I just watched the documentary Life after People from the History Channel. It was a very interesting idea. Their concept was to document the progression of the planet if humanity suddenly disappeared. The music and voice-over give it a distinctly creepy feel; which sort of makes sense given that it is discussing the planet without
I don't know if I've mentioned how much I loved the movie Coraline. The beauty of the stopmotion filming and effects was unmatched in any recent movie. The way Henry Selick brought this incredible story by my favorite author, Neil Gaiman, to life was amazing to watch. The 3D experience made it that much more
(For Full disclosure's sake, I haven't seen the movie yet) So apparently Brideshead Revisited has been butchered. According to Church of the Masses they took, "a profoundly catholic novel" (it is) and made it "viciously anti-catholic." Now mind you, this comes as no surprise after watching the trailer. It seems like screenwriters, writers, the intelligentsia,
So this is probably useless for you but the iTunes 'free single of the week' two weeks ago was "Never Again" by a band called The Midway State. I auditioned for these guys a couple of years ago (before I really know what I was doing on the guitar).* Anyway it looks like they are
(When I first wrote this I mistook who a three year old mentioned in Brant's post belonged to. For the record the three year old is not Brant's child.) I guess its time to waste some pixels. I don't really read blogs, at least not like quite a few of the people I know do.
I'll be honest. I could never stand Bob Dylan. I know his songs are brilliant, I love how Dave Matthews Band does All Along the Watchtower. I just can't stand Bob Dylan's voice. The reason I say all this is because I've also been known to turn off a catchy song with a great melody
I just saw Cloverfield. I had been excited right from the teaser trailer, I think shown before transformers back in July. I don't want to talk to much about it except for a few quick thoughts. I really like this trend towards realistic depiction.* I first noted it on the big screen in Transformers (though
I just had the opportunity to see Jean Chretien speak here at St. FX. I have to be honest, he has what's missing from Canadian politics these days: Charisma. He spoke with deftness and humour about his time, not just as Prime Minister, but also in various cabinet positions and as a junior MP. Though
This was originally a fairly bitter Friday Five entitled "pet peeves" written for last Friday. I decided against that idea and so today we have my top 5 live Youtube performances. There really isn't any consistence to these. Three of them are covers done in unique ways. One is from a musical I am now
Today we'll be doing my top 5 tv shows. A few of which were cancelled far too prematurely. Coming in at #5 is Boomtown. This was a detective show that told its story in fragments from different characters perspectives. Set in L.A. the show had great acting, fascinating directing, and was too smart to survive