All Consuming : vampyroteuthis

A story about "Tournament of Hearts"

nobody@allconsuming.net (vampyroteuthis) — Mon, 08 May 2006 15:44:39 GMT

by Constantines

I hate to resort to this sort of review, but this sounds like Pleasure Forever-[ultra]lite meets Peter Gabriel in the midst of a mid-life crisis.

Way boring.

A story about "zen sleek photo"

nobody@allconsuming.net (vampyroteuthis) — Wed, 05 Apr 2006 21:20:08 GMT

zen sleek photo

by creative

outside of the scrollpad ( which is freaking me out a little bit as it’s a smidge touchy ), this seems like a good investment … a little on the heavy side, too—though my last mp3 player was about the size and weight of a matchbox, so different ballpark altogether.

really like having both mp3 & radio all in one … and ability to transfer files on same device is pretty rocking.

hope to take advantage of the synch-to-outlook feature in the future { if I can be made to go back to the heinous program }

A story about "Jarhead (Widescreen Edition)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (vampyroteuthis) — Tue, 21 Mar 2006 03:44:46 GMT

Jarhead (Widescreen Edition)

by Sam Mendes

lacks the melodrama of war pics set in earlier eras, but still a pretty good, tense, explodey-cursey-crassy military flick

... and the inclusion of such early 90s swells like Naughty by Nature & Public Enemy was a nice touch …

A story about "Walk the Line (Widescreen Edition)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (vampyroteuthis) — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 16:55:16 GMT

Walk the Line (Widescreen Edition)

by James Mangold

felt like a t.v. movie of the week—predictable predictable predictable and dull.

sad, considering the subject matter was earnestly interesting.

for fans of cliched scene-chewing in perfectly-pressed vintage …

A story about "Hard Rock Zombies"

nobody@allconsuming.net (vampyroteuthis) — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 13:38:45 GMT

Hard Rock Zombies

argh—my entry just got eaten:

watched eight years ago, forgot just how bad it was…

fluffy-headed tight-trousered band ends up in small town for big show; gets thrown in the county cooler by creepy moralist town-elders. bailed out by dancin’ killing girl, who puts them up at her family’s pad—kin includes two hungry midgets, a weed-whacking maniac, grandma werewolf and grandpa hitler.

the band dies, but not before recording a song which can raise the dead. creepy brow girl plays the song at their graveside and hilarity ensues.

A story about "Intercessor: Another Rock and Roll Nig"

nobody@allconsuming.net (vampyroteuthis) — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 13:28:41 GMT

Intercessor: Another Rock and Roll Nig

by Benn McGuire

what a letdown! rock and roll nightmare is one of our favorites and this piece of poo is nothing like it … watch gross canadian rockers in piss-poor zombie makeup scheme for the soul of some little kid. at least thor is in it … but it’s not enough

A story about "The Apple"

nobody@allconsuming.net (vampyroteuthis) — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 03:28:06 GMT

The Apple

by Menahem Golan

It’s really awful, actually; But it’s really worth watching just to take in just how exactly profoundly awful it is. Awful. Brilliantly awful.

A story about "Left Behind - World at War"

nobody@allconsuming.net (vampyroteuthis) — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 16:57:23 GMT

Left Behind - World at War

by Craig R. Baxley

not the best of the ‘end-o-the-world’ films I’ve seen, but if you seek a tepid predictable thriller with a swirl of evangelism, this will fit the bill

PORCELAIN GUN!

A review of "Paul Robeson - Here I Stand" (rated 4 stars)

nobody@allconsuming.net (vampyroteuthis) — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 04:08:32 GMT

Paul Robeson - Here I Stand

by St. Claire Bourne

pretty decent/thorough biography about one of my all time favorite men; now if only they’d get some of those old films/ speeches/ newsreels on dvd ..!

A story about "Downside Up"

nobody@allconsuming.net (vampyroteuthis) — Thu, 15 Dec 2005 03:47:11 GMT

Downside Up

by Siouxsie and the Banshees

A review of "Inside the Third Reich"

nobody@allconsuming.net (vampyroteuthis) — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 01:09:45 GMT

Inside the Third Reich

by Albert Speer

dry, bureaucratic view of the third reich; a personal aside: is funny how boring / irritating hitler was presented by speer.

good auxiliary read to movie ‘downfall‘

A review of "Downfall"

nobody@allconsuming.net (vampyroteuthis) — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 01:08:54 GMT

Downfall

by Oliver Hirschbiegel

excellent presentation of the fall of the third reich; supposedly controversial due to the ‘humanness’ of hitler—
bruno ganz—excellent as adolph
see albert speer’s “inside the third reich” for more info on the bureaucratic side of the nazi regime

A story about "High Society"

nobody@allconsuming.net (vampyroteuthis) — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 22:08:39 GMT

High Society

by Charles Walters

if you like Bing, watch it for that – but otherwise, skip and move directly to Hepburn & Grant’s ‘Philadelphia Story’

A story about "Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative"

nobody@allconsuming.net (vampyroteuthis) — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 18:04:29 GMT

Blinded by the Right: The Conscience of an Ex-Conservative

by David Brock

not bad, but fairly dispassionate and utterly lacking in dirt { not that it needs it, but it’s a sterile “tell all” }

A story about "Snobbery: The American Version"

nobody@allconsuming.net (vampyroteuthis) — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 18:02:26 GMT

Snobbery: The American Version

by Joseph Epstein

just finished w/ it—very unsatisfying, dull, no new or witty observations … skip it!