Monthly Archives: January 2013

Monetary Reform, Again

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: The monetary-reform case in a 3 minute nutshell: Bonus links Here’s the website of Positive Money, a good UK-based monetary reform outfit. Here’s someone’s attack on the Positive Money case. Here are links to a three-part series … Continue reading →

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Some Oscar Counterprogramming

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Sax von Stroheim

Sax von Stroheim writes: I was thinking of writing up a snarky take on the Academy Award nominations, but then decided I didn’t really want to participate in that even as a joke. (I believe the official Uncouth Reflections editorial … Continue reading →

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Moviemaking Linkage

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: How much cocaine can one movie consume? What’s it like to direct Lindsay Lohan?

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“Since You Went Away,” a Culture’s Dreams, and the Agee-DOS Dosado

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “Since You Went Away” doesn’t have a great reputation among filmbuffs, and it’s not hard to see why: it’s broad, sentimental, and downright propagandistic in its treatment of small-town American life (at nearly three hours, it’s also looooonnnngggg). … Continue reading →

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Not My Favorite Horse Racing Movie

Posted on January 11, 2013 by Sax von Stroheim

Sax von Stroheim writes: Dead Cert (Tony Richardson, 1974) Something the Brits do pretty well: take their decent-to-classic mystery novels and turn them into solid-to-great TV programmes and movies. It’s rare to come across one that doesn’t have at least … Continue reading →

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Today’s Blockbusters . . . Yesterday!

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Fenster

Fenster writes: A funny and entertaining re-imagining of modern blockbusters had they been done in the 1950’s.

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Fear of Movies

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Sax von Stroheim

Sax von Stroheim writes: Two new movies, both good, by any reasonable objective standard, in that they seem to successfully achieve what they set out to achieve. But one betrays a fear of commitment, a fear of failure, while the … Continue reading →

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Lesser Dante is still Dante

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Sax von Stroheim

Sax von Stroheim writes: The Hole (Joe Dante, 2009) I watched this in 2D off of Netflix streaming, but it seems like it would have been a fun thing to see in 3D at the movies. Flattened out, it’s enjoyable enough, … Continue reading →

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Time, out

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Glynn Marshes

Glynn Marshes writes: Smart people try to do things intelligently, but it turns out their fine brains aren’t necessarily much help, and sometimes may even get in the way. Take the planning fallacy, for instance. Intelligent people — perhaps even … Continue reading →

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Linkathon

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Paleo Retiree

Paleo Retiree writes: Foseti enjoys a fellow reactionary’s book about cocktails and drinking. Supercommenter Jason Malloy is now stashing links here. Link thanks to Steve Sailer. Steve has some brainily ambivalent things to say about Quentin Tarantino, here and here. … Continue reading →

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