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Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:21:11 +0800

"The movie’s most spectacular special effect is an actor. As far as I can recall, Ejiofor has..."

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:16:59 +0800

“The movie’s most spectacular special effect is an actor. As far as I can recall, Ejiofor has never given a bad performance, although near the end of “2012” Emmerich, surely unwittingly, challenges that record by saddling him with an overwrought and overwritten speech about how necessary it is for human beings to treat one another with kindness and compassion — otherwise, why save the human race at all? Ejiofor delivers this tin-can dialogue, which probably took Emmerich all of 12 minutes to write between bites of sandwich and phone calls to his agent, as if it were the St. Crispin’s Day speech: With his perfect and yet wholly human enunciation, he turns a few dumb words into a tone poem of deep emotion and conviction. I leaned forward in my seat, gladly buying every syllable of this godforsaken baloney and then, when it was over, wishing there were more. The Rockies may tumble, Gibraltar may crumble, but Ejiofor, thank God, is here to stay.”

- 2012 - Salon.com

Amen.

View from the top of the Burj Dubai. Vertiginous.

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 14:48:18 +0800

View from the top of the Burj Dubai. Vertiginous.

Midnight Eye feature: Nobuhiko Obayashi, Vagabond of Time

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:31:31 +0800

Midnight Eye feature: Nobuhiko Obayashi, Vagabond of Time:

On how the director of HAUSU advanced the Japanese visual aesthetic through his work in film and advertising (at Dentsu).

Being Too Fat Illegal in Japan Now

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:51:54 +0800

Being Too Fat Illegal in Japan Now:

In Japan, already the slimmest industrialized nation, people are fighting fat to ward off dreaded metabolic syndrome and comply with a government-imposed waistline standard.

The amount of “food calories which the Japanese intake is decreasing from 10 years ago,” said Yoichi Ogushi, professor of medicine at Tokai University and one of the leading critics of the law. “So there is no obesity problem as in the USA. To the contrary, there is a problem of leanness in young females.”

I would hardly call that a problem!!

I hope this isn’t some sort of Korean guillotine.

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:43:11 +0800

I hope this isn’t some sort of Korean guillotine.

Don't Even Reply

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:41:44 +0800

Don't Even Reply:

“E-mails from an Asshole”

The email equivalent of prank calling, marvelously executed.

This awesome wheelbarrow race move is right up there with the...

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:40:00 +0800

This awesome wheelbarrow race move is right up there with the dunk-hot-dog-buns-in-water move and the alley oop. Sheer high school genius.

Fantastic Mr. Fox: "Better than Pixar"

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:24:07 +0800

Fantastic Mr. Fox: "Better than Pixar":

Brave words from Stephanie Zacharek, whom I mostly trust.

As a work of animation, and of art, “Fantastic Mr. Fox” is wily, clever and mischievous, without ever being too arch or knowing. It also has the distinct aura of something that’s been made entirely by hand with care and affection.