Category Archives: cinema

but you can, it seems, temporarily withhold the sky from me

Posted on Tuesday, 2004 November 23 by Anton

The opening of Serenity has been postponed from April 22 to September 30. Joss Whedon says: April got crowded with a lot of titles aimed at a similar demographic, and the studio [Universal Pictures] decided September was a clearer corridor … Continue reading →

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Buffy the School Counselor

Posted on Sunday, 2004 November 21 by Anton

I felt a bit silly for not recognizing Jonathan Woodward when he played the vampire in Buffy 7:7 “Conversations with Dead People”. He looked familiar but I thought it was only because he resembles young Bill Murray. Then in the … Continue reading →

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still totally swell

Posted on Sunday, 2004 November 14 by Anton

I saw The Incredibles again today, this time from the front row as the show was rather crowded. Not a bit stale; kudos to Brad Bird, writer and director. The second time, of course, I noticed what is not quite … Continue reading →

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still more movies

Posted on Friday, 2004 November 12 by Anton

隠し砦の三悪人 (Hidden Fortress) (1958, dir. Kurosawa). Good fun. — I don’t understand Japanese, but noticed that the princess seemed to use her title hime as pronoun. Rio Bravo (1959, dir. Hawks). Drags some. — When I saw this years ago … Continue reading →

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The Incredibles . .

Posted on Tuesday, 2004 November 09 by Anton

. . is totally swell. I shall have to see it again. Fannish notes: In one brief shot we see what looks like the personal fliers of L Neil Smith’s Pallas. Two bystanders could be Lee & Kirby, or not.

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movies rented recently

Posted on Wednesday, 2004 October 27 by Anton

Witness for the Prosecution (1957), from a story by Agatha Christie, is of course clever; though the byplay of the convalescent barrister and his nurse is a bit tiresome. South Pacific (1958). I thought I’d enjoy it more. The plot … Continue reading →

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movies rented recently

Posted on Tuesday, 2004 October 12 by Anton

The Bad Seed (1956). The Seventh Seal (1957). 蜘蛛巣城 (Spiderweb Castle) (Throne of Blood) (1957). Having seen it once before, I watched it only with the commentary track on, and learned some interesting details about Kurosawa’s technique. For example, he … Continue reading →

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