Tag Archives: Movies

Roger Ebert, still cooking…

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Shannon

Roger Ebert is one of my heroes. He is a great writer, a straight talker and a thoughtful man. He is a recovering alcoholic, knows everything there is to know about movies and is pretty funny too. He also had … Continue reading →

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Everybody cut footloose!

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Shannon

When you’ve had a long, tough day (as I have), watching movie stars dancing in synchronization to “Footloose” can make things seem all better. So here you go. Spoiler alert: mucho appearances by John Travolta, who as we all know … Continue reading →

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Here’s my review of The Big Lebowski. In my “found poem,” the complicated plot is distilled to its essence using lines uttered by Donny. Enjoy. (This is one of my Poetic Movie Reviews, an attempt to watch all of Roger … Continue reading →

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Shannon | Leave a comment

So I have a new project, because you always need a new project. This one is just for fun. I am watching all of the movies in Roger Ebert’s Great Movies series – or at least as many of them … Continue reading →

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Shannon | Leave a comment

If you are so inclined, you can watch the mind-bending time-travel film Primer in its entirety here (h/t i09). Here is a primer on Primer–you will need it. Also, I should have followed my own rules and not read an article … Continue reading →

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Shannon | Leave a comment

Today I am reading… about Pixar

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Shannon

Quality is the best business plan via MetaFilter: A terrific summary of the history of Pixar, complete with links to all the short films and clips from the feature-length movies.

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Never tell me the odds…

Posted on May 23, 2010 by Shannon

Image via Wikipedia This weekend we are celebrating the 30th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back, arguably the greatest chapter in the Star Wars trilogy and a life-altering movie of my childhood. What made this movie so great? It was … Continue reading →

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A primer on Primer…

Posted on May 8, 2010 by Shannon

I watched a time-travel movie called Primer that was so confusing I had to go online and read a primer on the movie just to understand it. (Here it is – PDF alert.) I felt like an idiot until I … Continue reading →

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I wrote this post for my Books Worth Reading blog a while back, when the Will Smith version of I Am Legend came out, and it has proved fairly popular. I’m not sure if it’s because I wrote such a … Continue reading →

Posted on August 3, 2009 by Shannon | Leave a comment