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Because the movie experience shouldn't end in the theater.

Newsbobber says: Unlike many other bloggers, Daniel Getahun has heard of the first draft. He takes his time with his posts and gives them careful thought before publishing. The hard work shows in his reviews of major and independent films, and in his series. He's maintained the blog for three years.

Latest Posts

8 September 2010 | 10:33 pm
Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, 2002 Director: George LucasWriters: George Lucas, Jonathan Hales______________________________ INTERIOR: N [...]

6 September 2010 | 12:00 am
The Yu Family, 2007 I consider 2008 the best year of the last decade for documentary film. Consider Surfwise, Trouble the Water, Man on Wire, Young @ Heart, Nerakhoon (The Betrayal), and Bigger, Str [...]

3 September 2010 | 12:00 pm
"See that butterfly? You think it's Danaus plexippus, but it's not - it's Pieris rapae!"  "A butterfly?," my wife wondered aloud as we watched George Clooney's character, Jack, perform his daily [...]

2 September 2010 | 11:00 pm
Writer/director Sean Baker's exceptional first feature, Take Out, is the kind of film that engages your curiosity in a rather distracting way; you feel as if you're watching a lost home video or a g [...]

1 September 2010 | 12:00 am
As I tread onward into my fourth year of maintaining this blog, it's an appropriate time for reflection. To say that I've learned some things about film and particularly about blogging over the last t [...]

Latest Comments

9 September 2010 | 12:43 pm
Nice - let me know if you have any questions, but you're pretty savvy so I'm sure you'll figure out if it's for you or not. [...]

9 September 2010 | 10:38 am
No, it makes a lot of sense, at least in terms of saving time and energy visiting each blog individually. I will give Google Reader a try and see how it goes. [...]

8 September 2010 | 12:56 pm
Thanks, Castor - you guys have definitely built yourselves up over at AM pretty impressively, what with both the community and posting frequency (and quality - all of your posts require actual writing [...]

8 September 2010 | 12:45 pm
I hope you do, Castor, as well as others from 2008 that I listed. Not sure where you land on the documentary fan scale (I'm close to a 10, close to obsessive), but what made a lot of those '08 [...]

8 September 2010 | 10:30 am
Hey Pat - welcome back! I've just checked out your new digs and will updated my blogroll accordingly. Sorry to lose you from the Blogger crew...Anyway, I'm kind of surprised your audience was [...]

8 September 2010 | 10:18 am
Thanks for visiting - I don't mind at all. I actually just saw a scene from that movie again and found the score to be kind of intrusive. It was when PSH was visiting Barry Pepper at his condo and [...]

7 September 2010 | 6:54 pm
Four years, wow! You are akin to a dinosaur in the blogging world :) Congratulations on the upcoming milestone.Quality vs. Quantity: I totally agree with you. There is so many bloggers who publish nea [...]

7 September 2010 | 6:28 pm
great posts all! i would like to add 25th hour if you dont mind. [...]

7 September 2010 | 6:27 pm
Thanks for highlighting this documentary, which in general tend to get a lot less publicity even if they are excellent. I will try to get my hands on this! [...]

7 September 2010 | 3:21 pm
Daniel - I am right there with you on every point, and I was asking myself about Clooney's suitability for this role after every scene. Some actors can do this broody stuff quite well, but Cloone [...]

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