First off this is why most people will tell you not to watch David Milch’s beguiling new series:
1. Its not the Sopranos, or Deadwood for that matter
2. Its solemn, hermetic, and unauthentic in its depiction of surfer culture.
3. It potentially suffers from the Twin Peaks effect: posing grand, mystical questions destined to be milked for […]
Archive for June, 2007
To George and Brad: yes, you are starring in a remake of the 60s rat pack classic but Sinatra and Dino you ain’t. Okay Ocean’s 13 isn’t that bad, in fact marginally better than 12, but these actors do not have the class or history to be going for nostalgic yearning and displacement in the […]
Wow… thats some intense stuff Paul
Bombastic, ostentatious, derivative as hell… the perfect insomnia film. This movie has so many strikes against it: Paul Walker in a badass role (he’s actually not that bad, perhaps this would have been even better if he was), a dizzying clout of malnourished subplots. Tries to up the ante with […]
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