You'll come for the trenchant observations about trying to start a life in L.A.; you'll stay for the home-cooked self-loathing.
Cinematical
The San Francisco Chronicle's SFGate.com, 'Rocchi's Retro Rental.'
Huffington Post Column, 'The Moviegoer.'
Weekly critic, 93X Radio, Minneapolis
(93X Aircheck 1; 93X Aircheck 2)
Feb. 26, 2008 Interview with James at Rotten Tomatoes.
FULL BIO:
I'll be updating this as I go along, but:"Written and directed by Michel Gondry, Be Kind Rewind is as much a work of creativity and passion as the re-shot, cut-in-camcorder, home-brew "Swedish Import" re-made Hollywood blockbusters that it revolves around. And, much like Jerry and Mike's re-shot versions of Driving Miss Daisy or Rush Hour or The Lion King, Be Kind Rewind is a film where the plot is less important than panache, where the lack of elegance is made up for by an excess of enthusiasm. Jerry and Mike aren't just shooting day for night; they're shooting day for night, male for female, white for black, Jerry for Jackie (Chan, that is)."
-- Sundance Review: Be Kind Rewind (Cinematical)
And, from Monday:
"I'm not going to go on at great length about Manufactured Landscapes, but I will note ... watching Chinese workers reclaiming valuable materials from circuit boards that had been shipped over from North America to be recycled, melting high-tech down over open fires, simultaneously made me think that if rudeness on the internet is my biggest problem, my life is pretty much a cakewalk, and also that I never want to buy anything, ever again. Once you watch where things come from, and where they wind up -- and think about the oil required to get them across the ocean twice -- it's a bit harder to get excited about that 150-inch TV everybody loved at CES."
-- The Moviegoer: Manufactured Perspectives (The Huffington Post)
Improvements are forthcoming, along with news.
My work for Cinematical can all be found AT THIS LINK.
My work on-air for CBS-5 CAN BE FOUND HERE.
Also, I have a new gig at the SF Chronicle on-line, which CAN BE FOUND HERE.
Yours,
James.
The nature of this personal site is essentially to serve as a brief pointing to what I've been up to; I'm actually wondering about switching it to one of those newfangled RSS-thingys. And, as soon as I figure out what that means, I'll get back to you.
My work for Cinematical can all be found AT THIS LINK.
My work on-air for CBS-5 CAN BE FOUND HERE.
Also, I have a new gig at the SF Chronicle on-line, which CAN BE FOUND HERE.
Yours,
James.
This week's Television, about Idlewild and Half Nelson is right here.
Factotum and Beerfest are here.
Why do I need a drink all of a sudden?
J.
Aargh - moving. Even after you do it, it lingers.
Her'es a review of the new Aaron Sorkin Pilot I wrote for MeeVee.
And the Cinematical review of World Trade Center.
And, of course, CBS-5 stuff is here.
I hate the internet,
J.
This Week's TV: RIght Here.
Pirates of the Carribean: RIght Here.
And this week's Podcast. Right here.
More moving means fewer updates.
J.
