Monthly Archives: October 2005

Sideways

Posted on October 18, 2005

For a movie from the director of About Schmidt and Election, and with the awards, nominations and critical acclaim it got, I expected a lot more of Sideways than I saw on the screen. If memory serves, some of those … Continue reading →

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Garden State

Posted on October 11, 2005

File this one under nice, literate and honest. Not great, not a revelation. Zack Braff, more widely known as the star of NBC’s Scrubs sitcom, wrote and directed Garden State and got some festival awards and critical plaudits. To some … Continue reading →

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No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

Posted on October 4, 2005

PBS series American Masters broadcast the Bob Dylan documentary last week but I finally got to watch the second part last night. Zimmy is a musician who’s always been in the background for most people my age and younger, making … Continue reading →

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Serenity

Posted on October 2, 2005

Fox (the TV network) has a habit of putting on very cool shows and cancelling them just as I get hooked; Firefly, John Doe, Greg the Bunny are three examples that come to mind. Just who the heck was John … Continue reading →

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