Spitball Army

I approached this documentary with some hesitation.  After all, who would willingly settle, with any enthusiasm, into a screening of a film about suicide?  The few reviews I had read about the film were positive, so I watched it, hoping to learn something new. The film is beautiful.  That is to say, the footage and photography […]

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It looks like a special effect, as if the prop man had tied fishing line to the end of his nose and was tugging at it from off-camera.

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I once sat on a board that included among its members one Richard Scrushy. Does this make me a perpetrator of corporate fraud or a millionaire?

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Roger Ebert’s “thumbs up” or “thumbs down” was generally prefaced by a thoughtful analysis. I favored his choices, as they tended to agree with mine most of the time. To this day, if I need an opinion about a movie, I go to rogerebert.com to see what ol’ Roger has to say.

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“There will be devastating consequences to our economy if we do not hold a secret meeting at the exact same time as the debates!”

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But he is best known for “In a world where … ,” which has become overused and the subject of parody. Ms. Baker could not say for what production that phrase was first used.

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The use of jazz – an improvisatory art – underscores the heart of the story. Cage’s character has a goal and a method but, like a saxophonist winding his way toward the conclusion of the tune, is largely unaware of the bumps and turns that he will encounter along the way.

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If you have never seen this Merrie Melodies short from 1936, it is well worth the 8½ minute time investment.

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Czech archer Milan Andreas has had his Olympic dreams shattered after testing positive to marijuana.

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The production value is of the highest quality, and the film has a painterly look and mysterious texture very similar to Darren Aronofsky’s The Fountain.

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