http://www.streetsedge.com a blog of whatever interests me Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:10:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Four years ago, I made a New Years resolution not to eat fast food for a year. Fast food I defined as any food from a fast food restaurant like McDonald's, Burger King, Jack-in-the-Box, Taco Bell, etc. Places that have drive-thrus and do not have servers or silverware. Where your ... http://www.streetsedge.com/?p=160 10. The Wackness 9. Gran Torino 8. Milk 7. In Bruges 6. Snow Angels 5. Rachel Getting Married 4. Let the Right One In 3. The Wrestler 2. Wall-E 1. The Dark Knight These came in close: -The Reader -Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son about His Father -Man on Wire -Doubt -Last Chance Harvey -Changeling And when people asked me to recommend a movie that ... http://www.streetsedge.com/?p=159 The worst of 2008: I didn't see either of the Friedberg/Seltzer films this year. In 2006 and 2007 they had my #1 spot, and their two releases in 2008 (Meet the Spartans and Disaster Movie) would have been a natural for #1 and #2... where I'm sure they would have placed ... http://www.streetsedge.com/?p=158 Getting to hold that lion cub... it was incredibly soft. I can't think of anything cooler - even though there were plenty of other cool things in 2008. These are the runner-ups: Running. I did two races - a 10k and the NYC Half Marathon, which went through Central Park and ... http://www.streetsedge.com/?p=156 Speed Racer starts off with promise: a bright, trippy kaleidoscope. I anticipated the rest of the film to be like that, but it wasn't. There are some astonishing visuals throughout the film, but it's not enough. Moreover, the film is about 50 minutes too long. And it's obvious which scenes ... http://www.streetsedge.com/?p=155 Some guys who went to the same film school as me made this movie, not far from St. Louis, with John Heard (first-billed, but in a supporting role), America Ferrara (right before her big break-out in Ugly Betty), Laurie Metcalf, and Raymond J. Barry. It gives Barry and Heard in ... http://www.streetsedge.com/?p=154 This Oprah-produced inspirational drama came out late last year. It was one of those movies that I felt I should see but didn't really want to. It got mediocre reviews, but the subject and time period got me interested so I ultimately put it in my Netflix queue. And boy ... http://www.streetsedge.com/?p=153 Roman Polanski made some films in Poland before moving to the U.S. (and later France). Knife in the Water was, I believe, his only feature there, and it's obvious why he quickly moved on to bigger productions. Knife in the Water is a classic thriller in the vein of Hitchcock ... http://www.streetsedge.com/?p=152 I'm among the masses who were disappointed with Ang Lee's Hulk five years ago. It was such a misfire in so many ways, most notably in that it took itself waaaaay to serious, but The Incredible Hulk is a vast improvement. It's not as much fun as Iron Man, but ... http://www.streetsedge.com/?p=151 I've been meaning to write about WALL*E for about two months... here it finally is. I have written before about my love for animation. I love the Disney classics, and while I enjoy most of their recent work, many of them "future classics", it hasn't blown me away. I wasn't crazy ... http://www.streetsedge.com/?p=150