October Reviews


These are
the reviews
and other
pieces I'm
working on
this month.



Amazon DVD: Smurfs Holiday Celebration, Bedlam - Sea-
son 1 [two-disc set], and Whitechapel - The Ripper Returns.

Amazon Theatricals: Lars Von Trier's Melancholia (with
Kirsten Dunst and Charlotte Gainsbourg), Pedro Almodóvar's
The Skin I Live In, and The Rum Diary (with Johnny Depp).

Still playing (or yet to open): 50/50, Contagion,
Drive, The Help, Sarah's Key, Warrior, and Weekend.



Line Out: Les Bonnes Femmes - C'est Chic: French Girl Singers
of the 1960s (including Anna Karina), Cats & Dogs - Jacuzzi Boys vs. Superchunk, Why Bowie Is the Best, Running up That Hill: Kathryn Calder - Bright and Vivid, No Escaping the Seeds of Cabaret Voltaire, Cult Boyfriend: Jeffrey Lewis - A Turn in the Dream-Songs, Licensed to Ill: Psychic Ills - Hazed Dream, Her Name Is Earl: Shelby Earl - Burn the Boats, Wayne Coyne's Christmas Tip, Havin' a Ball with Marie Osmond, Pictures at an Exhibition, She Hit Me and I Was Glad: Anika Live, Nice and Sleazy: The Strange Boys - Live Music, New Sounds & Visions
from AM & Lee, Wade in the Water: Seattle Music on PBS, Shit
Hits the Fans in New Replacements Doc, We Are (Not) Invisible: Mannequin Men - Mannequin Men, They Hang Brightly...Again, Change Nothing II: Earshot Jazz, and The Pack a.d. - "Haunt You."



Video Librarian: Desperate Housewives - The Complete
Seventh Season [five-disc set], Bal, Carmel, Dum Maaro Dum,
Happy Endings - The Complete First Season [2-disc set], Grey's
Anatomy - The Complete Seventh Season [six-disc set], Little
Sparrows, Raising Hope - Season One [three-disc set], Rejoice
& Shout, Sleeping Beauty, Taylor Swift - Journey to Fearless.



Endnote: Image (Karina in 1967's Anna) from Fouchtra!

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