http://poritsky.com/blog blog Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:58:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It had to happen sometime. As much as I had hoped to stave it off for as long as possible, the day had to come when I would leave a Judd Apatow production utterly dissatisfied. "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" nearly did me in, but further rumination on the film showed a ... http://poritsky.com/blog/2008/08/07/review-pineapple-express A skyline, a seething film score, and an explosion in a window set the pace for the thrill ride that is "The Dark Knight". As has become the norm for epic blockbusters, Christopher Nolan's latest re-visioning of the Batman saga forgoes opening credits in an effort to throw us right ... http://poritsky.com/blog/2008/08/07/review-the-dark-knight The world of fiction is neither lacking disenfranchised anti-heroes nor tongue-in-cheek smashiness, yet "Hancock" stands in sharp relief against the backdrop of love affair with all-powerful beings. For one, it gracefully shies away from taking itself too seriously without losing it's footing in reality, a feat that was muddled ... http://poritsky.com/blog/2008/08/07/review-hancock In the past I have drizzled praise all over Pixar, specifically the fantasy-realist films that Brad Bird has made with them. There are many reasons to heap laurels on the Disney-owned animation studio: its innovation in the field of computer animation before such a thing even existed, its creative use ... http://poritsky.com/blog/2008/08/07/review-wall-e [singlepic=9,320,240,,left]Ahhh, internet fame has come my way at last. I made it into this week's Gizmodo Photoshop Contest Hall of Champions. I get nothing for my efforts, but it was fun anyway. Though I didn't snag one of the top three titles, I did manage to make it into the ... http://poritsky.com/blog/2008/07/30/internet-fame-and-immortality This is a test of the wordpress iPhone app. Now I can blog from the subway! http://poritsky.com/blog/2008/07/22/iphone-apps-can-rock Shelfari: Book reviews on your book blog http://poritsky.com/blog/2008/07/02/shelfari Maybe you never even scroll all the way down there, but if you go to the bottom of my page starting today you'll notice a little ad mixed in with some other new toys in my footer. Some of the ads are really freakin' ugly, but hopefully most of them ... http://poritsky.com/blog/2008/06/27/trying-new-things While I don’t usually veer off from reviewing films or books, I figured this new album would be worth my two pence since, after all, Coldplay makes some reliably cinematic music. I remember 2000’s “Parachutes” album from the soon-to-be pop stars Coldplay. In one fell swoop those Brits invaded our shores ... http://poritsky.com/blog/2008/06/17/review-viva-la-vida-by-coldplay NYC in Clouds Originally uploaded by poritsky I'm still taking pictures in case anyone out there was wondering. My awesome office window view provided another great cityscape, this time with an iPhone. I opted, as I often do, to leave the camera gear at home today and lug the laptop in so ... http://poritsky.com/blog/2008/06/16/nyc-in-clouds