i'm up in the clouds, and i can't come down...

Almost done with callback interviewing...I am alive.

drowning in a drop of water...

I'm doing my reading for tomorrow. The Court in FCC v. Pacifica Foundation concludes: "We simply hold that when the Commission finds that a pig has entered the parlor, the exercise of its regulatory power does not depend on proof that the pig is obscene."

I kid you not.

in the garden, i did no crime...

Added my review of Clint Eastwood's Mystic River. It's perhaps the most pretentious movie released this year. And no, that's not a good thing!

I've also decided to try and write shorter reviews of movies. This would allow me to write more reviews, without too much sacrifice in quality. I tend to go on and on sometimes. Self-restraint shall be my new virtue.

However, just as I'm preparing to be more prolific, flyout week approaches. What does this mean? No updates for an entire week (starting Sunday).

Also, it's getting cold here in Cambridge. It's currently 39 degrees outside. That's about the coldest that it gets in Texas...ever. And we're still in October! And I just checked the weather forecast for tomorrow. I quote: "Rain and snow showers in the morning." Snow showers??? What the hell are snow showers? Why is the word "snow" even in there!? We're in October! Jesus.

Oh, and today is the third time in so many weeks that I overhear random people talking trash about Stanford. Haha! When one guy last week said the word "Stanford," he had this horrid look of utter disgust on his face. It was as if he was morally offended by the very name. How odd. I actually think it's kind of funny. People at Stanford were always very dismissive of Harvard, as if they hadn't even considered applying here (when of course, we know better). The same seems to hold for Harvard students, especially when I mention that I've transferred. Lesson to be learned: don't be dismissive. It betrays more than you're willing to share.

the archer split the tree...

Added my review of Marcus Nispel's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Sex, meet Death.

I wish I was half electronic...

Here's a shot in the dark if ever there was one: Is anyone out there looking to purchase a (reduced-price) ticket for the Thursday, Oct 23rd, 7:30pm Marilyn Manson concert at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston? If so, email me. I won't be able to make it. Ugh.

every finger in the room was pointing at me...

Marcus Nispel's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is being released today. Is anyone else really excited about this? I thought the trailer for this movie was one of the best trailers of the year. It was nostalgic, sexy, and scary. The movie stars Jessica Biel of The Rules of Attraction fame (a real gem of a movie that gets better with every viewing). Plus, the movie takes place in Travis County, Texas! For all non-Texans, that's the county where you can find Austin, where I spent my summer this year. I just hope this new version doesn't turn out to be something like Gus Van Sant's failed 1998 remake of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. After all, Tobe Hooper's 1974 original was borderline brilliant. (I remember I showed a clip of that movie during a presentation I gave in high school on the gothic anti-hero, to the horror of my English teacher. How comical.) We'll just have to see how it turns out...

not so fast...

Will Baude of Crescat Sententia claims to have deduced Sua Sponte's transfer school from some of the information I provided earlier regarding Harvard transfers. However, he's wrong, as the Tulane transfer is male. Indeed, I don't think Sua Sponte was at Tulane to begin with. Try again, Will.

you can say it one more time...

Oh my! This is the funniest blog I've seen to date.

look at mother nature on the run...

I know this is a total cop-out thing to do, but I'll do it anyways. Here is a list of movies I've seen this year without properly reviewing them. I plan to eventually give them a review (when I actually have my life back, after OCI). In the meantime, my grade will have to suffice:

Ridley Scott's Matchstick Men (C+)
Clint Eastwood's Mystic River (C-)
Danny DeVito's Duplex (D)
Victor Salva's Jeepers Creepers II (D)
Steve James' Stevie (A-)

Shame on me. In other news, today I had the good fortune to come across the newly released DVD of Neil LaBute's The Shape of Things. If you're into moral philosophy or social psychology at all, you'll be blown away. This movie is mean! Rachel Weisz is tantalizing. "The idea of you having some surgery...it's an experience!" she says. And we believe her.

Oh, and if perchance you pick up the latest issue (#28) of Cambridge Movie News, you'll find my review of Cabin Fever in there. Neat.

there were children singin' and drummers drumming...

Added my review of Quentin Tarantino's latest masterpiece, Kill Bill: Vol. 1.

Let it be known that Mystic River is the most overrated film of the year. More so than Capturing the Friedmans. Yikes.

it's for you, only you...

I just watched Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill, Vol. 1. This movie has easily displaced Lost in Translation as the best movie of the year so far. It was a beautiful movie that rivals Pulp Fiction's genius. My review to come shortly.

Also, I must say that the big line at the movie theatre tonight was not for Kill Bill, even though it was sold out for all of its prime time shows. The big lines were for Clint Eastwood's Mystic River, which has been getting uniformly glowing reviews (Roger Ebert, Peter Travers, among others). Something to look forward to, no doubt.

it's time to tell the world...

Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill, Vol. 1 is out today. And so is the new Coen brothers movie, Intolerable Cruelty. Big movie weekend...I'll certainly review Kill Bill soon enough. (In fact, my review is due by Sunday night for print publication, so no chance to procrastinate.)

all the white horses are still in bed...

I just realized something...I never reviewed Jeepers Creepers 2. Ugh. Things I think about during OCI. I tell you, OCI is not good for your health.

have a seat while i take to the sky...

Sorry for the lack of updates...I've been drowning in OCI. Here's a little food for thought that I encountered while taking a break from my Free Speech reading, from no one other than the master ironist himself, Kierkegaard: "People hardly ever make use of the freedom which they have, for example, freedom of thought; instead, they demand freedom of speech as compensation." Touche!

strange, thought i knew you well...

The Village Voice has this to say: "Tarantino's new Kill Bill, in theaters next Friday, is probably the most violent movie ever made by an American studio."

In an interview, Tarantino had this to say: "If you are a 12-year-old girl or boy you must go and see Kill Bill and you will have a damn good time."

Tarantino's recommendation of Kill Bill to pre-teens has given Disney, the parent company of Miramax (the movie's distributor), a reason to worry. All this controversy, and the movie isn't even out yet. About the only other movie that has met with this much pre-release mania is Mel Gibson's The Passion.

As they say, all publicity is good publicity.

Added my review of Richard Linklater's latest (and most uncharacteristic) movie, School of Rock. Jack Black doubters beware!

Added my review of the pseudo-documentary American Splendor. Splendid film.

she is raging, she is raging...

This guy got his shirt from this site. Comical, all of it.