My tax dollars at work!
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