-
Recent Posts
Categories
Archives
Recent Comments
- Jesse on Review: This Movie That’s Playing At the Laundromat
- Ben Jacobs on Review: This Movie That’s Playing At the Laundromat
- David Glick on Face-Off: Social Networking Sites
- Randy Landis-Eigsti on Face-Off: Social Networking Sites
- Alicia on Face-Off: Social Networking Sites
Meta
Category Archives: A
Review: The Wire
Four years after the last episode aired, I finally got around to watching all five seasons of David Simon’s TV series The Wire. And now I have to figure out how to express just how darn good it is, without … Continue reading
Posted in A, Television
Comments Off
Review: The House at Pooh Corner
In Which “Jesse Reviews the World” Reviews “The House at Pooh Corner” At the school where I work, I used to read stories to kindergarters before their nappy times, and sometimes I would pick The House at Pooh Corner by A.A. … Continue reading
Posted in A, Literature
Comments Off
Review: The Empire Strikes Back
The Empire Strikes Back takes the things that were awesome in Star Wars and digs into them, unearthing deeper and richer deposits of awesome under the surface. You thought Darth Vader was pretty cool? ESB escalates him from a brooding … Continue reading
Posted in A, Movies
3 Comments
Review: Star Wars
That’s right, I’m gonna call this movie Star Wars, not A New Hope or Episode IV, titles that were added after the fact and make it seem like Star Wars is some middle chapter of a complicated and very uneven drama. I … Continue reading
Review: CGI Lord of the Rings Characters Dancing to Backstreet Boys
Here is a multiple choice test. First, watch this video: Lord of the Backstreet Boys. Then answer the following question. Q: What is the best part of this video?
Posted in A, Movies
4 Comments
Review: The Cabin in the Woods
I’m a horror movie wimp. I’ve long avoided films like the Exorcist or Friday the 13th, and I cringe and squint my eyes when scary stuff appears in otherwise safe movies (Coraline, Triplets of Belleville). So if I had only … Continue reading
Review: Port of Morrow
When I was in high school, every new song I heard was an amazing discovery that sent me babbling. Some of my finds were things I would listen to for years (Elliott Smith, The Faint), while others were rather high … Continue reading
Posted in A, Music
3 Comments
Review: “Video Games” by Lana Del Rey
It’s time for a Jesse Reviews the World Point/Counterpoint! I inwardly argue with myself when I’m conflicted about something, so I figured I could put that debate on the interwebs for something new. The two contestants will be Happy Jesse … Continue reading
Posted in A, C, Music, Point/Counterpoint
1 Comment
Review: Sir Biscuits
At the time that Sir Biscuits met the Landis-Eigsti’s, we were not exactly a pet family. We had owned fish, birds, and rabbits, but these required little time or emotional investment. When a lumpy golden puppy followed my parents home … Continue reading
Posted in A, Miscellaneous
2 Comments
Review: Freedom (by Jonathan Franzen)
“Your nightmares only need a year or two to unfold.” – The Shins In Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom, some of the emotional disasters that befall the protagonists strike quickly: the sudden devastation of a misplaced note or the quiet dread of … Continue reading
Posted in A, Literature
3 Comments