the nonAesthetic

Over the past few months, we’ve found time to watch a few movies. In the reviews I’ve included a numerical rating (out of 100) for those who go for that sort of thing. Read on for quick takes on Role Models, Serenity, The Dark Crystal and Semi-Pro.

Ginger and I made it out to see Wall·E tonight. It’s an intimate, slow burning animated film from Pixar, a studio known for their instant-appeal, large-scale features. While by and large (ha! an unintended movie reference) I really like Pixar’s back catalog, but with films like Finding Nemo I feel that the sentimentality is [...]

It would be an understatement to call the Super Hero movie genre close to my heart. It’s been a facet of our popular culture that I have spent far too much time obsessing over, analyzing and scrutinizing, since I was a child. In college, my senior exit show was a series of paintings portraying actors [...]

Friday morning I came to the conclusion that our new bed is going to be a big problem. It’s just too comfortable. Getting up is near-impossible when you’re facing down a packed Friday. Somehow, I pulled it together and climbed out of my Sleep Number 45 cocoon.
Ginger spent the day at home with Camille, so [...]