November 9th, 2009 |
by sdallison |
published in
Film Reviews, Music Reviews
I came across Grizzly Bear, paradoxically I suppose, from Daniel Rossen’s other band, Department of Eagles. This is strange, I guess, what with how big of a deal Grizzly Bear has become, opening for Radiohead, etc., but it was thanks to NPR that I even found Department of Eagles. NPR had featured “No One Does [...]
October 17th, 2009 |
by sdallison |
published in
Film Reviews
In preparation for writing this I successfully sheltered myself from other’s reviews of Where the Wild Things Are. What I wasn’t able to steer around were the third person reports of how the film was being received. The gist of what was purported to be “every reviewer’s” take on the movie was that it was [...]
September 4th, 2009 |
by sdallison |
published in
Film Reviews
Adam is a drama with a couple of laughs, not a romantic comedy as some have been labeling it, about 29 year old, Adam (Hugh Dancy), a bright young man with Asperger’s Syndrome. The plot centers around Adam’s relationship with Beth (Rose Byrne), a new tenant he meets in his apartment building just after the death of his father.