Posts Tagged ‘movies’
Austin messes with me
Movie madness! It's a remote post! Not that you'd know it. Texas is messing with me for a few days: I'm down in Austin for the film portion of the South By Southwest (SXSW) festival extravaganza which begins today, switches to an interactive and then music portion, then dies in a haze of beer and…
Read MoreLuck of the Irish
Went to see a preview of this upcoming indie film "Seraphim Falls." Didn't know a thing about the story, but didn't have to, because the leads are Pierce Brosnan and Liam Neeson. Hello! All that yummy Irishness 'n all. The screening was full of people you'd probably recognize, including Moby, who sat in the same…
Read MoreAh the swing o’ things
The Pre-Show Crowd So I sent the above photo from the cell phone during a lull before the New York Film Critics Assn. got started with its awards dinner. Except it wasn't a dinner, it was a crowded room of appetizers and drinks and then there was this big ballroom (at the Supper Club) where…
Read MoreA jolly holiday
Holiday greetings So, I went to "The Holiday" the other night. One of those opening night movie premiere type things which are quite a way for a studio to spend money, quite a way to get some nice nosh, quite a way to see a movie for free and — if you're super lucky, quite…
Read MoreHi, I’m Billy
Ciaracake This evening involved a dozen eggs. Most of them were hard-boiled. Two went into a recipe. As a single person there's something gratuitous about buying a dozen eggs, because unless you do something like hard boil them, how can you possibly expect to consume that many eggs before they go bad? The spare two…
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