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pumpkin carving at the kommune, originally uploaded by Mister Wind-Up Bird. |
I love Halloween. It appeals to my perversely morbid sense of fun and love of macabre DIY arts and crafts, including — but not limited to — elaborate zombie makeup. And jack-o-lanterns!
Meghan created a flickr group to which I’ll be adding more pictures soonish.
Independence Day (1996)
2009-06-26 06:44
So after actually rather enjoying seeing things get smashed in Cloverfield, I thought maybe it was time to finally see Independence Day. I was wrong. There is never a time to see Independence Day.
0.3Reprise (2006)
2009-06-26 06:44
Mark my words, "write what you know" will be the epitaph of the 20th century. A young novelist-filmmaker made this film about two young novelists and their awesome girlfriends and wacky circle of friends. It's pretty much the same too-cool celebration of writerly angst you've seen and read before, with plenty of Dogme 95 and "homages" to Truffault thrown in.
0.3Wendy and Lucy (2008)
2009-06-21 18:01
En route to Alaska, a nearly-destitute Michelle Williams has her car break down in small-town Oregon, and then loses her dog. There are no quirky townspeople or saccharine melodrama or grand statements, just one person in one place in one situation, but the story is so well-told, I was completely engrossed from the opening scene to the credits.
0.3Cloverfield (2008)
2009-06-21 18:01
So on the one hand, I really hate movies that expect you to care what happens to a bunch of boring yuppie douchebags just because they're cool and pretty and have nice clothes. On the other, giant monsters destroying major cities is undeniably cool. (Just try to deny it -- can't be done.) The fact that said giant monster kills said douchebags is what makes this passable entertainment. That, and the scene where the dbags are standing around in the street filming the monster while a fat dude does the smart thing and hauls ass in the other direction.
0.3Rachel at the Wedding (2008)
2009-06-13 21:03
Alright, it's not my favourite genre -- the earnest-but-voyeuristic indie family melodrama, where everybody is just so troubled and good-looking and bobo as fuck -- but it's well-made (Johnathan Demme!), and my iPhone got me through the most interminable scenes. I'm glad I resisted the urge I had for the first 20 minutes or so to shut it off. (Also, future band name: "Bobo as Fuck".)
0.3
October 27th, 2007 at 9:56 am
[...] And here is our family in front of the house. They had already taken their first victim but luckily, he resurrected…maybe because he’s filled with Halloween spirit. [...]