I would have bought the DVD of Avalon, if not for customers complaining about the Miramax “bastardization” of it. I saw the bastard version via Comcast On Demand just now, and I think it was all right. But, I need to watch it again to say anything meaningful and deep about it. Here’s one review [...]

I first came across the musical category of “emo” (as in emotional) in reference to the band Rainer Maria, although they seem far from the first wave of emocore as a subgenre of hardcore punk. Apparently they belong to the third wave of emo, according to Wikipedia. Don’t quite know how to describe them, so [...]

After having seen Capote now, I’ve seen 3 of the Best Picture nominees for 2005. I still like Crash best; I’ll (finally) watch Brokeback Mountain next. Philip Seymour Hoffman probably deserves the Best Actor Oscar he got, but I always question acting awards given for portrayals of real persons, especially those with distinctive traits. It [...]