Phone Call to Harry Crews: Sean Clancy on the dearly departed
March 30, 2012If I could only live at the pitch that is near madness When everything is as it was in my childhood Violent, vivid, and of infinite possibility: That the sun and moon broke over my head. — Richard Eberhart, “If …
Warming up to the role of ice queen on Game of Thrones
March 30, 2012By Geoff Boucher of the Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — The Queen is not herself. The most feared woman in the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros is usually an empress of ice-cold calculation and as still as a snowbank, but …
Review: Mirror only a fair take on fairy tale
March 30, 2012Mirror, Mirror Grade: 82 Cast: Julia Roberts, Lily Collins, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane, Sean Bean Director: Tarsem Singh Rating: PG, for some fantasy action and mild rude humor Running time: 106 minutes By Christy Lemire of the Associated Press Julia …
Will Ferrell delivers some (hardly breaking) news
March 29, 2012Ron Burgundy is Back from Will Ferrell
April is Coming: Levi Agee anticipates the second season of Game of Thrones
March 29, 2012Meanwhile, I lament the demise of Luck. By Levi Agee It seems everywhere I turn I’m catching more press and excitement for the new season of Game of Thrones. The sophomore season starts April 1 (hah hah Fools joke right …
For a rabbit
March 29, 2012Our terrier sisters caught his scent and flushed him from beneath our deck. We watched in calm horror as he went across the yard and doubled back — crazy legged and hell-bent — our girls pursuing, tan and black, the …
Earl Scruggs: Remembering a bluegrass and American music legend
March 29, 2012By Randall Roberts of the Los Angeles Times For better or worse, Earl Scruggs will be remembered by most Americans for his banjo picking alongside partner Lester Flatt in a dated 1960s cultural artifact: The Beverly Hillbillies. For better, because …
Home movies: Alvin, Elmo, Franco, Viggo, Hanks, Largo, Jolie, Icelandic Jitters and Jonah in Sitter
March 29, 2012Alvin & the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (G, 87 minutes) — Like a lot of pure products of America, Chipwrecked is bright, shiny, shrill, immaculately realized and utterly depressing. In this episode, Alvin and the gang take a Carnival Cruise and get …