I’ve been wondering if Roger Ebert was going to review the sequel to The Movie That We Do Not Discuss; after giving a zero-star review to the first one, was there any point in his reviewing the sequel?
Well, he finally got around to it. In keeping with our practice, we note this because it is also a zero-star review. We also question Ebert’s objectivity in reviewing this film. On the other hand, we really can’t work up the ability to be indignant that he chose to review it himself.
Just saying. It doesn’t look like they were good luck for Whitey Bulger.
Seriously, I’ve been meaning to throw up a link to this long and entertaining Boston Globe article about Whitey and his life on the run for a couple of days now. It has everything, including a former Miss Iceland who apparently ratted Whitey out. (My mother also forwarded a link saying that Miss Iceland is going to collect the $2 million reward offered by the FBI. Good luck to her: I hope Whitey’s friends, if he has any left, don’t reach as far as Iceland.)
Various news sites are reporting the passing of Dennis Ritchie, co-creator of UNIX and creator of the C programming language.
Edited to add: NYT obit here. LAT obit here.