This year, with seemingly everyone else resolving to lose weight, we here at Our Science is Too Tight (the off-season home of all things Muriel) have decided to follow suit- namely, to slim down our updates by posting them more frequently. Let’s see if we can keep our promise to ourselves and you fine folks for more than just a couple weeks, OK?
Here’s what’s happening with us:
Don’t let the lack of recent updates at Simon Abrams’ blog fool ya- dude’s been busy as ever. To wit- Simon paid tribute to Indian cinema great Raj Kapoor, contributed to Indiewire’s ongoing series of Spielberg video essays, and reviewed Right at Your Door, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, and The Sitter.
Jason Alley alley rang in the new year with his list of the best films of… um, 2010. He also blurbed a few recent releases.
Danny Baldwin hurled some buckets at Norwegian Wood, The Guard, and Shark Night 3D. Not so many at the latter, of course.
Andrew Bemis put on his scorpion jacket and put his blog in Drive, then chased that with his favorite films of 1971. Hey bud, where’s Walkabout?
Chuck Bowen got stuck with DVD reviews of Fright Night and Mr. Popper’s Penguins. Sorry bud.
Sean Burns analyzed A Dangerous Method and used his Worst of 2011 piece as an excuse to get surly. Just. The way. We like him.
Chris Devlin dropped a few resolutions of his own, got all tomboyish on us, and managed to get a sunburn in January.
Jim Emerson recalled some of his favorite moments of 2011, added to the desert island movies discussion, and grooved to Fincher’s Girl.
Glenn Heath looked at A Dangerous Method and War Horse, then traveled back in time with The Parallax View.
Daniel Johnson reviewed Girl With the Dragon Tattoo 2011 and doubled up on Spielberg.
Craig Kennedy forecasted the first weekend of 2012 and did plenty of other things besides.
Craig Lindsey spiced up the Nashville Scene’s salute to the best of 2011.
Lucas McNelly continued his Year Without Rent with Decoration.
Phil Nugent wrote a whole hell of a lot for the AV Club- check out his hilarious takedown of the Kennedy Center Honors here- and got married. Well, whaddya know- I buried the lead. Congrats, man.
Mark Pfeiffer rattled off the Central Ohio Film Critics’ Awards for 2011.
Bryan Whitefield related a unique dining experience.
Finally, in light of the recent release of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Uncle Crizzle posted a Le Carre themed sketch from Fry and Laurie. In addition to being a lot of fun in its own right, it’s also a reminder that Hugh Laurie was once known as an awesome comedian rather than a smartass doctor on TV. Anyhoo, enjoy!
Walkabout would be #11 or 12. 1971 was a really strong year; the list does feel incomplete without Walkabout, but it would feel just as wrong minus any of the movies that are on there.
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