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Greatest Films & Their Album Equivalents

The only thing that's coming to mind right now (and it's not perfect) is I Know Where I'm Going! (Powell, 1945) and Kate Bush's Hounds of Love. But IKWIG is a bit light and fluffy (but still great) compared to that album. Maybe IKWIG for side 1 and Black Narcissus (Powell, 1947) for side 2?

I dunno, I'm no good at this kind of thing. Maybe someone more knowledgeable about Powell/Pressburger and/or Bush could chime in.

6/9/2008 View
Best Scenes of the Year: 2005

And don't forget What's My Code.

12/12/2007 View
2007: Movies Sorted By Tier

...but then the robots speak, and the only gaping/cowering worth mentioning is done by the audience, at the dialogue. Yikes, even now I shudder at the recollection.

Four words: "What's crackin', li'l bitches?"

I had to rewind it back a couple times, to make sure I wasn't hallucinating.

11/10/2007 View
An Still-Entirely-Redundant (But More Useful than Expected) Viewing Log for 2007

Ah, The Skydivers. While it's not the cinematic culmination of Francis' motifs and obsessions -- that would be Night Train to Mundo Fine a.k.a. Red Zone Cuba, it's definitely my favorite of the Sniper in an Airplane trilogy. Remember when the plane was coming in for a bumpy landing and the one dude just walks up to it? That was awesome.

11/4/2007 View
Films seen: in 2007

So dude, what's up with Ride the Pink Horse? Martin said it was excellent -- better than Laura, actually.

Martin says "hi", incidentally. You should give him a wave at Try and Get Me :-)

10/20/2007 View
An Still-Entirely-Redundant (But More Useful than Expected) Viewing Log for 2007

237. (17 Oct) Catalina Caper (1967, Lee Sholem) [no grade] {Seen via MST3K.)

You're the top-olous!

10/20/2007 View
Books: To Read: By Genre: Scary

"Who Made Stevie Crye?" is awesome. Is it scary? Maybe a little, but it's mostly very "meta", and a lot of fun.

"I Am Legend", now that's frickin' scary.

"The Cellar" is the most lowdown, despicable, amoral piece of junk I've ever read, and I loved every page of it.

9/3/2007 View
The '07 Music Hierarchy

Battles, baby. You know you wanna.

7/7/2007 View
The '07 Music Hierarchy

Battles, baby, Battles.

7/7/2007 View
An Still-Entirely-Redundant (But More Useful than Expected) Viewing Log for 2007

(3 Jun) Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933, Michael Curtiz) [B]

Good job, bud. The 3-D one gets all the press, but all it has going for it is paddleball. This one's an actual movie.

6/6/2007 View
An Still-Entirely-Redundant (But More Useful than Expected) Viewing Log for 2007

Blades of Glory (2007, two nobodies) [C+]

But how were Will Arnett and Amy Poehler? That's the only question that needs answering.

4/9/2007 View
An Still-Entirely-Redundant (But More Useful than Expected) Viewing Log for 2007

Whoah, seriously? And when the fuck did he do that? Those things are supposed to be set in stone :-)

4/4/2007 View
An Still-Entirely-Redundant (But More Useful than Expected) Viewing Log for 2007

That's what I figured. I only saw the first 1/2 hour or so, but it looked promising. (It's also md'a's #1 movie for that year.)

4/4/2007 View
An Still-Entirely-Redundant (But More Useful than Expected) Viewing Log for 2007

Ha! I was just going to make that joke, but you got the edit in before me.

So "Where Eagles Dare" is worth it, eh?

4/4/2007 View
An Still-Entirely-Redundant (But More Useful than Expected) Viewing Log for 2007

I think it may be my least favorite Fincher, and that's counting Alien Cubed.

4/3/2007 View