February 2010
7 posts
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I haven’t played a Mario game since Super Mario Bros 3, but this kind of makes me want to buy a Wii and spend six months catching up.
Stieg Larsson's estate makes a movie
Oy. I liked these books, but it occurred to me at no time while reading them that they would ever be adapted. The eponymous girl exists almost entirely in her own head, and in one of the books, a main character practically doesn’t get out of bed.
With astonishingly lucky casting, I could see how this might work as long-form television on HBO or Showtime, but not as a movie. And in this...
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The Buckfast Belt
Great story about Scotland’s favorite caffeinated alcohol beverage.
“It goes straight to your head,” he said, “but it’s not my cup of tea.” (Mr. Rooney noted that his cup of tea is half a bottle of vodka a night).