I was in my mid-30s when my wife and I decided not to have children. Until then, starting a family had always seemed like the natural culmination of a series of personal and professional journeys. But when faced with the prospect of a “geriatric pregnancy” and all the complications and difficulties that process incurs, we had to make a decision (we did), and we had to be sure (we were). Those memories fluttered to the surface throughout “Clock,” the debut horror film from actor and filmmaker Alexis Jacknow.

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According to a Q&A last night with Quentin Tarantino in Austin, Texas, post-“Inglorious Basterds,” screening, Eli Roths’s character Sgt. Donny Donowitz is his father. Quentin obviously loves his universe character connections and you’re probably aware of many of them. This is just the latest.

We can probably tap out some more thoughts about the screening and Q&A later, but we gotta run and just wanted to get that out there.

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Yesterday we discovered that Drew Barrymore’s rollerskate derby comedy “Whip it!” starring Ellen Page, was tapping the L.A. string players, The Section Quartet to compose its music. Today we uncover that Montreal Franchophone indie rockers Malajube are scoring the new Jay Baruchel film, “The Trotsky.”

What’s it about you ask?

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