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Philip Booth's Scribe Life: Bad Movies Clogging Up the Multiplex? It's Not Just Your Imagination
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Philip Booth's Scribe Life. Musings on Music (jazz more), Film, Books, Writers Writing, and Pop Culture. Monday, January 04, 2010. Bad Movies Clogging Up the Multiplex? It's Not Just Your Imagination. Yes, there are exceptions to the rule. And thanks to the year-end push for critical favorites, there's a good chance a film as smart and funny as Up in the Air. Can be found on multiple screens in your neighborhood, at least for a couple more weeks. And GI. Joe. And The Ugly Truth. Opened simultaneously on ...
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Philip Booth's Scribe Life: Remake of Swedish Vampire Classic: Will Reeves Let the Wrong One In?
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Philip Booth's Scribe Life. Musings on Music (jazz more), Film, Books, Writers Writing, and Pop Culture. Tuesday, January 05, 2010. Remake of Swedish Vampire Classic: Will Reeves Let the Wrong One In? A recent vampire classic from Europe based on a popular novel is being subjected to a Hollywood makeover. So will it, uh, suck? Cloverfield director Matt Reeves' adaptation of Let the Right One In. The Swedish shocker released in the U.S. in late 2008, is slated for release this fall. As the young boy, whos...
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Philip Booth's Scribe Life: Will "Cop Out" and "Greenberg" Top the Best Comedies of 2010?
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Philip Booth's Scribe Life. Musings on Music (jazz more), Film, Books, Writers Writing, and Pop Culture. Wednesday, January 06, 2010. Will "Cop Out" and "Greenberg" Top the Best Comedies of 2010? Too early to gauge which comedies will be the best of 2010? Mag takes a stab, and several good directors and writers are on the list, including Kevin Smith ( Cop Out. Noah Baumbach ( Greenberg. Neil LaBute ( Death at a Funeral. A remake of the Brit movie of the same name), and Todd Phillips ( Due Date. MagFest (...
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Philip Booth's Scribe Life: "Let Me In" - Release Date Announced
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Philip Booth's Scribe Life. Musings on Music (jazz more), Film, Books, Writers Writing, and Pop Culture. Wednesday, January 06, 2010. Let Me In" - Release Date Announced. Quick Update: Let Me In. The US. remake of Swedish horror film Let the Right One In. Is now slated for release on Oct. 1. And director Matt Reeves ( Cloverfield. Is now taking full credit for the screenplay (see my below post). Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Listening Post, Week of Jan. 4. Phish, "Joy" (Jemp, 2009). WMNF, 88.5 ...
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Philip Booth's Scribe Life: Movie Remake Fever (2): Another Dune
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Philip Booth's Scribe Life. Musings on Music (jazz more), Film, Books, Writers Writing, and Pop Culture. Wednesday, January 06, 2010. Movie Remake Fever (2): Another Dune. David Lynch's sprawling sci-fi flick Dune. Intriguingly photographed and ambitious if overlong and convoluted, was given a mostly lukewarm reception by critics upon its release in 1984, and died at the box office. Dune" was reborn in 2000, as a three-part, six-hour miniseries on the Sci Fi Channel, with a cast including William Hurt.
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Philip Booth's Scribe Life: 2009's Fallen: The Musicians
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Philip Booth's Scribe Life. Musings on Music (jazz more), Film, Books, Writers Writing, and Pop Culture. Saturday, January 02, 2010. 2009's Fallen: The Musicians. RIP, guitarist Les Paul. Saxophonist David "Fathead" Newman. And too many more great musicians who passed away in 2009. NPR Music remembers, with short tributes and audio clips. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Listening Post, Week of Jan. 4. Ahmad Jamal, "A Quiet Time" (Dreyfus, forthcoming). Phish, "Joy" (Jemp, 2009). Las Vegas City Life.
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Philip Booth's Scribe Life: Tampa Bay Area Music Calendar (An Entirely Subjective and Selective Listing)
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Philip Booth's Scribe Life. Musings on Music (jazz more), Film, Books, Writers Writing, and Pop Culture. Wednesday, December 16, 2009. Tampa Bay Area Music Calendar (An Entirely Subjective and Selective Listing). Parameters for this list: All the shows I'd want to see, given all the $ and, mostly, time, in the world. Feel free to send concert info, but please understand that this list is not intended to be comprehensive. Got corrections/updates? Marcia Ball w/ The Venturas - Jan. 17, Skipper's, 6 pm.
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Philip Booth's Scribe Life: Please Join Me at my new/old blogs - Between the Grooves, and Flickers & LIt
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Philip Booth's Scribe Life. Musings on Music (jazz more), Film, Books, Writers Writing, and Pop Culture. Wednesday, January 13, 2010. Please Join Me at my new/old blogs - Between the Grooves, and Flickers and LIt. After a period of returning to Scribe Life for all of my music AND film coverage, I am reverting back to two separate blogs, both on WordPress. So I'm mothballing Scribe Life, at least for the time being. For music - Between the Grooves. Http:/ www.betweenthegrooves.wordpress.com. Jazz House (J...
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Philip Booth's Scribe Life: The Best Jazz Discs of 2009
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Philip Booth's Scribe Life. Musings on Music (jazz more), Film, Books, Writers Writing, and Pop Culture. Wednesday, December 30, 2009. The Best Jazz Discs of 2009. Jazz in 2009 meant the continuing dismantling and irrelevance of major-label homes for the music; the growth of vital indie jazz labels; the decision of many artists, including major jazzers, to take charge of recording, packaging and distributing their own work; and the emergence of a variety of strong new voices in jazz. Mythology) - The und...
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Philip Booth's Scribe Life: Florida/New York Singer Whitney James Celebrates Her Debut CD
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Philip Booth's Scribe Life. Musings on Music (jazz more), Film, Books, Writers Writing, and Pop Culture. Thursday, January 07, 2010. Florida/New York Singer Whitney James Celebrates Her Debut CD. Rising-star jazz singer Whitney James. Who splits her time between residences in Tierra Verde (the Tampa Bay area) and Astoria, Queens, has just released a startlingly impressive and mature debut CD, The Nature of Love. Which also features the playing of acclaimed trumpeter and flugelhorn player Ingrid Jensen.