“The audience knows the truth; the world is simple, miserable, solid all the way through. But if you can fool them, even for a second, then you can make them wonder, then you get to see something very special - you really don’t know it? It was the look on their faces.” Wow. What a screwball of a movie. Just when you really think you’ve got it more or less figured out, it jumps sideways at you. It’s a real magicians trick of a movie - afterwards, when the trick is explained, you pick up the little clues, and think “Oh yeah, I could’ve told you that from the start.” But, of course, you can’t, hence the brilliance. ...

A truly masterful restaurant review: “[M]y great-grandfather… was the one who had the gumption to escape the region of Eastern Europe which has supplied Divo’s inspiration. He saved me from having to eat this stuff every day. Thank you Josef. I owe you. This is jounralism to print out and frame (via).

The guys from MacHall are back and I didn’t even know it! The comic is Three Panel Soul, and it is muchos sweetness. (no, really)

There is a chill in the air that is undeniable now, a distinct snap to the edge of the wind that makes it much too tempting to stay indoors at all times. It was exactly a year ago that I was leaving London for home, glad to be escaping the creeping cold and dark that I’d experienced for the first time - this year though, there’s no such quick escape. ...

Reign Over Me: Funny, touching, and wonderfully written drama about a man (Adam Sandler) who retreats from his life after losing his family on September 11, 2001. Don Cheadle plays a dentist who appears to have it all - wife & kids, a house in Manhattan, and a successful practice - only to find he envies his college roommate Sandler. Whenever Adam Sandler strays from his ‘comedy’ stereotype, he manages to do reasonably well - Reign Over Me is by no means his best drama effort, but it is certainly a powerful performance. Minus points for being so overwrought about things. ★★★☆ ...