Billy Paultz Reconsidered

After Roger Ebert first saw “Pulp Fiction”, Quentin Tarantino asked him what he thought of it.
“It’s either the best film of the year or the worst film,” Ebert said, later admitting to his readers that, “I hardly knew what the hell had happened to me.”
That’s about it. Tarantino flicks are soggy with audacity and wit but not […]

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*Sporting News Today is an e-mail quasi newspaper they deliver to your inbox everyday for free. It’s an interesting experiment, like a new-age version of the beloved National in some ways. It’s worth checking out; lots of information, although not enough in-depth stuff and real writing for my tastes.  
I bring this up because they cover […]

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Everybody’s talking about Heath Ledger’s Joker, and for good reason. He’s literally scary-good. I can’t remember a movie character to which you are so hopelessly riveted every second he’s on the screen.
But it isn’t just Ledger’s Joker, it’s Joker’s movie; the filmmakers give him more cool stuff to do and 10 times as many good lines as […]

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Took the kids to see “Live Free or Die Hard,” last night. We had fun and you will too, if you remember to leave your credulity in the car.
Plot summary: Evil computer geeks shut down the country’s infrastructure and try to drain its financial resources. Bruce Willis stops them, destroying much of said infrastructure in the […]

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Blah, blah Sopranos blah, blah…  Tony, yadda, yadda, yadda…. what’s with the Journey? blah, blah… closure  blah, blah, blah…. freakin onion rings, yadda, yadda, yadda… what the….  blah, blah…wait…. THAT WAS IT?! I thought my cable went out….. blah, blah, blah…. can’t wait for the movie….
Can we maybe get on with our lives now?

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Saw the new Johnny Depp “Pirates,” thing Monday, on a date with my wife. Didn’t hate it. It was a pleasant enough evening and, really, if you’re parents, any time you can get out of the house by yourselves…
So what follows is less complaint than sincere wonder.
The movie is a weird and remarkable thing, three hours long, […]

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