Anime 2009 in the Spring

broderic on January 3, 2009

Each of these links could’ve been a link of the day, but as it is I am kind of excited about watching some new anime so I had to post this so that you too can be excited about new anime.

White Album has Aya Hirano as one of the voice actresses so this anime will have some singing.

Mariaholic looks to have some ecchi-ness, but with a trap. Looks to be fun.

Rideback has some cute anime girl in the lead.

Hetalia Axis Powers is an anime with anthropomorphic representation of countries fighting amongst themselves.

I’m getting my bittorrent on!

Movie List 2008

broderic on December 28, 2008

I always compile this list before the end of the year. While looking over my posts of the movies I saw in the theatre, I was surprised that I had a lot of 2 stars even from the ones that were “good.” (I’m looking at you Dark Knight.) I’m also surprised that I saw very few movies. A rough estimate is about 60 this year whereas last year was probably around . I still a few reviews to post, but those films are just average or below. So here’s my list of 4+ star films.

Click the link to read my review. Post your own list.

I’ve also noticed that my list is getting shorter. Either I am becoming a better judge of movies or I am becoming more finicky.

Link of the Day [8.28.08]

broderic on August 28, 2008

Do today what you want to do tomorrow, or some such nonsense such as that. You’ll find these crazy zen koans of life wisdom in plenty books and magazines.

Do or do not. There is no try.

Sorry, that was Yoda. Except, no matter how cheesy it sounds, it is always better to be doing than to not be.

The guy who co-wrote the book, 100 Things To Do Before You Die is dead. He only accomplished about half his list.

So go. Do. Time is running out. You never know what tomorrow will bring.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/books/08/26/obit.freeman.ap/index.html

(h/t Kottke)

1001 Movies to See Then You Die

broderic on May 15, 2008

I received this book for Christmas, but was reminded of it by kottke.

Here’s the original list, and there have been some additions for the later editions.

My final count: 292 of 1001. I bet there are some who can do better. I lost the entire 60s and early 70s.

