GIVE ME ONE MORE CHANCE I can change, I swear... Stop him before he kills again. That is the judgment of the American people, and indeed of the entire world, as to the performance of our president, and no State of the Union address can erase that dismal verdict. President Bush has accomplished … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2007
RIGHT ICEBERG, WRONG TIP
From NYTimes Arts Briefs this morning: 'CSI' vs. 'Grey's Anatomy' The addition of Liev Schreiber to the cast of "CSI" helped give CBS the top spot Thursday night, but "Ugly Betty" and "Grey's Anatomy," which both won Golden Globes on Monday, put ABC on top among adults 18 to 49. According to … [Read more...]
WHAT THEY’RE NOT TELLING YOU ABOUT:
The Painted Veil Sleeper of the year, with an unnecessarily distracting and anachronistic score by Alexandre Desplat featuring the very overhyped Lang Lang. Eragon Featuring the Come Hither Line of the Year: "You look... fit for battle." The Good Shepherd Good performances, weak writing, … [Read more...]
WHERE’S THE REST OF HIM?
You could quibble, punch up the lead (a Johns Hopkins report has Iraqi civilian deaths surpassing 650,000), but this wins the year-in-review prize for tone alone: Thousands of people died in the Iraqi civil war, which was costing the United States $100,000 a minute. U.S. forces began to negotiate … [Read more...]