Category Archives: movies

I was really pushing for Nabi Grace to be named after Lyra in the Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman. The film version will be out December 2007. Can’t wait! See the preview here.

Back home and back to watching silly rom coms with Bella, like Music and Lyrics (2007) with Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore. I give a C+ and imdb gives it a 6.8/10.0. The plus sign only comes from the highly … Continue reading →

Increased frequency of contractions, but no regularity. They’re getting longer too, but not a lot of pain. In the meantime, my honey is finding ways to send me things to watch that are not on youtube, like this Hairspray preview. … Continue reading →

Just finished watching Rocky Balboa (7.4/10 imdb) and had to wipe a tear from my eye. I was trying to save it to watch with Bella – but she wasn’t interested. I remember putting on Rocky I to get pysched … Continue reading →

This short article in the NYTimes today hits the nail on the head about the time and complications involved in downloading movies (even legally). Folk love the idea that downloading a movie is easy and fast – but even if … Continue reading →

I got an email or two over the weekend wondering about my lack of posting – and speculating that I was working on my thesis. Just so that things are clear, it’s when I am working on my thesis that … Continue reading →

Well, it all went pretty much as expected (and as I predicted) – both Helen Mirrin and Forrest Whittaker sure deserved their best actor awards, and I’m glad that Alan Arkin (grandpa in Little Miss Sunshine) won best supporting over … Continue reading →

I am considering rereading Phillip Pullman’s series, His Dark Materials, in anticipation of the movie of The Golden Compass. Jenny Karakaya, a writer at joblo.com, visited the set in London this month and wrote all about it here.

[I’ve noticed that a number of hits have come to this post looking for a printable oscar ballot for the 80th Academy Awards. This original post was about last year’s awards – so for your trouble, here is a link … Continue reading →