Storm At Sea
Craig Thompson’s Blankets is almost frustratingly good, a sharp, brutal, heartbreaking story about growing and falling in love and learning your place in ...
Month: October 2008
Try Not To Let The Irony Hit You All At Once
The launch of MTVMusic.com is good news, since now you can search, share, and embed music videos from the archives. The design and some of the images play on MT...
The Empty Bottle Was Half-Empty
You better believe there are more. There are also updates here.
Review: Changeling
I swear, eventually I will see a movie this fall that gets me excited, that moves me or hits me. This isn’t it. Click here for the review.
They Went With Someone Who Had More Theme Park Experience
As part of the ongoing Pajiba Blockbusters series, I take a look at Swingers. It’s impossible to convey in the review or here just how much the movie beca...
Greatest Hits: 2008, Part 1
A roundup of the semi-decent entries on this here blog-type thing from the first half of this year. January The Musical Coda February 10 Truths Forthcoming Entr...
Review: W.
Kind of all over the place. Click here for the review. The headline is taken from “Christ for President,” since I’ve been listening to the cla...
Sailing The Sword Of Orion: “Sports Night,” Ten Years Later
“There’s really nothing like seeing a guy realize he’s not done yet. Usually it goes the other way.” There was never any doubt that I wo...
Review: Body of Lies
I’d call it a letdown, but then, I didn’t expect that much. Click here for the review.
You Had Me At “Hookers And Meatloaf”
Over at the Willamette Week, I take a look at “The Life & Times of Tim,” which so far is the only fall comedy that’s actually made me lau...
Jolly Men Are We
A recent comment diversion on Pajiba asked readers to relate their favorite tales of the pranks they’ve pulled or heard about, and it wasn’t long be...
Craigslist Comes Through Once Again
An actual posting from the Los Angeles pages: The titles just write themselves: Touch My Wasilla Impalin’ Palin Areola Wolf Gunning No, Seriously, Drill B...
Review: Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist
Meh. It’s not without a couple of cute and mildly original moments, but overall, it’s not really worth it. I also didn’t feel like getting int...