December 2009
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“That day fell at the end of the haying weather. As it got late in the morning,...”
– John Cheever, “The Summer Farmer”
Anthony Lane on “The Imaginarium of Dr.... →
I have no idea, any more than I can decide whether C.G.I. was the best or the worst thing that could have happened to Terry Gilliam. His gifts of invention were already so fecund, and so prolix, that this newfound ability to construct anything that drifts into his mind’s eye—as opposed to the ramshackle, hand-drawn delight of his earlier animation—spells both enchantment and chaos. He can follow...
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“Tombstone, Arizona, during the 1880’s is, in ways, our national Camelot: a...”
– Thomas Pynchon on Oakley Hall’s Warlock
“With a host of furious fancies
Whereof I am commander,
With a burning spear...”
– Tom o’ Bedlam
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A. O. Scott - Paranormal Activity - Ghostbusters... →
By any serious critical standard, “Paranormal Activity” is not a very good movie. It looks and sounds terrible. Its plot is thin and perforated with illogic. The acting occasionally rises to the level of adequacy. There is no lingering dread. You are not likely to be troubled by the significance of this ghost story or tantalized by its mysteries.
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“You mean that sound that sounds like the cutting edge of life? That sounds like...”
– King of Jazz by Donald Barthelme