At the start of “The Visitor,” we’re introduced to old Walter Vale (Richard Jenkins) as he’s practicing piano with his tutor. She can’t be more than five years older than he is. After she makes an awkward comment on his form (he’s told to arch his fingers so “the train can come through”), he realizes he just might be too old to be treated like a child.
In an effort to further alienate Cadenza from the student body, we have decided to not just judge students’ tastes by mocking the records they may listen to, but by actually reviewing the music they do listen to.
In today’s modern world, a well-managed iPod playlist can be almost as much of an artistic expression as music itself.
Let me tell you a story about a humble reviewer.
The reviewer kicks his door open. Blood drips down from his lips. He looks tired, maybe he’s limping. He’s definitely stumbling. He walks toward his laptop, a movie fresh in his mind: It’s “The Parent Trap,” but only because Dennis Quaid was in both that movie and the one he just saw, “Vantage Point.”
No offense to the Vaughn-man (Maughn?), but maybe it’s time he take a teensy break. After tricking fans everywhere into seeing “The Break-Up” and ruining my Christmas with “Fred Claus,” (my mom still hasn’t forgiven me for dragging her to that pile), you have to think his sloshy shtick is getting stretched a little too thin.
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