A Thinking Reed

"Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed" – Blaise Pascal

Movies

  • Links for Friday

    – Derek on the church and (in)fallibility and communing the unbaptized – Animal advocacy and pragmatism – This is your brain on gadgets – BLS has been writing a fascinating series of posts on the church and A.A. – The thought of Paul Ramsey – The AV Club’s June round up of all things metal Read more

  • A defense of Ghostbusters

    As if one was needed! Still one of my all-time faves. Link. Read more

  • Summer movie critic

    Maybe it’s the delayed summer heat forcing us indoors, but my wife and I have recently seen two first-run movies right after they opened, a rarity for us. I enjoyed Judd Apatow’s Funny People more than I thought I would and more than his other two flicks. Yes, it’s big, sprawling and doesn’t entirely hang Read more

  • One sentence movie review: Revolutionary Road

    I can’t decide if it was a good movie that failed to acheive greatness due to a couple of glaring flaws, or just a really well-made, but fundamentally bad movie. Read more

  • Anvil!

    Went and saw Anvil! The Story of Anvil with some friends tonight (including Camassia). It’s a documentary about a b-list (c-list?) 80s power metal band from Canada that never quite made it big, but never quit either. The movie was terrific and surprisingly affecting. After the movie I consulted Ian Christe’s magisterial history of heavy Read more

  • Boldly going

    A buddy of mine scored some tickets to an advanced screening of the new Star Trek movie last night, and was kind enough to invite me along. I enjoyed it a lot. I consider myself a fairly serious Trek fan, if not a true, hardcore Trekkie, and I thought it was great fun. It also Read more

  • A boy and his robot

    From the AV Club: an appreciation of one of my very favorite movies. Read more

  • Big screen Eddie

    How cool is this–Iron Maiden is releasing a big-screen tour documentary. Equally cool–singer Bruce Dickinson is a licensed pilot and flew the jet they traveled on (appropriately named “Ed Force One”) for much of the tour. The movie is called Iron Maiden: Flight 666. Doesn’t get much more metal than that. Read more

  • Ricky Nelson, Dino, and the Duke

    The great Howard Hawks/John Wayne western Rio Bravo wasn’t just an excuse to pair Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson, but it didn’t hurt: I’m watching this tonight and just felt like posting these. Read more

  • WALL-E

    Strangely affecting! I haven’t gotten that choked up at an animated movie about robots since The Iron Giant. Read more