Monthly Archives: July 2012

Batman: The Character Of A City

Posted on July 24, 2012 by

Anton Furst chose to die by architecture. It’s darkly fitting, because the production designer of Tim Burton’s Batman films had hinted to us that architecture could kill — specifically, that a city could be a mad thing, hostile to the … Continue reading →

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Vince Gilligan Reads My Shit

Posted on July 17, 2012 by

… or somebody at Breaking Bad does — or more likely just thinks like me — because this scene from Season 4, episode 2 is the exact confab I launched on Halloween 2010 at the Film Freak Central blog, spurred … Continue reading →

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Things I Liked And Disliked About THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN

Posted on July 8, 2012 by

Spoilers. LIKED: Andrew Garfield Blinky, twitchy, mumbly, maybe a dash too much of each, sure — but his Peter Parker is a smart, bruised kid who’s jittery with the fear that he’ll lose even more than he already has.

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Inheritances

Posted on July 1, 2012 by

“I had a friend,” my oldest son said, about this time a year ago. “His name was John Wilson.” “Did you?” I asked. We were at the breakfast table. “Uh-huh. He gave me lots of presents, and he gave me … Continue reading →

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