Holy cow. This movie got under my skin. Michael Keaton plays a wicked heavy. Herein lies perhaps the best argument for not becoming a landlord I’ve ever encountered. Great psychological thriller.
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I’m curious to see George Romero’s original. This was nerve-rackingly paced. Acting was spot-on and the characters had more depth than I’m used to in this kind of picture. There was a bit of a sound problem in the theater I went to (Regal E-walk 13 in Times Square). The speakers sounded like a wire had burned out and were quiet for much of the dialogue in the beginning. It’s a testament to the filmmaking that it held people rapt and still grabbed the audience by the gullet. Run to the theater and catch this.
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Back in my wheelhouse.
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my iphone got stuck in “reboot loop” mode this morning. it would not go past the silver apple logo. since i just set up a new computer, i had not backed it up in a week or so. my bad. i’ve gotten some new paid apps in the meantime and entered contacts i did not want to lose. if you think a restore might jeopardize your data, then try this before following the countless instructions on the web for forcing a destructive restore.
turn the phone off by holding down the hold and home buttons for several seconds or as long as it takes. find that silver toothpick tool that came with the phone and pop out the sim card. start the phone and let it sit. let it sit for at least 15 minutes. then, plug the phone into your computer. this is when my phone magically turned on with a “no sim card” message. all data and settings were back and i immediately backed it up. then turn off your phone. slide in the sim card. turn back on. go.
turn the phone off by holding down the hold and home buttons for several seconds or as long as it takes. find that silver toothpick tool that came with the phone and pop out the sim card. start the phone and let it sit. let it sit for at least 15 minutes. then, plug the phone into your computer. this is when my phone magically turned on with a “no sim card” message. all data and settings were back and i immediately backed it up. then turn off your phone. slide in the sim card. turn back on. go.
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The paths lay buried beneath heaps of snow and giant fallen trees in Inwood Hill Park this past weekend. It was a hazardous spectacle that altered the entire landscape radically.
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Kevin BerreyPrincipal
Screaming Panda
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Photos from the week of the 2010/02/22. The police have kept a consistent lookout since the incident described below. I ran past them today in the blizzard.
Principal
Screaming Panda
646-240-3654 home: http://bit.ly/spanda
twitter: http://bit.ly/kbtwt
linkedin: http://bit.ly/kblin
Sent from my storytelling machine
Kevin BerreyPrincipal
Screaming Panda
646-240-3654 home: http://bit.ly/spanda
twitter: http://bit.ly/kbtwt
linkedin: http://bit.ly/kblin
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This is Boston.
This is not boston. This is my island.
Yes. That was a typo in the title and I’m going to leave it. Let me be frank. At the end of this movie i said “No” to myself, sottovoce. Have you ever done that? The emotions i had built up went decidedly unsatisfied. I still reveled In the performances and visual beauty.
I’m convinced this fellow is a brilliant man with his heart in the right place and a fine sense of humor and perhaps even a whole unique philosophy he’s driving at. There is much emotion in scenes, sequences, performances, and a cerebral string running through it all, stringing it together. Thanks for letting the actors fill out the story by shear virtuosity and raw expression. You shouldn’t be reading this if you haven’t seen the picture. Because Im going to say that the genre seems to be psychological thriller, a caper movie, and degeneration tale all in one. Think movies where the main character loses his mind: Fight Club, Lost Highway, Psycho. Here, the writer does not want you to feelike the world has been sorted out. Rather, it’s been shattered. I absolutely love some of the moments in this film. What Scorcese and his team (especially the talent and editor Schoonmaker (sp?)) have done is exquisite. There are some early facial expressions that truly tell enormous emotional tales in moments. Single montage scenes convey and shape the entire mood of the following Act in strange and unsettling ways. There is so much style here. And there is story On a backwards way like an ingrown hair. If you like extracting painful truths and ambiguity–this picture has a big offering. Otherwise, perhaps move on.{ 0 comments }
Welcome back to snowy NYC. It’s becoming less of an special occasion to see the white stuff. In the park, though, this is just marvelous. Enjoy.
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