author: Isaac Asimov name: Dylan average rating: 4.44 book published: 1964 rating: 4 read at: 02/08 date added: 02/03/08 shelves: review: I wanted to read the three books Asimov wrote in his early twenties first. The most amazing thing to me is how the writing, even as it stretches imagination and creativity with almost shocking…

Peter O’Toole faces old age and death with longing, lust, and humor. It felt really good to laugh through a movie after the heavy film diet we’ve been on. The subject is not belittled at all though, this is the sort of laughing at ourselves that gets us through the hard times. Certified Fresh

Not at all what I expected – I would call this primarily a war horror movie. The gore was nearly too much for me. I made it through because it is a good concept, following both the inner and outer life of a child in a war situation. Certified Fresh

Due to some imprudent timing of caffeine and alcohol intake, I was drowsy when we arrived at Boettcher concert hall. As a result, the energetic program of 20th century big-hitters thrust me into a turbulent half-dream world that I won’t soon forget. Britten’s “Four Sea Interludes” from Peter Grimes began the spell with an hypnotic…

Steep would have been enough ski porn for awhile, but then I saw that Return to Schralptown was playing at New Belgium Brewery as a fundraiser for the excellent Colorado Avalanche Information Center. With beer. For donations. A cause too worthy to ignore. I enjoyed this movie more than Steep. The emphasis is less on…

A movie in the same vein as Amores Perros (also by director Alejandro González Iñárritu), several disparate characters with some common tie are followed. This time the settings spread across the globe instead of just Mexico City. Also like Amores Perros it’s very effective, but unrelentingly heavy. The title theme seems to apply at least…

We’re hanging out at the Bean Cycle with Kate and Mark when I notice this movie starts in ten minutes at The Lyric Cinema Cafe. We try not to make Kate run on her recently injured ankle. (Every time Mark says “slower”, we slow down for about 2 seconds – why is it so hard?)…