Category Archives: cinema

another turn of the wheel

Posted on Thursday, 2002 May 09 by Anton

The Lord of the Rings: The Novelization My readers may not know that I occasionally visit bookstores. At one such establishment this week, I heard a customer say, “I’ll wait a year and a half to read LotR if I … Continue reading →

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webs on the web

Posted on Tuesday, 2002 May 07 by Anton

It would be fair, I think, to say that James Lileks enjoyed Spider-Man, which apparently is a movie that opened this weekend. He also makes some interesting remarks about movies quâ cultural affirmation.

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it’s only a phase

Posted on Monday, 2002 May 06 by Anton

Turns of Phrase: Dogme 95 (from the World Wide Words site). The one ‘Dogme’ film I’ve seen, Italian for Beginners, violates one of the terms as stated here – unless the IV hose really did contain morphine.

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The Sandbaggers

Posted on Sunday, 2002 May 05 by Anton

If I only had a paycheck! Television’s best spy series ever is now on DVD. (Thanks to Jim Henley for the tip.)

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use the protocol, Luke!

Posted on Monday, 2002 April 01 by Anton

Star Wars IV by telnet

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the secret origin of the Nanites

Posted on Friday, 2002 March 29 by Anton

Dave Krieger, whom I haven’t seen in too long, tells the tale of his role in the creation of Krieger Waves. (This is not new but I don’t remember seeing it before.)

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forsooth thy knockers be bounteous

Posted on Tuesday, 2002 March 26 by Anton

a chuckle from John and Antonio: We once knew a woman who got a job translating three porn flicks from Italian to Spanish. Why did they bother, you ask. Because they were done in (well, mostly out of) Renaissance dress … Continue reading →

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