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Review: Inkheart (movie)

As many of y'all may recall, a year ago I committed the sacrilege of disliking Inkheart (the book). One of... (More...)

Review: She's the Man

Kam and I watched She's the Man last night. And loved it. For those who haven't heard of it (as... (More...)

Push

Saw previews for Push some months back, and it looked intriguing: guys with telekinesis fighting each other. I came away... (More...)

9

I thought I'd been hearing good things about the new movie 9, and I certainly liked the look of it... (More...)

Ponyo

Various friends have seen and liked Ponyo lately, but it was barely on my radar. And I must confess that... (More...)

Juno

Finally saw Juno tonight. It's fabulous: charming, funny, sweet, smart, and with just a bit of an edge. It has... (More...)

Mrs. Henderson Presents

Saw Mrs. Henderson Presents with Twig last night. Quite good, very much worth watching. Judi Dench is fabulous as always.... (More...)

Up!

Just saw Up. Lovely movie. Thoroughly charming. Contains a zeppelin. Made me cry, made me laugh. Too sleepy (and have... (More...)

Coraline

We went to see Coraline tonight. I probably wouldn't have gotten around to it this weekend on my own, but... (More...)

Slumdog Millionaire

I wasn't planning to see this movie, but somehow over the past couple days it started sounding more and more... (More...)

The Tale of Despereaux (movie)

I'd been seeing somewhat intriguing previews for this new animated movie The Tale of Despereaux, so it was already on... (More...)

Review: Veronica Mars, season 1

Susan and Karen used to talk about how great Veronica Mars was, so a few months back, I borrowed Susan's... (More...)

Review: Torchwood, season 1

Here are some comments on each episode of season 1 of Torchwood. There are all sorts of major spoilers here.... (More...)

Review: The Golden Compass (movie)

Kam and I saw the movie of The Golden Compass tonight. There may be some minor spoilers in this entry.... (More...)

Review: I Can't Tell You

Okay, I decided to finish reading I Can't Tell You instead of editing. (It's short and moves fast.) (Like a... (More...)

General notes, plus more Crusie

Sometimes I am a little grumpy and a little glum, due mostly to having been sick on and off for... (More...)

Review: I, Robot (movie)

I liked it quite a bit. (More...)

Review: The Da Vinci Code

Kam and I saw The Da Vinci Code a couple weeks ago. A few thoughts and comments: I haven't read... (More...)

Tastemakers and reputable influencers

(I wrote most of this a week ago, but forgot to post it.) A while back, I was pleased and... (More...)

Review: Fantastic Four

Kam and I finally saw Fantastic Four. It was, pretty much as expected, fun fluff. Better than Daredevil (which I... (More...)

Reviewed without venom

For over three months now, I've been meaning to post a note about Liz Henry's excellent SH review of Touched... (More...)

About spoiler warnings

(This is another case where I wrote most of the entry months ago but didn't get around to posting it... (More...)

Review: King Kong

Finally got around to seeing the new King Kong. As usual, this won't be so much a review as a... (More...)

Long week

Or maybe I mean "weird week." I haven't been sleeping well, but I've been sleeping late. I've been putting in... (More...)

(Some of my) favorite novels read in 2005

My pleasure-reading this year has been kinda haphazard. I've read probably a dozen novels (not counting re-reading the Narnia books... (More...)

Review: Rent

It's been Jed's movie week. Narnia last weekend; Æon Flux Monday night; Brokeback Mountain last night (review to come later).... (More...)

Review: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

The Narnia movie was splendid. I went into it with very high hopes and a lot of trepidation. The hopes... (More...)

Review: Aeon Flux

Watched the new movie of Æon Flux after work this evening. The first third or so was every bit as... (More...)

Spellbound (the spelling bee movie)

Various people told me I would love this movie, but I think I just don't like documentaries much. I spend... (More...)

Review: Two Weeks Notice

Mary Anne and I went to see Two Weeks Notice as a way to reduce pressure the night before her... (More...)

Review: Adaptation

Hmm—one of the few drawbacks to the tabbed browsing in the new version of Safari is that it's too easy... (More...)

Review: The Sum of All Fears

Watched The Sum of All Fears tonight. A surprisingly good movie, at least if you don't care about being true... (More...)