Notes of a Defeatist

Having been a long time complusive music, movie, and book consumer, my new job at a used book store continues to educate on the ways of the buying public. While some of my co-workers and I enjoy the hunt, most of our customers want their copy of Eat, Pray, Love, that moment and more shockingly most [...]

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 Good to see Eggers getting more work out there. This certainly sounds more interesting the once proposed adaptation of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. From EW.com:Mendes, Eggers, take on American comedy. Krasinski, Rudolph rumored to star. 

American Beauty director Sam Mendes is taking another look at the American family, this time in a comedy written by [...]

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Cormac McCarthy sits down with the Coen brothers to discuss each others respected career paths and No Country For Old Men, which I can’t wait to see.

“C.M. There are a lot of good American movies, you know. I’m not that big a fan of exotic foreign films. I think Five [...]

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Ever wonder who that other guy credited with creating Lost along side J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof? Check out the mystery of Jeffrey Lieber and his story.

Everyone seems to have forgotten about all the blood, sweet, and tears Scorsese put into making Raging Bull now [...]

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The makers of the Saw franchise bring us Kevin Bacon as a man out to protect his family from local ethnic street toughs who kill his son during a botched gas station robbery. His perfect life in shambles and failed by the justice system this mild-mannered executive takes matters into his own hands to protect [...]

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Just when it seemed that Darren Aronofsky’s problems with The Fountain were over.

From Aronofsky’s Myspace blog:

“so the dvd came out.

happy that it is in the world.
hope more folks will get to see it.

as many of you can tell it is light on the extras as compared to my previous dvd releases.

everything at the studio was [...]

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Two movies I can’t wait to see.

The Coens have been all over the place with their last few movies, No Country for Old Men looks to be more in the vein of Miller Crossing, Fargo, and the Man Who Wasn’t There than some of their broader stuff. Thankfully a wider audience be exposed to [...]

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Remeber Donkey Kong?

Yeah, the original one, with the little guy jumping over the barrels to get get the girl from that monkey.
Turns out somebody actually still plays it.

Oh, and Ray Bradbury wanted to let you know that you’re stupid—Fahrenheit 451 wasn’t about censorship, but T.V. taking over our lives.

Thanks Ray, that makes your book [...]

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Only a few more days until Knocked Up’s release!

My Judd Apatow affinity reached a life long devotion when my Mom and I spent a Saturday night watching NBC burn off the final few Freaks and Geeks episodes. We laughed, drank Rolling Rocks, and the phone never did ring from that girl that went out with [...]

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Us government trying to seize new Michael Moore film says producer.

Harvey Weinstein fires latest shot in battle over healthcare documentary

Charlotte Higgins in Cannes
Saturday May 19, 2007
The Guardian

Cannes is smacking its lips in anticipation of filmmaker and provocateur Michael Moore’s latest jeremiad against the US administration, which receives its [...]

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