September 2010
13 posts
Barton Fink
I‘m blogging my way through the Coen brothers’ filmography. This is part 3.
Barton Fink surprised me. I enjoyed watching the film (it’s funny, the cast is great, and I was always interested in what would happen next), but I’m not sure what the Coen brothers were trying to say. After reading a bit, it seems that there are a lot of references that I just didn’t...
It Looks Good On: The Positive Test →
leala0709:
You can’t really imagine what it will feel like to get that first positive pregnancy test. I imagined all kinds of scenarios in the past couple years, but the only part that I got right was the part where there were two lines instead of one on the test.
I had been begging Josh for babies since…
From my wife’s blog.
Ira Glass Tries To Explain 'This American Life' At... →
Post-Colonial Theology - Brian McLaren →
“I’m a Roswell mom. I have a Kroger Plus card”
– Leah
“Wanting to be book is not book.”
– Subhas, 30 Rock
Raising Arizona
Last night Leah and I continued working our way through the Coen filmography with their second film, “Raising Arizona”. It was neat to see the beginnings of some Coen-isms (John Goodman, pomade, prison breaks, Biblical-sounding dialogue), some more “Evil Dead” similarities, and a great performance by a very young Nicholas Cage.
This is a great movie, especially if...
Blood Simple
I don’t watch movies at home very often. I’d like to say that I’m the kind of person who watches lots of cool flicks, but the truth is that I’ve done significant damage to my attention span, and it’s just really hard to sit still for two hours.
So, I’m trying to watch more movies. On Friday we watched “Jackie Brown” (an underrated film by my...