Anyone heard of this? It snuck under the radar for me; apparently it comes out tomorrow. It's about a serial killer who hires a documentary crew to tag along while he... well, while he kills people.

Behind the Mask

[SIZE="3"]I guess the header says all I wanted to tell you. This means the Gauntlet edition is on schedule -- maybe even a little ahead.[/SIZE]

Well I finished Gateways the other day (I was actually in Florida at the time) and it was good, mainly because there was very little Gia (but what Gia there was she was annoying).

Anyways, I really didn't care for the Jack and Jack's dad teaming together stuff. I don't know, but it just seemed a bit too cheesy and sappy for me. Hope it doesn't continue in future books.

Just my two Lincolns.

They should have had this in the movie:

Borat's Massage

Eddie Izzard alert

http://fxnetworks.com/shows/originals/theriches/

Oh what I night I had! I got to see the inimitable Kevin Kline as King Lear at the Public Theater. We had first row seats and the action takes place literally inches from the audience. Spittle was flying everywhere and I could see it all. Luckily none landed on me. At one point during a knife fight, I thought I was going to be stabbed. AWESOME!

I love actors who can make Shakespeare accessible. Let's face it, it's not current standard English and you have to pay attention. But if it's done well, it's no effort at all to get the play. And this production was done very, very well. The actors were generally strong though there were some weak spots, but not so weak as to interfere with the show. The staging was imaginative and inventive.

I was so close to Kevin Klein I could tell that he used depilatory on his legs, they were so smooth and so WHITE, blinding, actually. He's 59; he'll turn 60 this October, and he is in fine form, though all his body hair his white. Yes, I was VERY close.

The eye gouging scene was remarkable and very real. Yikes.

The Public Theater is a great place to catch theater when you're in NY. It's in the Village, and while it's not cheap, the shows are worth it.

I was given a Christmas gift of a first row seat at Phillip Seymour Hoffman's new show at the Public. I'll see that in a couple of weeks. Can't wait to be up close and personal with Phil.

I just noticed FPW's "Monsters" episode being mentioned over on a screewriting group -- in post #4, screenwriter Neal Marshall Stevens calls it "one of the most down beat "Christmas" episodes of any series in the history of the universe."

http://groups.google.com/group/misc.writ...a54c586363

I know a lot of us have seen it or read it in [The Barrens & Others?], but it's fun to see it referenced.

-O

Oh, I know it's not released yet, but it'll be soon. On this board, seems I'm the first person who go to a theatre see SpiderMan 3!

http://www.imdb.com/rg/title-tease/relea...eleaseinfo

Anybody catch Zodiac over the weekend? Looks like a winner.

I hadn't heard of this film and just stumbled upon it at the local video shop. The story seems to be a bit like Pan's Labyrinth - young girl faced with terrible situation uses her imagination to escape reality. Tideland isn't as visually imaginative as PL but it is a Gilliam film which are always striking in their own way.

The actors were great and the story was weird, of course. Not a lot of characters but each were eccentric. As if the outcome of the girl's father wasn't disturbing enough, there was a sexual element to the story that I won't say anything about because it will spoil the emotional impact it creates. I will say this - it will make you squirm, worry, and feel nauseous. Gilliam describes the film as Alice in Wonderland meets Psycho, the Psycho reference being a bit of a joke. An interesting story and a good film but not one of his best, IMO. It's still one to catch for all the Gilliam fans.