1. A Trip to the Moon (1902)
2. The Great Train Robbery (1903)
3. The Birth of a Nation (1915)
14. Nanook of the North (1922)
15. Nosferatu, A Symphony of Terror(1922)
27. The Battleship Potemkin (1925)
28. The Gold Rush (1925)
31. Sunrise (1927)
32. The General (1927)
46. Pandora’s Box (1929)
55. Dracula (1931)
56. Frankenstein (1931)
59. M (1931)
61. The Vampire (1932)
75. Duck Soup (1933)
78. King Kong (1933)
86. It Happened One Night (1934)
91. The 39 Steps (1935)
98. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
106. Grand Illusion (1937)
107. Stella Dallas (1937)
110. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
113. Jezebel (1938)
118. Bringing Up Baby (1938)
122. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
123. The Wizard of Oz (1939)
130. The Rules of the Game (1939)
132. His Girl Friday (1940)
133. Rebecca (1940)
134. Fantasia (1940)
135. The Philadelphia Story (1940)
138. Pinocchio (1940)
141. Citizen Kane (1941)
142. The Lady Eve (1941)
143. The Wolf Man (1941)
145. Sergeant York (1941)
148. Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
150. The Palm Beach Story (1942)
152. Casablanca (1942)
154. Cat People (1942)
161. I Walked with a Zombie (1943)
162. The Seventh Victim (1943)
164. Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
168. Laura (1944)
169. Gaslight (1944)
172. Double Indemnity (1944)
178. Open City (1945)
193. Notorious (1946)
195. It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
196. Gilda (1946)
207. Rope (1948)
217. Adam’s Rib (1949)
222. On the Town (1949)
225. Rashomon (1950)
229. Sunset Blvd. (1950)
241. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
245. Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
246. To Live (1952)
257. Tokyo Story (1953)
259. Wages of Fear (1953)
267. Shane (1953)
274. Rear Window (1954)
278. The Seven Samurai (1954)
291. Marty (1955)
296. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
307. The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
309. All That Heaven Allows (1956)
310. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
314. The Ten Commandments (1956)
320. Throne of Blood (1957)
321. The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
324. The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
326. The Cranes Are Flying (1957)
334. Vertigo (1958)
339. The 400 Blows (1959)
340. North by Northwest (1959)
348. Breathless (1959)
349. Ben-Hur (1959)
351. Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
364. Revenge of the Vampire / Black Sunday (1960)
366. The Apartment (1960)
370. La Jetee (1961)
376. Viridiana (1961)
381. West Side Story (1961)
390. Lolita (1962)
396. The Birds (1963)
406. The Great Escape (1963)
407. Shock Corridor (1963)
415. Goldfinger (1964)
418. Marnie (1964)
437. The Sound of Music (1965)
449. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
459. The Graduate (1967)
463. Belle de Jour (1967)
467. Cool Hand Luke (1967)
470. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
479. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
480. Planet of the Apes (1968)
482. Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
488. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
491. Night of the Living Dead (1968)
495. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
496. Midnight Cowboy (1969)
525. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
527. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)
531. Harold and Maude (1971)
536. Dirty Harry (1971)
546. High Plains Drifter (1972)
548. Deliverance (1972)
550. The Godfather (1972)
556. Pink Flamingos (1972)
560. Badlands (1973)
563. Enter the Dragon (1973)
568. Don’t Look Now (1973)
571. The Exorcist (1973)
584. Chinatown (1974)
587. The Godfather Part II (1974)
590. Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
593. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
594. The Wall (1975)
595. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
605. Jaws (1975)
607. Carrie (1976)
610. Rocky (1976)
611. Taxi Driver (1976)
617. Star Wars (1977)
618. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
620. Annie Hall (1977)
624. Saturday Night Fever (1977)
633. Five Deadly Venoms (1978)
635. The Deer Hunter (1978)
636. Grease (1978)
638. Dawn of the Dead (1978)
640. Up in Smoke (1978)
641. Halloween (1978)
646. Alien (1979)
647. Breaking Away (1979)
651. Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
652. Life of Brian (1979)
653. Apocalypse Now (1979)
654. The Jerk (1979)
657. Mad Max (1979)
662. The Shining (1980)
663. Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
664. The Elephant Man (1980)
665. The Big Red One (1980)
667. Airplane! (1980)
668. Raging Bull (1980)
669. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
672. Chariots of Fire (1981)
673. Body Heat (1981)
675. An American Werewolf in London (1981)
679. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1981)
680. E.T.: The Extra-Terestrial (1982)
681. The Thing (1982)
682. Poltergeist (1982)
683. Blade Runner (1982)
684. The Evil Dead (1982)
685. Tootsie (1982)
687. Diner (1982)
693. A Christmas Story (1983)
696. Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi (1983)
697. The Big Chill (1983)
705. The Right Stuff (1983)
707. Once Upon a Time in America (1983)
708. Scarface (1983)
710. Amadeus (1984)
711. The Terminator (1984)
713. A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
714. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
715. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
716. Ghostbusters (1984)
719. The Killing Fields (1984)
720. The Natural (1984)
721. The Breakfast Club (1985)
722. Ran (1985)
725. Out of Africa (1985)
727. Back to the Future (1985)
729. Brazil (1985)
730. Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
731. The Quiet Earth (1985)
736. The Color Purple (1985)
738. Stand By Me (1986)
739. Blue Velvet (1986)
743. The Fly (1986)
744. Aliens (1986)
745. Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
746. Down by Law (1986)
749. Platoon (1986)
751. Tampopo (1986)
753. Salvador (1986)
754. Top Gun (1986)
761. Raising Arizona (1987)
762. Full Metal Jacket (1987)
764. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
768. The Princess Bride (1987)
770. The Untouchables (1987)
773. Fatal Attraction (1987)
774. A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)
776. The Vanishing (1988)
777. Bull Durham (1988)
779. The Thin Blue Line (1988)
780. Akira (1988)
781. Cinema Paradiso (1988)
783. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
784. The Naked Gun (1988)
785. Big (1988)
787. Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
790. Die Hard (1988)
792. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
793. Rain Man (1988)
795. The Accidental Tourist (1988)
797. Batman (1989)
798. When Harry Met Sally (1989)
803. The Killer (1989)
804. Do the Right Thing (1989)
805. Roger & Me (1989)
806. Glory (1989)
814. Goodfellas (1990)
815. Jacob’s Ladder (1990)
817. Dances with Wolves (1990)
819. Pretty Woman (1990)
823. Edward Scissorhands (1990)
824. Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1990)
825. Total Recall (1990)
827. Boyz ‘n the Hood (1991)
829. Delicatessen (1991)
831. Naked Lunch (1991)
835. Thelma & Louise (1991)
836. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
837. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
838. JFK (1991)
841. Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (1991)
844. The Player (1992)
845. Reservoir Dogs (1992)
848. Unforgiven (1992)
849. Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
858. Groundhog Day (1993)
861. Jurassic Park (1993)
862. The Age of Innocence (1993)
865. Three Colors: Blue (1993)
869. Three Colors: Red (1994)
871. Forrest Gump (1994)
872. Clerks (1994)
873. Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
874. The Lion King (1994)
876. Natural Born Killers (1994)
877. The Last Seduction (1994)
878. Pulp Fiction (1994)
887. Casino (1995)
888. Deseret (1995)
889. Babe (1995)
890. Toy Story (1995)
891. Strange Days (1995)
892. Braveheart (1995)
894. Clueless (1995)
895. Heat (1995)
897. Seven (1995)
907. Fargo (1996)
908. Independence Day (1996)
914. Trainspotting (1996)
915. Scream (1996)
917. L.A. Confidential (1997)
919. Princess Mononoke (1997)
923. Boogie Nights (1997)
930. Titanic (1997)
933. Saving Private Ryan (1998)
936. Run Lola Run (1998)
937. Rushmore (1998)
940. The Thin Red Line (1998)
944. There’s Something About Mary (1998)
945. Magnolia (1999)
947. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
950. All About My Mother (1999)
951. Three Kings (1999)
955. Fight Club (1999)
956. Being John Malkovich (1999)
957. American Beauty (1999)
960. The Sixth Sense (1999)
961. The Matrix (1999)
966. Gladiator (2000)
971. Meet the Parents (2000)
973. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
976. Memento (2000)
978. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
983. Spirited Away (2001)
991. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
992. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
993. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (2001)
996. Talk to Her (2002)
999. Chicago (2002)
1001. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

