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Urban Harvest
By admin | July 10, 2011
If wishes were horses, I’d have seen both Holy Girl and Revenge of the Sith by now, not to mention the new Miyazaki, Ozon and Hou Hsiao-Hsien movies. And don’t think I’m skipping Mr. and Mrs. Smith, either, though I have the feeling I’ll prefer the Alfred Hitchcock version, which TCM is cannily re-airing tonight. But this has been another week of the working, always the working, so very much working. So all I have to offer for now is a harvest — an urban harvest, if you will — of shows and films reviewed elsewhere.
Surfergirl Columns on Slate:
78th Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee: A live-blog account of the final few rounds that utterly fails to do justice to what has to be the most compelling TV I’ve seen in years.
Prime Time Live interview with Brad Pitt: A little ditty about Brad and Diane.
Dancing With the Stars: You could be the next Rita Hayworth. No, seriously.
Into the West: Another writer already used the title I wanted for this one: Westward Ho Hum.
New York Times film reviews:
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants: I was embarrassed to admit to my dark-humored viewing companion that I sort of liked this, sappy and girly as it was. But I’ve always been a sucker for young adult novels about female friendship.
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3D: There’s a reason children aren’t allowed to make movies.