December 2009
11 posts
Music: Jeremy by Pearl Jam
But tamer and with better lyrics.
Fiction: Rufus
It didn’t matter that nobody spoke English; Rufus didn’t need to speak to anybody. A child was perched on the creaking metal gate but his swinging legs were the only two in the vicinity that weren’t heading somewhere. As long as Rufus remained unmemorable this would be easy. A dull man was an man avoided, and dullness was a necessary skill for someone in Rufus’ line of work. The thing to do...
I don't read too good
Poem: Siren
Fire trucks are brash, conceited, Stand aside we’ll douse what’s heated. Ambulance is sad, despairing, Siren song with honest caring. Cops in cars are keen, excitement, Anxious to achieve indictment. Ice cream vans are not like these, They sing Henry Eight’s Greensleeves.
DVD Review: Gerry
At a lengthy hour and a half, this film stretches dauntingly in front of the viewer, but that may well have been the aim of director Gus Van Sant. The tone of Gerry is oppressive, the shots are long and sometimes painful and the landscape is terrifyingly vast and minimalistic. Two best friends, each named Gerry (Casey Affleck and Matt Damon) lose their way in the desert after setting out on...
I'm not leaving this fucking cart
Are those my birds?
Twitter: Shumka
Dear the blues, you’re worse than the jazz. If I’m guilty of anything it’s various crimes. The catchphrase from my reality show will be “Pack up your shit and get the fuck out.” (via Twitter: daveshumka)
Movie Review: A Serious Man
The Coen brothers would like to be a filmic force to be reckoned with. In many ways they are; their direction is almost always impeccable, they paint their settings with a fantastical touch and create insular universes that are wonderfully funny and sickening. But what do they ask of their audience? A Serious Man is a film about religion and pain. Joel and Ethan Coen grew up in the suburbs of...
Movie Review: An Education
Set in early 1960s London, one of the greatest triumphs of An Education is that the script could be transplanted into the modern day with few revisions. Writer, Nick Hornby (About a Boy and High Fidelity) has presented a world in which the characters are stunningly relatable despite his characteristic, occasionally too perfect, banter. It’s the story of a girl and a man, the man falls in love with...
Movie Review: Moon
Moon is an appropriate title for this Sam Rockwell vehicle. It is simple and apparent yet evokes that kind of awe that leads to cocked heads gazing in admiration. Though Moon contains science and fiction and bears the title Moon, like all good sci-fi films, it does not rely on any science fiction elements to get by. Sam Rockwell’s performance is memorable to say the least; it may well be the...