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| billyweeds |
 Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 5:54 am |
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Marc wrote: Thanks Marj.
Gary, The writers get no credit on that website. And I can't be critical. I slip in a little jab now and then but for the most part must be neutral.
It's a great gig, Marc. Congratulations. But tell me where to access Mirgun's photos. All I see are videos. |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2012 8:15 pm |
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Marc wrote: I'm reviewing film and music at SXSW for Google and Mastercard's site. Sadly, I'm forced to write in a very generic style, so don't hate me for selling out.
Most of the cool photography is by Mirgun (street art, tattoos, breakfast tacos, BBQ, celebrity photos). She's what makes this site shine. Video footage is shot by me.
http://tapintoaustin2012.com/ |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 1:00 pm |
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Meant to report on John Carter and Footnote.
JC is dull, dull, dull, with a few stretches that are mildly fun. None of the "name" actors (Willem Dafoe, Dominic West, etc.) are remotely recognizable under the makeup, and the leading man, Taylor Kitsch, comes off like a model/personal trainer who has learned his lines phonetically. Snoozeworthy.
Footnote is fine once it finds its style, about a third of the way through. It starts out like sort of a comedy, with snarky graphics and overblown music. But once it becomes more dramatic it's good. It's about a father and son who are Talmudic scholars in Israel; the son is the equivalent of a best-selling novelist, while the father is a mostly unknown intellectual. They compete in ways that would be spoilers to reveal. The movie is very good without being in any way great. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2012 10:42 pm |
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| 21 Jump Street is a sometimes-funny sometimes-stupid slapstick take on the old Johnny Depp TV show. Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum are terrific in the roles of two inept cops who go undercover as high school students to bust a drug ring. Ice Cube is hilarious as their profane boss. It's a lot of fun when it's not really dumb. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 12:02 am |
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| I'll be sure to see that ... the next time I'm 16 years old. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 6:13 am |
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| Funny, but four current movies I plan to see--Chronicle, Project X, Seeking Justice, and Detachment--deal with high school teachers and/or students. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 6:29 am |
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| So far, the 2012 movies i've seen are below average. I hope this rights itself at some point. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 8:34 am |
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| Dolores has spoken, and it looks like tonight's fare will be Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. No high school anywhere around. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 10:28 am |
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| As long as that's not some unholy alliance between Emily Blunt and Richard Brautigan, I'm there. |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 10:35 am |
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bartist wrote: As long as that's not some unholy alliance between Emily Blunt and Richard Brautigan, I'm there. |
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| carrobin |
| Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 12:36 pm |
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| As long as there's Ewan McGregor, I want to be there. (If time allows...) |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 2:47 pm |
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| Billy, Project X sounds absolutely awful. It opened here this week and that's a bad sign because all the worst films open here long before most of the good ones do. e g, Drive opened here this week. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 7:04 pm |
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billyweeds wrote: Dolores has spoken, and it looks like tonight's fare will be Salmon Fishing in the Yemen. No high school anywhere around.
We actually are staying home tonight and watching movies stream on Netflix. First up, A Little Help, a 2011 comedy-drama with Jenna Fischer. If time permits, it will be followed by the 2010 Edward Norton-as-twins item Leaves of Grass. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 7:05 pm |
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marantzo wrote: Billy, Project X sounds absolutely awful. It opened here this week and that's a bad sign because all the worst films open here long before most of the good ones do. e g, Drive opened here this week.
The reviews are wildly mixed. The NYTimes critic Neil Genzlinger gave it a rave, only slightly humorously stating that it should win the Nobel Prize. Other reviews ranged from great to horrible. It's a polarizing experience, obviously, and I want to be there. |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:44 pm |
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Quote: It's a great gig, Marc. Congratulations. But tell me where to access Mirgun's photos. All I see are videos
Billy, if you click on the pieces on tattoos, breakfast tacos, street art and almost every post on that site, the photos are all Mirgun's. |
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