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Sometimes life is surprising and you find that you have an opportunity to write about cannibals for Texas Monthly magazine. Or at least that’s what happened to me. My report on The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is up over here.
I watched so you don’t have to
An impressive collection of Oscar nominees giving the worst performances of their careers, timely issues such as border security, nuclear power plant safety, and oil spills in the gulf . . . this can all be found in one of the best worst movies of all time, 1978′s The Swarm. The film opens on [...]
Days of Heaven
I figured I’d see what all this Terrence Malick business is about, so I rented Days of Heaven. It wasn’t much of a story and the accents made my ears crawl, but sweet baby Jesus is this movie beautiful. I don’t understand why the sky and wheat did not get best supporting role Oscar nominations. [...]
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Quote of the day
“‘I Know Who Killed Me’ is rated R. It has stripping, stigmata and amputee sex.” – NY Times
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My little mud flower
Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments – written by a team of monkeys? “It’s pity to kill so strong a stone cutter.” “I will hang you myself if you tire me further.” “Joshua will always be grateful to you, my little mud flower.” ” . . . into the molten wilderness of sin.” “I wish [...]
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