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Watched Sideways last night. Didn't know much about it beforehand other than it had been widely acclaimed. Can't say I thought much of it other than the sublime haawtness of Sandra Oh (homegirl!). I'm generally a fan of character driven movies, and have no issue with the pacing. It was _okay_, it was engaging enough, I just don't understand why folks thought it was so noteworthy. Virginia Madsen was approaching Andie MacDowell levels of woodenness, and Thomas Haden Church's character was just annoying as HELL. Giamatti displayed his usual schlub self to a turn, however, and I thought the ending was handled very well.
Rating: two mehs and a hmph out of five.
On the flipside, I have discovered a wonderfully cheesy sci fi series, what was supposed to be ITV Britain's answer to BBC's Doctor Who. Starring David McCallum and Joanna Lumley, Sapphire and Steel is campy, pulpish, dated, and was clearly produced on a shoestring budget, but the atmosphere is impressive and I love the fact that the scripts don't spell everything out. There's a great deal left unsaid, which really adds to the mystery. Anyway, fellow sci fi wonks: look this up.
I went to a food industry trade show last week. Total sausagefest, and not in the way you'd think. More on that later.
Rating: two mehs and a hmph out of five.
On the flipside, I have discovered a wonderfully cheesy sci fi series, what was supposed to be ITV Britain's answer to BBC's Doctor Who. Starring David McCallum and Joanna Lumley, Sapphire and Steel is campy, pulpish, dated, and was clearly produced on a shoestring budget, but the atmosphere is impressive and I love the fact that the scripts don't spell everything out. There's a great deal left unsaid, which really adds to the mystery. Anyway, fellow sci fi wonks: look this up.
I went to a food industry trade show last week. Total sausagefest, and not in the way you'd think. More on that later.
