Two trailers: Pulse, which I really only want to see ’cause it has Kristen Bell in it, and the remake of The Wicker Man, which I really only want to see because it gives me an excuse to yell “Oh God! Oh Jesus Christ!” every few minutes.

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Speaking of movies, we watched Match Point (imdb | rotten tomatoes) yesterday. I have to say: not at all like the Woody Allen fare I’m accustomed to. And thank god for that. I liked it a great deal; I’m a fan of movies that just launch you into a story. Don’t try to beat me over the head with character development, just show me the characters and let me fit them to the film.

Anyway, I suppose it’s a bit obvious now since he makes a point of showing the main character reading Crime And Punishment at the beginning of the movie, but it did feel like a Dostoevsky story. If that was Allen’s intention, then he added a self-effacing nod to it: the character was also reading a Cambridge Companion To Dostoevsky.

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Amy Millan‘s solo disc Honey From The Tombs (from which I lifted this post’s title) is excellent. Find yourself a copy.

[tags]pulse, wicker man, kristen bell, woody allen, match point, amy millan[/tags]