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Her

Her. Wow. It’s hard to write a review about a film that is just so plainly good. Spike Jonze’s latest film is about a man unable to let go of his past. He’s living a lonely life, until one day a new operating system is released, and he finds companionship and love in his new artificial intelligence. Her is an insanely beautiful love story between man and machine. It’s told extremely effectively, and Jonze proves once again that he is a master storyteller. Jonze hits screenwriter gold, where every piece of the film falls perfectly in place to advance the story. He excels at crafting this complex, but simple concept.

Llewyn performs

Inside Llewyn Davis

I was excited. I was going to the cinema for the first time in a while to see the new Spike Jonze film, Her. It was sold out. Instead we opted to see the new Joel & Ethan Coen film called Inside Llewyn Davis. Bit of a break down. Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac) is a folk singer. Davis is down on his luck. Davis is broke. Davis is couch surfing. Davis’s performing parter is not around. His debut solo record Inside Llewyn Davis isn’t selling. The film is a rock and roll road trip film. Except replace the rock and roll with folk, and make the road trip a minor part of the… Read More »Inside Llewyn Davis

Doctor Who Serial 017 – The Time Meddler

Synopsis: The year is 1066, Harold II is king of England, Vikings are on their way to attack England, the Normans are preparing to invade. In a small English village, the TARDIS lands. The Doctor, Vicki, and Steven begin exploring. The Doctor follows the sound of monks chanting to find a victrola. My lord, this is so much better than The Chase. This story is written by Dennis Spooner who wrote the excellent The Romans and The Reign of Terror. We meet a new character, The Meddling Monk, who is a member of Doctor’s race, the Time Lords. They don’t explicitly say this, as we still don’t know that The Doctor is a Time Lord,… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 017 – The Time Meddler

Doctor Who Serial 016 – The Chase

Farewell Barbara and Ian, hello Steven. Synopsis: The Daleks chase The Doctor through time and space. After a repeat of the finale of the previous story, we get a piano introduction that feels like it came out of Mr. Dressup. The episode opens with The Doctor tinkering with a “Time-Space Visualizer,” trying to get it to work. Essentially it’s a TV that shows images from any time and space. Ian suggests they watch Lincoln’s Gettysburg address, while Barbara wants to watch Elizabeth I and Shakespeare who The Doctor will eventually meet again… and marry one of them, too. Whereas Vicki wants to listen to some classical music, and thus we… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 016 – The Chase

Don Jon

There are only a few things I really care about in life My body My pad My ride My family My church My boys My girls and my porn.” Joseph Gordon-Dreamboat has been building quite an acting career. With Don Jon, he makes his feature-length directorial debut. Not only that, Gordon-Levitt also wrote the screenplay. Warning alarms should be going off, but he’s proven himself to be an intelligent man. When he was promoting (500) Days of Summer, Gordon-Levitt was well aware of something it seemed most of the audience wasn’t, that his character was chasing a dream, and thus treating the woman, Summer, with unrealistic expectations. Something which is so… Read More »Don Jon

The Felice Brothers

The Felice Brothers 2013.12.30 Brooklyn Bowl Brooklyn, USA

The Districts

The Districts 2013.12.30 Brooklyn Bowl Brooklyn, USA

Those Wacky Foreigners

I’m in America. It can often be strange to be in a foreign nation. I have the lovely fortune of living within driving distance of some wonderful cities, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City, and in the United States, there’s New York City. Not only that, I have some wonderful family who are nice enough to let me stay with them. It’s beyond lovely. I am confused by my American friends and family. Sure, you don’t know the word “toque” and you may never have tried poutine1, you might say “restroom” as if you go there to have a rest, you might pronounce sorry as “sari” which I thought is a piece… Read More »Those Wacky Foreigners

Doctor Who Serial 015 – The Space Museum

The last story, The Crusade, is missing episodes two and four. We shall be skipping that for obvious reasons.  The episode begins with The Doctor and his companions frozen while the TARDIS lands. Ian makes note that they’re wearing their normal clothes, and not the 13th century garb from The Crusade. The Doctor seems rather non-plussed about it, but why? Vicki has a look in the TARDIS wardrobe. It will change a bit in the centuries The Doctor will spend… and later… Vicki breaks a glass, then the film reverses and it rejoins, water and all! Curious. They’re walking on dust, but not leaving foot prints. Curious and curious. I don’t… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 015 – The Space Museum

Doctor Who Serial 013 – The Web Planet

Synopsis: The TARDIS is trapped without power on a planet occupied by giant ants who make an annoying sound. Stream of consciousness blog post for this serial. Vicki seems to still be wearing the skin of a dead Muppet while reclining on her beach lounger. My favourite part is where Barbara decides to clean up in the TARDIS for The Doctor, I assume because she’s a woman. My god, this story is boring. The vaseline on the lens to give the feeling of otherworldliness doesn’t work. History doesn’t mean anything when you travel through space and time!” – The Doctor Ugh! That quote is so horrible, especially after a historical… Read More »Doctor Who Serial 013 – The Web Planet