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I find it vaguely annoying that I’ve had a song stuck on repeat the last two days that spells “You”… “U.” Gah. In any case. Clarkson’s got a couple Alanis-like songs. This one and “Never Again” are favorites of mine. Shades of Angry Woman, marketed as bubble gum pop. Proving that you can mass-market Angry […]

I really didn’t expect them to keep the orgy at the end. Really, really didn’t expect that. But, there it was, in all its glory. Actors were so-so, nobody was very well characterized, and I didn’t much care when anyone died, but the images were pretty and it’s an interesting sort of fable. Still has

You know, a lot of this guy’s problems would be solved if he just wore a fucking hat. Also, worlds that include women who are more than just whores are generally more interesting than the ones that don’t. I’m just saying.

Went out tonight and saw Lars and the Real Girl at the indie theater downtown… It was well worth it. The movie turned out to be much the way I expected it to be, which was a good thing. The beginning was a little rocky, and I worried over some of their pacing/narrative choices, but

The Good German, the book: Excellent. The Good German, the movie: WTF? If I hadn’t read the book, I don’t think I’d have any idea what was going on. The characters were entirely unsympathetic. Instead of good people made bad by bad circumstances, they were all (with the exception of Clooney) a bunch of black

From here.

The one line that beautifully illustrates my undying love for Rome.