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A collection of 4 posts

On Movies & Media

Are you ready to go back to James Cameron?

My review of Avatar is published at Image journal. In a few days, I'll post an expanded version of the review. I also recommend Steven Greydanus's review at Decent Films.

Avatar (2009)

[This review of Avatar was originally published at Good Letters, the official blog of Image.] • If you didn’t have one, you had a friend who did: The Big Toybox. You know the one I mean: A wooden crate like the Ark of the Covenant, full of mystery and revelation.

Looking Elsewhere

Browser: The "Remember me?" edition. Best Directors of the Decade. Lonely writers.

Okay, it's official: My life has become too busy for me to be a responsible blogger. Let me try to make it up to you in the next couple of weeks, with a new video blog, my list of Favorite Films of 2009 (the Premature Version), my list

On Movies & Media

The most revolting movie commercial I've seen.

"Bones" is a TV show I rather enjoy for the clever banter, the amusing actors, the slick effects, and the humor, But last night's episode was sickening. It was one big commercial for Avatar. The characters discussed their excitement about the movie incessantly. They stood around