World Trade Center, 2006. Written by Andrea Berloff, directed by Oliver Stone. Starring Nicholas Cage, Michael Pena, Jay Hernandez, Maria Bello, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, Armando Riesco, and Donna Murphy. When I first heard that Oliver Stone was directing a film called World Trade Center, I was actually quite excited, in a pugilistic sense. Why, … Read more
are you sick of hearing about my obsession with humboldt fog? I got a sneak peek at the new Premier Cheese Market on 50th/France in Edina. What can I say? Lund’s: You’d better step it up. France 44: I don’t know how to help you. The gang at Premier is serious about cheese. The cheesemongers … Read more
Surely, by now, you’ve heard the story of a certain unshaven So Cal guy whose wife left ‘im a while back; and he was so heartbroken that he locked himself into the basement for several months, where he wrote and recorded brilliant sad songs. He subsequently became an emo pop star, and now, presumably, is … Read more
Parents, let me tell you, get out there and take your children to see some great kids’ movies at the Walker’s Summer Movies and Music. Bringing Up Baby? Undoubtedly a masterpiece of childlike humor. Our twelve-year old charge was thoroughly enthralled, giggling uncontrollably, and falling over herself over Baby, the leopard that bites at Cary … Read more
The night doesn’t move at all. It doesn’t budge. It’s like it drops from out of nowhere, and all of a sudden I’m splayed in total darkness on the floor thinking about goats. And I know that it’s going to just squat there over me, to the point where I can’t move and can barely … Read more
“You can waste your time on the little lies, but Americans have shown they are even more gullible when you hit them with the whoppers.” There was in interesting piece in the Strib this morning, from the Associated Press, noting that half of all Americans still believe that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. That … Read more
Tonight is, of course, Summer Music and Movies, which is turning this wretched day into the best one of the week. By now my hyperactive thrill for this series should be well known by all half-dozen of my readers, so I’ll spare you the hyperbole, and boil it down : Perfect Weather + Perfect Movie … Read more
Best new find to stumble upon this weekend: Rewind, a new-ish vintage store in Northeast Minneapolis that keeps pretty terrible hours. (I mean, it’s difficult to get there if you’re working folk–basically Wednesday through Friday until 7 p.m., Saturday till 6). In any case, this store is the new project of Sarah Hoese, who used … Read more
Weekend agenda: avoiding the Uptown Art Fair–or rather, its visitors–except on Saturday afternoon, which I’ve reserved for walking about the thing until I find a birthday present for my niece. Don’t get me wrong; I’ve got something against the art fair. (No, I don’t subscribe to the rather ridiculous “It isn’t art and it isn’t … Read more
Little Miss Sunshine and (briefly) Talladega Nights and The Descent. Little Miss Sunshine, 2006. Directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, written by Michael Arndt. Starring Abigail Breslin, Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, and Alan Arkin. Now showing at the Uptown Theater. Greg Kinnear looks like a nice, square guy. He’s from … Read more