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Sun - October 14, 2007

Across The Universe

Beautiful, fascinating and relevant, this is an excellent movie - a tribute to Beatles music and the 1960s.

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Posted at 04:31 PM

Fri - September 28, 2007

Super-Cannes

Boy, J.G. Ballard's childhood experience in China under Japanese occupation must have really messed him up! He has written some disturbing novels as an adult.

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Posted at 04:25 PM

Tue - September 4, 2007

Austin

Went to Austin this weekend, to visit Yvette

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Posted at 12:10 AM

Fri - August 31, 2007

Mr. Bean's Holiday

What a send-off for Rowan Atkinson's Mr. Bean character. Not only was this film hilarious, true to Mr. Bean form, but it was excellently film and very surprising.

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Posted at 11:26 AM

Sat - August 25, 2007

BarCampHouston

I'm at BarCampHouston right now. Interesting concept, pretty cool ...

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Posted at 03:42 PM

Wed - August 15, 2007

Dynamo vs. Pachuca

Talk about a bloody match! Red cards were flying everywhere. Though no real blood was drawn, at the end of the day 4 red cards appeared, sending 4 players, 2 on each side, to the benches.

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Posted at 01:28 AM

Fri - August 10, 2007

Rush Hour 3

Argh, definitely not worth watching. A franchise that's worn itself out.

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Posted at 03:15 PM

Wed - August 8, 2007

Bourne Ultimatum

Exciting, confusing, excellent filming. Then, comes with a point: "this is not us".

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Posted at 03:11 PM

Fri - July 27, 2007

The Simpsons Movie

was worth the anticipation. We were laughing throughout the movie.

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Posted at 08:37 PM

Sat - July 7, 2007

Do I exist?

I just had to laugh at this one: ran across this website, www.isthisyour.name. Here's what it had to say about my name:

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Posted at 05:30 PM

Fri - June 29, 2007

Ratatouille

Fun movie. But not really all that great.

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Posted at 05:38 PM

Mon - June 25, 2007

Life is Elsewhere

While in Atlanta for a conference, I tripped across a Milan Kundara book I hadn't seen before: Life is Elsewhere. So, of course I had to pick it up for a read.

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Posted at 10:12 AM