Last night we saw Slumdog Millionaire. It was a soaring and moving experience. We sat down in the crowded theater, and we watched the previews as my mind did the reality-detachment dance. However, when the opening frame flashed upon the screen with text that read, Mumbai 2006, my heart skipped a couple beats as I [...]

wall•e is one of the best movies I have ever seen.

On Friday, I was lucky enough to be amongst the first to see a new film called "The Listening Project". This documentary sends a group of people around the world to open a conversation about America’s role in the world. It’s not a perfect movie, and it has it’s own lens and perspective as all [...]

Just decided to give Netflix a two week trial. Are you on Netflix?
After that post about movielens, it occured to me that Netflix must do the same thing… and it does. Multiple profiles on your account, seperate ratings, recommendations for your friends. I can tell I’m going to be hooked. I know people (jgd3) have [...]

Back in the heyday of the internets (the late 90’s) there were all sorts of free services that offered you interesting information for free… with little or no advertising! Moviecritic was one such site. It capitalized on the power of collaborative filltering to recommend movies to you.
Basically you would browse through the movie database, and [...]

Napoleon Dynamite
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Hero
The Incredibles
Garden State

Best Older Movie Seen For the First Time: Rushmore

I have been severly slacking on my posting as of late…
I rode the bus this morning to work. Inspired by the movie that Sonja and I saw over the weekend, Super Size Me.
Super Size Me was an excellent movie. I’ve heard more than once that, “Well, duh! Of course if you eat McDonalds all the [...]