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November 2019 Viewing Diary

The Best of Everything (1959; d. Jean Negulesco) I love this movie so much. I read the book this year (for the first time). I highly recommend both. This is the wellspring from which Mad Men sprung. The Devil Next … Continue reading

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Year in Review: Running my mouth in 2015

For Rogerebert.com: R.I.P. Edward Herrmann. “The moment lasts two seconds and consists of only two words: “Welcome home.” Two seconds and two words is all an actor like Edward Herrmann needs to get the job done.” On Seth Rogen’s controversial … Continue reading

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Notes on Office Space

… which I am watching right now. — Michael Bolton rapping along with the radio while he’s stuck in traffic. This geeky thin white boy being a bad ass. — Gary Cole’s first entrance over Peter’s cubicle. Genius. “Yyyyyyeah … … Continue reading

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Watching Bruce Almighty

I watched about 3/4 of it last night – I had never seen it. First of all: the outtakes at the end made me laugh so loudly I might have woken up the entire neighborhood. I was frozen in a … Continue reading

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