Jandy’s Meanderings

Very little in the way of media consumption last month. I’d like to say that was because I was studying so hard, but really, it’s because of the new Xbox360. So I decided to include video games in the recap, too, since they’re currently taking up such a large chunk of my life. […]

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Tagged:Bobbie Ann Mason, Call of Duty 2, Enchanted, Guitar Hero II, Jean-Luc Godard, Oblivion, Pierrot le fou, Richard Ford, Shiloh, The Cranes are Flying, The Darjeeling Limited, The Sportswriter, Wes Anderson

Enchanted was the number one box office hit of the holiday weekend, with something like the fifth highest Thanksgiving opening ever. So, chances are you and your family have already seen it.
However, if you haven’t, GO NOW. I’ve been nervously excited for it since I heard about it, but feared that the story […]

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Tagged:Amy Adams, Enchanted, reviews

Here are some of the films I’m looking forward to in the next…year. I haven’t kept up on trailer watching, so these are mostly big releases and many of them are duhs. Oh well.
Embedded trailers and my reactions after the jump. Warning: VERY LONG.

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Tagged:3:10 to Yuma, American Gangster, Atonement, Becoming Jane, Eastern Promises, Elizabeth The Golden Age, Enchanted, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Hot Fuzz, Knocked Up, Meet the Robinsons, Ocean's Thirteen, Paris je t'aime, Pirates of the Caribbean, Ratatouille, Resident Evil, Shoot 'Em Up, Spider-Man 3, Sunshine, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Dark is Rising, The Invasion, The Kingdom, The Lookout, The TV Set, theatrical releases, trailers, video, Waitress