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The Crop Duster has two goals. One is to organize links to my critical work: reviews written for The Herald (Everett, Washington) and Seattle Weekly; and public appearances and TV jobs. Selected past work for Film Comment and elsewhere is also linkified. You may also link to my website of 1980s reviews and learn more about my book on Frankenstein and my graphic novel, ROTTEN.

The second goal is to keep a daily record of films watched, annotated with brisk, brief comments. It's a slightly more advanced version of the movie list I kept, in Flair pen, thumbtacked next to my bed when I was twelve.
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Seven Pounds of Timecrimes (Weekly Links)

Posted on December 19, 2008 by roberthorton

My reviews for the Herald this week. Some kind of glitch has left the star ratings wrong, so I include them below, if that’s your bag:

Hector #1: Timecrimes

Yes Man. 2 and 1/2.

Seven Pounds. 2 and 1/2.

Timecrimes. 3 and 1/2. It’s a beaut.

The Tale of Despereaux. 2 and 1/2.

Save Me. 2 and 1/2.

And on KUOW, I talk with Jeremy Richards about a trio of overlooked 2008 movies: In Bruges, Married Life, and Priceless. Movie talk begins at 34:00 into the program: here. And click on title for a link to the Herald review: In Bruges, Married Life, Priceless.

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