Month: May 2008
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Movie: Horton Hears a Who
I almost forgot I’d seen this movie a few weeks ago. Horton Hears A Who wasn’t on my must-see list, even with the kids. But when a friend wanted to see a movie, and I’d already seen The Bank Job and In Bruges, I was willing to catch this animated Dr. Seuss story. (My friend’s…
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Movie: Garden State
After years of listening to the soundtrack, I watched the movie Garden State last night. Enjoyable small, character movie, which earned a 67 from Metacritic. That dives a bit under my score, but so be it. Peter Saarsgard, as always, sounds like John Malkovich all the way through. I wondered if they shot two (or…
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Movie: Iron Man
Marvel ramps up its movie-making arm, and Iron Man is the most recent result. 78 from Metacritic feels spot on, based on what I saw two weeks ago. This is a comic book come to life, in the best way. Fun, funny, and connects the action dots pretty well. I’m not as familiar with Iron…
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Memorial Day links
I’m ages behind in noting my reading and movies (pending: 11 books, 2 films), but before we head out to catch a Memorial Day parade in the Presidio, worth capturing some links in un-related paragraphs. Obama’s Wesleyan commencement speech, via Jim Fallows. Richard Feyman and the Connection Machine is an essay I plan to read,…
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I clicked on a Facebook ad
People wonder whether social network advertising will prove as lucrative as the search ads which have driven Google to its current throne. I don’t have the answer. But this morning I saw an ad on Facebook that was relevant and interesting to me, and I clicked on it. It was a text ad, “Core Perform…
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Movie: The Counterfeiters
Two weeks ago in Phoenix, we went to see The Counterfeiters. Winning the Oscar for best foreign language film does help bring a movie some attention, and some needed distribution. My German is non-existent, so when the film started with the subtitles half off the screen, annoyance started to rise. But the projection corrected, and…