Category Archives: Movies

Raskolnikov, C’est Nous

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Wesley

Compulsive readers get used to finding unexpected connections between books. I also make random connections while wasting time on the internet. Sometimes, like now, this leads to a blog post’s worth of dubious, rambling speculation and crazy theories. A few … Continue reading →

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Two 2001s

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Wesley

My favorite science fiction movies are the ones that don’t spend two and a half hours yelling and throwing things at my face. This is why I recently watched 2001: A Space Odyssey again. It’s quiet and slow and never … Continue reading →

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Links to Things

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Wesley

I plan to revive this blog for 2012. I’m still writing slowly, but two or three potential posts are now gradually accreting on my hard drive. In the meantime, here’s a links post: Here’s Roger Ebert’s list of the best … Continue reading →

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Surprise

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Wesley

This weekend Roger Ebert published an interesting review of a not particularly interesting movie. The movie is The Bounty Hunter, and this is the interesting bit from Ebert’s review: Let’s do a little mental exercise here, the same sort that … Continue reading →

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Lost and Found

Posted on July 2, 2008 by Wesley

Fritz Lang’s Metropolis is complete for the first time since 1927. Apparently the print quality is poor–it’s scratched-up 16mm film and the frame up at the German newspaper site I’ve linked to looks pretty blurred–but it’s all there.

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Cloverfield Envy

Posted on January 14, 2008 by Wesley

If you read this peevish little post from last month you might recall a complaint about the local theater monopoly’s refusal to show Sweeney Todd. Now they’ve done it again. I shouldn’t be annoyed by this. I’d already decided to … Continue reading →

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Cluelessness is the Yeast in the Bread of Evil

Posted on July 7, 2007 by Wesley

Jim Emerson demonstrates everything that’s wrong with the world in two examples: I think it all comes down to that common quality of cluelessness — either obliviousness to the consequences words and actions or reckless disregard for them. Woody Allen … Continue reading →

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Unexpected Comparisons

Posted on June 19, 2007 by Wesley

On The Inferior 4+1, Lucius Shepard explains why nihilistic Swedish art cinema and Rise of the Silver Surfer are more similar than you would suppose.

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SF Movies: A Belated Meme

Posted on November 7, 2005 by Wesley

A while back a meme was running around the world of blogs based on John Scalzi’s Rough Guide to Sci-Fi Movies, which includes a list of 50 particularly important or influential films. People were taking the list, marking the movies … Continue reading →

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