Archive for January 30th, 2008
Catching Up With Oscar – Part 1
I am updating my Oscar nominations post, scratching out films as I see them. (and I’m crossing my fingers that Austin makes the 50 city cut for Magnolia and Shorts International’s distribution on February 15th.) I am trying to see these films in the theater as time/availability permit, but (I’m old and) weeknights […]
Planned Obsolescence
Last night, sometime between 7:00 and 8:00, while I was playing Assassin’s Creed,
my Xbox 360 emitted a horrible grinding noise from its optical disk drive. The game gave a couple of audio glitches, but the drive quieted down and everything seemed fine, and I was happy to pretend like I wasn’t in for another repair […]
Goliath
Growing up in B/CS, TX my family would often hang out with a few other families whose parents all taught at the local university. I haven’t really kept in touch with anyone, but have vaguely kept an eye on the set of brothers who happen to make films here in Austin. Their new movie, Goliath, is […]