June 2009
When the Night Falls, The Eyes, 1965
Movies
Watched a few films this weekend…
Finding Neverland (2004) - I loved this film in the theater, and wanted to watch it with Rocky. Just as good the second time. Five stars, definitely.
Saw II - Thought I’d go ahead with the “Saw” canon, since the first one was so intriguing. The second was about equal in thrills, but while the first movie was almost entirely sans gore,...
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The Mototaxi Junket and the Search for the Lost... →
I really want to do this “race”…but not this year, I’m afraid. Maybe in 2010? 4000 km (3000 miles), Lima [Peru] to Asuncion [Paraguay], over the Andes and through the rain forest. Two weeks. No set route, but you can’t ride on highways, apparently. Doing it in a 150cc three-wheeled scooter with a two-person seat attached to the back.
I figure two people, a small...
David Byrne Concert
Rocky got us tickets for the Devotchka/David Byrne concert at the Red Rocks Amphitheater, last Saturday (June 20, 2009). It was incredible—one of the best concerts I’ve ever been to. Rocky loves David Byrne, and while I don’t follow him as much as she does, I’ve loved his stuff since the early Talking Heads days.
Anyway, the concert was fantastic, no crazy light shows,...
Roger Ebert's Transformers Review →
I kinda would have seen this, and I would have expected it to be a stupid popcorn movie, but this makes it sound even worse. I’ll save my ten bucks…
katiepalooza:
hortenseg:
No, seriously, please stop whatever you are doing and go read this right now. It is perhaps my favorite movie review of all time:
“There are many great-looking babes in the film, who are made up to a...
Just...wow. →
Basically:
10-year old girl with rare form of cancer really wants to see the Pixar movie Up, but is too ill to go to a theater to see it.
Family start cold-calling Pixar to see if they can help.
Pixar flies an employee with a DVD of the movie and Up toys to the girl. Girl gets to see the movie (well, she’s so ill she can’t open her eyes, but she can hear it, and her mother gives a...
WWII's Most Unintentionally Gay Fighting Manual... →
Morning
Staying at Rocky’s last night; this morning the fire trucks come screaming down the street; closer…closer…and yes, they stop at her building. Someone down on the first floor or basement managed to set their mattress on fire or something. Nice and smoky…but at least we didn’t have to evacuate half-dressed or start thowing valuables into a bag or anything…
nightmarebrunette:
Alex Parks — Mad World (Tears...
Movies
Jus’ keeping track of what I’ve watched lately, since the original catalyst for starting a Tumblr blog was so I could look back on what movies I’d seen at the Film Festival and over the year, and be able to say, “These were my 10 favorite movies of the year…” Anyway…catching up on a couple months or so of films:
Funny Face (1957) - Sweet romantic comedy...
Apogaea 2009
Apogaea went so well this year! More people than ever before (831), some cool art, a great effigy (a Volcano), and reduced shifts at Info Booth, so I wasn’t running there every three hours to train each shift’s volunteers. Gate was less crazy, even on the Hell Shift (Friday night 6:00-9:00 p.m., when after-work Denverites start to arrive). I loved not having cars parked all over the...