897 Greatest Albums of All Time on WTMD

broderic on February 8, 2008

As a follow up to their 897 Greatest Songs of All Time countdown from last year, WTMD is counting down the 897 Greatest Albums of All Time. It's a chance to hear some tunes you normally don't hear on the radio.

The other day they played some Jethro Tull which probably hasn't been heard on air in a long while. It was side A to an album. I had to change the channel because it felt like a Jazz Odyssey but heavier progrock-like. I went into the harbor tunnel with it playing and came out with it still on and I think it was still the same verse. I don't know if there was a chorus.

Anyhow, you should listen to it as it counts down. You may hear some fine tunes that'll have you rocking out, especially, as it winds down to number one.

My Year In Film 2008

broderic on January 23, 2008

Twenty-two days into 2008 and I have seen many interesting movies. I would like to catalog them into some kind of coherent statement of my movie viewing experience. Besides my movie reviews, I’m going to list some of the other films watched for which I don’t plan on writing a full blown review . Consider it a film diary. Another metric for me to base my life around.

Anyway onto the movies.

IN THEATRE:
There Will Be Blood
27 Dresses
Cloverfield
Rebecca
Atonement
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

DVD:
Show Me Love (aka Fucking Åmål)
In Between Days
Stardust
Malena
Can This Be Love

TCM:
Cat People
The Talk of the Town
Indiscreet
Face in the Crowd

Hitchcock at The Charles

broderic on January 11, 2008

I posted about this before but here's the list of films in chronological
order. We've already missed two of his earlier films, but that's okay
as I don't think he got really interesting until he got to Hollywood.I don't know which to watch. Honestly, I want to see them all.
Practically, I want to see my favorites. I feel like they'll be much
better when watching a 35mm print in a theatre. Perhaps Saturday's in
the theatre is fun thing. Or maybe Thursday nights after school. Or
Mondays. Let's just go.SATURDAY 1/12, MONDAY 1/14, THURSDAY 1/17.
THE LADY VANISHESSATURDAY 1/19, MONDAY 1/21, THURSDAY 1/24.
REBECCASATURDAY 1/26, MONDAY 1/28, THURSDAY 1/31.
SUSPICIONSATURDAY 2/2, MONDAY 2/4, THURSDAY 2/7.
SABOTEURSATURDAY 2/9, MONDAY 2/11, THURSDAY 2/14.
SHADOW OF A DOUBTSATURDAY 2/16, MONDAY 2/18, THURSDAY 2/21.
LIFEBOATSATURDAY 2/23, MONDAY 2/25, THURSDAY 2/28.
SPELLBOUNDSATURDAY 3/1, MONDAY 3/3, THURSDAY 3/6.
NOTORIOUSSATURDAY 3/8, MONDAY 3/10, THURSDAY 3/13.
THE PARADINE CASESATURDAY 3/15, MONDAY 3/17, THURSDAY 3/20.
ROPESATURDAY 3/22, MONDAY 3/24, THURSDAY 3/27.
STRANGERS ON A TRAINSATURDAY 3/29, MONDAY 3/31, THURSDAY 4/3.
I CONFESSSATURDAY 4/5, MONDAY 4/7, THURSDAY 4/10.
DIAL M FOR MURDER in 3-DSATURDAY 4/12, MONDAY 4/14, THURSDAY 4/17.
REAR WINDOWSATURDAY 4/19, MONDAY 4/21, THURSDAY 4/24.
THE TROUBLE WITH HARRYSATURDAY 4/26, MONDAY 4/28, THURSDAY 5/1.
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCHSATURDAY 5/3, MONDAY 5/5, THURSDAY 5/8.
THE WRONG MANSATURDAY 5/10, MONDAY 5/12, THURSDAY 5/15.
VERTIGOSATURDAY 5/17, MONDAY 5/19, THURSDAY 5/22.
NORTH BY NORTHWESTSATURDAY 5/24, MONDAY 5/26, THURSDAY 5/29.
PSYCHOSATURDAY 5/31. MONDAY 6/2, THURSDAY 6/5.
THE BIRDSSATURDAY 6/7, MONDAY 6/9, THURSDAY 6/12.
MARNIESATURDAY 6/14, MONDAY 6/16, THURSDAY 6/19.
FRENZY