Like the John Le Carre on which Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is based we are introduced to the story media res as Control (John Hurt) advises “Trust no one Jim, especially not in the mainstream … They’re after my head Jim boy.” Unaware of Control’s intent – or even his name; at this point we only know […]

 

 

Oct12

Swine Flu Movie Marathon ’09

I caught a badass swine flu bug or something on Friday and was incapacitated on my couch for much of the past 60 hours. So all I did was sleep, watch some baseball, sleep, watch some movies and sleep. Here are some quick recaps of the eight flicks I watched, which ranged from atrocious to pretty good. […]