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My Interests

Music:

Belle & Sebastian, Frou Frou, Death Cab for Cutie, Rufus Wainwright, Rilo Kiley, Kings of Convenience, The Postal Service, James Taylor, 2 Many DJs, Feist, Pete Yorn, Rent, Tori Amos, Dar Williams, Wilco, Nellie McKay, Travis, Radiohead, Madeleine Peyroux, Sondre Lerche, The Magic Numbers

Movies:

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Blue Velvet, Magnolia, Amelie, Trainspotting, Lord of the Rings, High Fidelity, The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, 8 Women, Brazil, State and Main, Spirited Away, 8 1/2, Lost in Translation, Garden State, Rear Window, The Philadelphia Story, Adam's Rib, Secretary, Notorious, The Wizard of Oz, Suspiria, Singin' in the Rain, Funny Girl, The Station Agent, Cemetary Man, Donnie Darko, The Big Lebowski, Trainspotting, The Sting, Charade, Evil Dead 2, Broadcast News, Bringing Up Baby, The Royal Tenenbaums

Television:

Sports Night, Lost, Grey's Anatomy, Battlestar Galactica, Scrubs, The Office, Ohio State football, Arrested Development, 30 Rock, Freaks and Geeks, Ugly Betty

Books:

White Noise, Everything is Illuminated, Middlesex, Someone Comes to Town Someone Leaves Town, Jane Eyre, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Shadow of the Wind, Wheel of Time, Harry Potter, Garlic and Sapphires, Song of Ice and Fire, Elantris, Battle Royale, Invisible Man, Slaughterhouse-Five, Ender's Game, Wake Up Sir!, Bel Canto, Pride and Prejudice, The Bell Jar

My Blog

Superbad

Now that the film is out, here's a repost of a review I wrote a few months back. Perhaps I'll be feeling industrious enough to start this thing up again, especially since I saw three movies this weeke...
Posted by Kimber on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 03:05:00 PST

Death at a Funeral

Now that the film is out, here's a repost of a review I wrote a few months back... Death at a Funeral isn't the type of well-mannered, gentle comedy that some might expect from the Brits. Instead, thi...
Posted by Kimber on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 03:01:00 PST

Black Sheep

(I posted this back at the beginning of May when I saw Black Sheep at Tribeca, but I thought I would post it again since it's now out in some theaters.) With equal parts The Birds, An American Werewol...
Posted by Kimber on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 10:57:00 PST

Death at a Funeral

Death at a Funeral isn't the type of well-mannered, gentle comedy that some might expect from the Brits. Instead, this darkly funny film from Frank Oz (Stepford Wives) features poop jokes, a swea...
Posted by Kimber on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 08:38:00 PST

La Vie en Rose

The next time I feel bad about my life, I will remember that it could always be worse: I could be Edith Piaf. Though the famed chanteuese boasted one of the 20th century's most beautiful voice, her li...
Posted by Kimber on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:29:00 PST

Mr. Brooks

There's a moment in Mr. Brooks where someone says of Dane Cook's character, "Even if he were charming and funny, I still wouldn't like him." That's how I feel about both the actor, his smarmy characte...
Posted by Kimber on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 08:04:00 PST

Knocked Up

(I'm reposting this from a month ago since the film has actually been released, and it's certainly worth seeing.) How I love Judd Apatow's ability to combine the heartwarming with the stomach churning...
Posted by Kimber on Mon, 04 Jun 2007 06:54:00 PST

Day Watch

It's a good thing that the Cold War is over. With sci-fi horror hybrid Day Watch, the Russians are proving they can make an action movie that leaves American offering in the dust. In a harsher politic...
Posted by Kimber on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 09:12:00 PST

Bug

The latest film from William Friedkin (The Exorcist)is one of the most unpleasant cinematic experiences I've had in quite a while. That's not to say that Bug is a bad film; it's an incredibly effectiv...
Posted by Kimber on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 09:00:00 PST

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

I keep reading in interviews with Johnny Depp where he says how he's eager to play Captain Jack Sparrow for a fourth time. Every time I see those words, my heart dies a little. For a guy who's made a ...
Posted by Kimber on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 08:46:00 PST