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Movie: Tideland (2007)
Terry Gilliam’s recent movies have disappointed me, but I’m always willing to give him a chance. This time he has finally hit his stride again with a signature over-the-top Gilliam film that nevertheless treads a fine line between perversities in human nature that we can relate to and those that offend us, making us question…
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Downsizing Again
The blog has been quiet, yes, but only due to big things afoot in the physical realm! This slideshow should explain what we’ve been up to. Hover over Notes and use the arrow keys to scroll for the full commentary. I even caught some live action:
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Movie: Hot Fuzz (2007)
Truly excellent action movie satire, but lasted longer than my enthusiasm for it did. Referred by Mark
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Movie: The Lives of Others (2006)
A finely crafted portrait of life in East Berlin before the wall came down, this movie is full of tiny details that bring your mind back to sift through long after it’s over. Certified Fresh
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A little sun at the Palace
Clare comes up from Denver hoping for sun, but high clouds just seem to thicken. The temperature still hasn’t reached freezing when she gets here, but she’s game to do a little hiking if it’s too cold for climbing, so we head up Poudre Canyon anyway. The clouds don’t lift, but it is warmer at…
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Book: The Foundation Trilogy
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…
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Movie: Venus (2006)
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
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Movie: Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)
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
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Grays Peak Road Ski
Ann, Dad, and I make our way up the road to the Grays Peak trailhead, and have a nice run back down again. (Ann literally had a run, in her snowshoes.) I’m still playing with flash slideshows – mouse over “Notes” to see captions on this one: Grays Peak Road Ski at EveryTrail:
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Live Music: CSO & Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
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…