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‘Blood’ and ‘Kill’ Fill in at HBO

By • Jul 15th, 2008 • Category: side notes

True Blood comes to a boil while Generation Kill makes its debut.



Girl Talk – Feed The Animals: The Best Non-Album of the Year

By • Jul 9th, 2008 • Category: listening

Putting on ‘Feed the Animals’ isn’t quite listening to an album, as much as it is participating in something that’s part puzzle and part aural art project.



Bond 2.0, Grand Theft Junot, and Game/Movie Limbo

By • Jul 8th, 2008 • Category: side notes

The new Quantum of Solace trailer, plus Junot Diaz on GTA IV as art, and the NY Times on MGS 4 being as much movie as game.



Cloned Wars: How Mass Effect Outdoes Its Influences

By • Jul 2nd, 2008 • Category: playing

Mass Effect goes back to the blueprint stage of its Star Wars source material, and instead of recreating the films, delivers the perfect blend of fresh and familiar.



Dark Knight ‘toons, Coen Bros Goons, and Far Right Buffoons

By • Jun 27th, 2008 • Category: side notes

An anime take on Batman in ‘Gotham Knight’, a trailer for the Coens’ ‘Burn After Reading’, and a fundamentalist editing snafu.



Greetings, Screenings, and Animal Feeding

By • Jun 23rd, 2008 • Category: side notes

A welcome post with notes on the LA Film Fest (specifically ‘Choke’ and ‘Spaced’), plus the new Girl Talk album.



Don’t Fear the Cloverfield

By • Jun 20th, 2008 • Category: watching

A genre full of predictably ‘unpredictable’ scare moments is given a refreshing jolt of real emotion.