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Archive for December, 2008

Mele Kalikimaka

After stuffing his presidential cabinet full of scientists, economists, political experts, and Nobel Prize-winners (and in record time, too) Barack Obama is now settling his brains for a long winter’s nap.
A new group of FOBs (Friends of Barack) have gathered at an oceanfront estate in Hawaii for a ten-day Christmas vaycay. No word on whether [...]

December 20th, 2008 | Tags: , , | Category: politics | Comments (4)

Scared of Santa

I’m not sure why parents believe that plopping their toddler onto the lap of a large, hairy stranger is a recipe for holiday magic. On the contrary, based on the Sun Sentinel newspaper’s ability to put together an entire gallery of “Scared of Santa” photos every year, we can only conclude one thing: Santa is [...]

December 9th, 2008 | Tags: , | Category: popular culture | Comments (3)

Capsule Movie Reviews

Up in the Air
Pittsford Plaza 01.01.10
Fantastic. So simple, so small, but kinda perfect. And very on point with the current economic situation.

Avatar
Pittsford Plaza
The day a filmmaker with an actual story to tell ("unobtanium?!" hilarious.) gets his or hands and this amazing visual technology, that will be something.

An Education
The Little 11.24.09
Sally Sparrow from Dr. Who is all-grown up! You do feel as if you are watching a star in the making in Carey Mulligan.

Pirate Radio
The Little 11.13.09
Funny in bits (best bit: Bill Nighy dancing) but not funny as a whole. A bit episodic, with a ridiculous ending.

A Serious Man
The Little 11.07.09
The Coen brothers have made another divisive film: I really like it; Mr. Goddess hated it. I thought it was deeply funny and deeply ... deep.

Capitalism: A Love Story
The Little 10.05.09
Unlike other Michael Moore docs, this was more of a piece of investigative journalism than a political screed. Moore shines his light on for-profit prisons, the appallingly low salaries of airline pilots, and the "dead peasant" insurance policies companies take out on their own employees -- all in the name of making a profit out of anything.

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