The Mahablog (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
I’ve been at a retreat and haven’t seen the news since Friday morning. I take it the polls say a majority of veep debate viewers who were polled favored Biden. I agree with Bill Curry: Why then did Palin take a drubbing in the polls? It may have to do with the very personality that brought [...]
A Blog For All (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Last night, Mrs. Lawhawk and I decided to make it a date night, and went to see a movie. Arriving at Garden State Plaza, there weren't many choices, but we decided upon Burn After Reading, a movie by the Coen brothers. There's no spoilers in here, so read away. I'll let you discover the plot and the twists for yourself. I'm a fan of the Coen Brothers' Raising Arizona, so I get their twisted
Later On (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Last night I watched Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard (1950), with William Holden and Gloria Swanson (and a very young Jack Webb in a bit part). Excellent movie, with two things that leapt out at me. First was the bridge game that Norma Desmond plays with her old friends from the days of silent film. What was [...]
Repman (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Let me preface this blog by saying I'm a Barack Obama supporter. That said, I'm absolutely amazed to see and read all the glowing reviews of Sarah Palin's performance in last night's debate. Simply because Sarah didn't have a brain...
Spring City Chronicle (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Fox Run Sentry has the best grocery store bakery in the area. I know I’m not supposed to, but I have a fondness for bear claws which overcomes my dwindling good sense. Since the Cubs game wasn’t close, I did switch to several channels to watch some of the VP debate. HD does make everybody’s [...]
Nobody's Business (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Forget Tina Fey. About twenty minutes into the double-dreadful performance that was last night's veep debate, I realized that Palin much more closely resembles another actress: Frances McDormand. Think about it: Four to eight years of Palin would be exactly like four to eight years of having Margie from Fargo in the White House. The against-all-reason chipperness and desperate optimism are the same,...
The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Cork is gearing up for a week of premieres and parties as Ireland's longest-running film festival marks it's 53rd year with a bumper line-up, writes
kare11.com - Business News (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
Sarah Palin's voice may resonate with a lot of Minnesotans, if not in policy, in its accent. "She sounds like she's from northern Minnesota,"
Filmstalker (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
We have a new trailer for the Coen brothers Burn After Reading, which stars Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Frances McDormand. A gym worker comes into some top secret information, and hold it to ransom. This one looks really good....Visit Filmstalker for the full story. Restricted feeds to protect content.
The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
As the latest offering from the Coen brothers hits the big screen, they tell David Gritten why they refuse to label their work
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
Burn After Reading stars John Malkovich as a ex CIA analyst who has recently been fired and who also
Seattle Weekly (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
The Coen brothers' 1984 Texas noir remains one of the best indie films of the '80s for its wickedly funny take on infidelity, murder, misplaced trust, and mutual suspicion (to say nothing of the knife-impaled hand). This is their slightly tweaked 2000 version that is actually a tiny bit sh...
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
The most unexpected twist in the new Coen brothers movie, "Burn After Reading," isn't the ending. It's that the main characters of an espionage thriller set in Washington aren't senators, cops or even rascally reporters: They're trainers at a gym called Hardbodies. As played by Frances McDormand ...
Pajiba (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
Save Shia! The Weekly Box-Office Round-Up / Dustin Rowles...
New York Newsday (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
Frances McDormand, Alec Baldwin and Jacqueline Bisset are among the bold-faced names expected to appear at this year's Hamptons International Film Festival, running Oct. 15 through 19.
