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But wait, there’s more! A sequel to part 4. Sylvain Chomet Chomet is a French director who’s made 2 terrific animated movies. Masterpiece The Triplets of Belleville Great movie The Illusionist (2010) Isabel Coixet Coixet is a Spanish director who’s made 2 brilliant movies with Sarah Polley. Masterpieces My Life Without Me The Secret Life […]
{5/5} “That’s a great anecdote. You should write it down in your journal. Then your kids can read about it when you’re dead!” Scrubs season 1, aired in 2001-02 JD, Turk, and Elliot are new doctors at Sacred Heart Hospital. JD and Elliot are medical and Turk is surgical. JD and Turk have been friends […]
{5/5} “You’re wrong… Nathan… He isn’t your friend. You shouldn’t trust him. You shouldn’t trust anything he says.” Ex Machina, released in 2015 Caleb wins a contest and gets to spend a week with his boss. He’s flown by helicopter to a remote location. His boss Nathan offers him an opportunity, if he agrees to […]
I recently made a list of 40 directors worth keeping an eye on. Here’s the last part. Guess how many of those directors were female? None. Is it because I’m biased against females? I don’t think so. Is it because in the movie industry, at least some parts, females are routinely treated as second class […]
{4.5/5} “Those seven years of MacGyver finally paid off.” Chuck season 2, aired in 2008-09 Chuck still works at Buy More, where Big Mike is looking for an assistant manager. Chuck is still in a fake relationship with Sarah as part of their cover, but would like to be in a real relationship with her. […]
Yet another set of 10 directors who have produced masterpieces, like the previous 10. Jon Favreau Favreau is both an actor and a director, and although the movies he’s directed have gone downhill over time there could definitely be an upswing. Masterpiece Elf Great movie Iron Man Good movie Iron Man 2 Mediocre movie Cowboys […]
The comic strip Gil by Norm Feuti was brilliant — it was the successor to Calvin and Hobbes. It appeared in some newspapers for a while and it appeared online for a while. I mentioned it before here. It disappeared but is now back on a different website. You can find it here: Gil Comic […]
{4.5/5} “Sherman, I’m beginning to question my carnivorous lifestyle.” Sherman’s Lagoon 1991-2001 Greatest Hits and Near Misses by Jim Toomey, published in 2002 Sherman is a shark. Megan is his girlfriend, Fillmore the turtle and Hawthorne the crab are his friends, and Ernest is a young fish who’s still in school. Sherman looks after his […]
Here’s an article by Jef Rouner from the Houston Press. It’s commonly said that opinions can’t be wrong, but the problem is people are labelling things opinions that aren’t. It seems like more and more people think that just because they label some thought an “opinion” that everyone must respect it. But if what’s you’ve […]
As in part 2, a list of 10 directors with 1 to 3 masterpieces each. James Cameron If Cameron gets some help with the script on his Avatar sequels, they could be interesting. In terms of science fiction action, Aliens is one of the top 2. Masterpiece Aliens Great movies The Abyss Terminator 2: Judgment […]