Recent Blog Posts

Review of 9, opening today (9/9/09)

9 (Computer Animation)Director: Shane AckerVoices of: Elijah Wood, Christopher Plummer, Jennifer Connelly, Martin Landau, John C. Reilly, Crispin GloverThe reason that Pixar is the best at computer animated films is because they spend time and money on a script. Others ... Read more

2009 Board of Directors Election

The 2009 KBOO Board of Directors Elections are here. There have been two live candidate forums, which are available online to listen to if you missed them. 1st Candidate Forum | 2nd Candidate Forum More information is available on our Governance page. If you are craving... Read more

We need a fighter

Sept. 7, 2009Again, Bill Moyers rides to our rescue.Let's get on with it, Mr. President. We're up the proverbial creek with spaghetti as our paddle. This health care thing could have been the crossing of the Delaware, the turning point in the next American Revolution — t... Read more

Woolly Mammoth Comes to Dinner + Oregon Painting Society on KBOO

In last week's episode of Art Focus about TBA, not everyone who was planned to appear got covered. So on September 8th I will have Woolly Mammoth Comes to Dinner and the Oregon Painting Society on. Guests include: Woolly Mammoth--Rikki Rothenberg and Kathleen Keogh and O... Read more

Movie Talk: Links of Interest – a review of Dead Snow

Here is a link to my review of the new thriller Dead Snow, at QuickStopEntertainment, in which I grapple with the notion of evil in horror films. Read more

Reviews of All About Steve, It Might Get Loud, and My One and Only, opening today

My One and OnlyDirector: Richard LoncraineWith: Renee Zellweger, Logan Lerman, Mark Rendall, Kevin Bacon(At the Fox Theater)A pleasant surprise. Zellweger, once America’s sweetheart, has chosen lame parts in bad movies lately, and I wasn’t expecting much. This one is w... Read more

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