From “The Wolf of Wall Street” to “American Hustle,” the year 2013 has seen a lot of criminals on the big screen, and nobody has known what to do with them. Do we hate them because they are criminals? Or do we try and understand their situation because they are human?
These are the two questions at the heart of “The Act of Killing,” a riveting documentary that shows that both of these questions are right and wrong at the same time.
According to scientists, about 95% of the world’s ocean remains unexplored. One could say the same about eBay.
Another week, and no disappointments this time. My eBay Screenshots folder gets bigger and weirder by the day. This time, I also spent some time exploring what costumes the site had to offer. As always, people will buy just about anything if it means they own a piece of movie history, no matter how bad the prop or the movie itself.
This week, I left with even more questions than answers. Who finds these props? Who likes “Daredevil”? Who remembers “Syriana”? Perhaps these questions can be answered as I venture further down the rabbit hole:
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Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead today in his Manhattan apartment. The cause of death was an apparent heroin overdose. He was 46.
I hate writing that. Every obituary requires a sentence or two stating the person, cause of death, and the age. It is always painful to write, partly because of how objective it is, and partly because it now means that I will have to refer to the person in the past tense from then on out.
This time, I find it especially hard to write it without emotion. Philip Seymour Hoffman really was one of the absolute best. That is something that people usually say after someone has passed. However, I use no exaggeration when I say that Hoffman really was one of the best there ever was.