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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Noah (2014) rating: 7/10

How could I possibly like a biblical movie? This one is so absurd that you understand that the story is total science fiction!

Logan Lerman and Emma Watson are in it. And even Anthony Hopkins. You really don't need to watch it at regular speed, except for a few sections you can understand what's happening without the dialogue.

Sunday, September 21, 2014

Anderson Collection at Stanford University, rating: 7/10

Difficult to argue against free. Lots of modern art in a plain, unremarkable building. The best pieces I think were the semi-translucent "Untitled" by Robert Irwin and the single Wayne Thiebaud "Candy Counter". You can see most (all?) of the works at anderson.stanford.edu .

The LA Times ran a piece on the Andersons: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-ca-hunk-moo-stanford-anderson-collection-20140713-story.html .


Saturday, September 20, 2014

Sherlock (TV Series) Rating: 9/10

I caught wind of the Sherlock series just this year and watched the 3 episodes of season 3 sequence in almost one go, not having seen the first two seasons. I was so enamored of it, that I went back to catch seasons 1 and 2 on dvd.

It is wildly entertaining. Modern day Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch) lives in a flat in London and rooms/hangs out with ex-military doctor John Watson (Martin Freeman) and solves mysteries. Sherlock is brilliant, arrogant, and infuriating. A high functioning sociopath -- by his own definition -- and a complete show off. He insults almost everyone he meets, yet respects Watson who is in contrast a moral, upstanding character, but also one of few loyal friends. And the series is in a way a study in friendship of the two characters. Meanwhile it contains many great cinematic action sequences.