Angels and Demons

Very funny (well I thought so) comment from the NYT on the director of "Angels and Demons":

Mr. Howard’s direction combines the visual charm of mass-produced postcards with the mental stimulation of an easy Monday crossword puzzle.

To all those planning to go and see this film - did you see the Da Vinci Code? You did? And you mean to tell me you want MORE of that? The film's "star" Tom Hanks, who plays Robert Langdon, is also nicely dispatched:

... his face stroboscopically snapping from wry smirk to worried squint and back again, Langdon is something of a cipher in his own right, a walking embodiment of skeptical intellect who seems, most of the time, not to have a thought in his head.

Kim Gordon is very cool

Just had to link to this photo of Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon.How's that for unassailably cool? I can't believe she is 56. Seen on Matablog, photo taken by David Emery.

Purgatory = Tottenham

I loved this exchange from In Bruges, watched on DVD last night:

Ken:
[looking at a surreal Bosch painting] It's Judgment Day, you know?
Ray:
No. What's that then?
Ken:
Well, it's, you know, the final day on Earth, when mankind will be judged for the crimes they've committed and that.
Ray:
Oh. And see who gets into heaven and who gets into hell and all that.
Ken:
Yeah. And what's the other place?
Ray:
Purgatory.
Ken:
Purgatory... what's that?
Ray:
Purgatory's kind of like the in-betweeny one. You weren't really shit, but you weren't all that great either. Like Tottenham.
[pause]
Ray:
Do you believe in all that stuff, Ken?
Ken:
About Tottenham?

More quotes from the film here. Though on the basis of this season, you could make the same gag about Arsenal.