Tag: Samuel L. Jackson

• Better Living Through Criticism

  I’ve been a fan of A.O. Scott since his too-short time co-hosting At the Movies with Michael Phillips, which was my favorite post-Ebert iteration of the show. Their tenure was a salve after the brief and forgettable stint of Ben Lyons and Ben Mankiewicz. Phillips and Scott brought a benevolent wonkiness to the show I…

  Feb 28, 2016

  # A.O. Scott, At the Movies, attention, Bilge Ebiri, books, Brooklyn, criticism, film, movies, New York Times, review, Roger Ebert, Samuel L. Jackson, Tangerine, The LEGO Movie, writing

• DDC 220-229: Blessed is Samuel L. Jackson

  A Teach Me How To Dewey production This Is How We Dewey: Regardless of how accurate it is in a given situation, deploying “Old Testament” as an intensifying adjective/adverb–i.e. “It’s about to get Old Testament up in here”–is one of my favorite things. To me in implies a righteous fury or a majestic/violent power that…

  Jun 25, 2014

  # books, Christianity, Darren Aronofsky, Dewey Decimal Classification, libraries, Noah, Pulp Fiction, religion, Samuel L. Jackson, Teach Me How To Dewey, The Bible