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Tag Archives: film
Screening Log: Mama’s Boy (2007)
Mama’s Boy is another movie I’d never have seen were it not for my daughter bringing it home… and another pleasant surprise. It may be partly a function of my exceedingly low expectations (despite thoroughly enjoying Napolean Dynamite), but I … Continue reading
Screening Log: Public Enemies (2009)
Public Enemies was much more interesting than I expected. I’d resisted seeing it, despite my generally high estimation of Johnny Depp, because I have such low expectations when it comes to Michael Mann films. Mann just seems unable to keep … Continue reading
Screening Log: Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
Okwe (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a night-clerk at a London hotel, is investigating a reported problem in a room when he finds the toilet stopped up… by a human heart. “Sneaky” (Sergi López), the hotel manager, tells Okwe to forget it and … Continue reading
Screening Log: The Man Who Laughs
I’d heard of The Man Who Laughs many times, starting with my one and only film history class, but never had an opportunity to watch it. What a film! Made at the tail end of the silent film era (the … Continue reading
RIP: Natasha Richardson
It’s sad to see anyone lose their life in a freak accident, whether they are famous or not, but my sadness at the news of Natasha Richardson‘s death is intensified by both the manner of her passing and the fact … Continue reading
Movies Everywhere, Nothing to Watch
[photo by jazzlawyer] I love going to the movies as much now as when I was a kid. For me, as wound up in childhood memories as it is, the big screen experience can’t be duplicated at home for any … Continue reading
Screening Log: Chocolat (2000)
I avoided this one as long as I could courtesy of my instinctive aversion to hype, but Chocolat turned out to be a much better film than I expected. Juliette Binoche is (as always) radiant, and Johnny Depp– a potentially … Continue reading
Screening Log: Die Hard (1988)
Despite being a fan of many of Bruce Willis’ performance, I’d never seen any of his Die Hard movies until watching this “DVD-TV” production of the first in the series– a film released the year I graduated from high school! … Continue reading
Screening Log: Chopper (2000)
Eric Bana stars as Chopper, a renowned Australian criminal I’d never heard of before. Chopper is by turns charming and brutal, but Bana’s performance gives the character a depth that sets Chopper apart from others in the same vein. Chopper … Continue reading
Robert Philen’s Favorite Books and Films – 2007
Thanks to a reference by Reginald Shepherd I discovered Robert Philen’s blog. Why is his name so familiar to me? Anyway, a lot of fun reading to be had there (before I go on, a nod toward his entertaining and … Continue reading
Screening Log: Zodiac
One Line Review: Watch it for the acting, but don’t expect a lot of narrative satisfaction. Lineage: All the President’s Men meets Law and Order and a serial killer of the realistic (aka decidedly not Hannibal Lecter) variety. Zodiac has … Continue reading
Screening Log: Idiocracy
One Line Review: I wasn’t expecting much and that’s pretty much what I got. Don’t bother unless you get high first. Real high. Lineage: King of the Hill (the cartoon) + Sleeper + the worst of Mad TV There are … Continue reading
Screening Log: 3:10 to Yuma
One line review: it ain’t Unforgiven but it’s good. Rent it. Lineage: In an experiment, the scientific spirits of Unforgiven and High Noon clone the original 3:10 to Yuma. Russell Crowe just annoys me for some reason. He’s really a … Continue reading
Viewing Log: Juno (2007)
The opening credits animation sequence is freakin’ cool. Ellen Page (who really impressed me last year in Hard Candy) is phenomenal in this role. The single real flaw in the movie is that the first 10 minutes or so of … Continue reading
Youth Without Youth
With a plot summary like this (and Tim Roth), how can I resist? The film opens in Bucharest in 1938, where Dominic Matei (Tim Roth), a linguistics professor in his 70s, is planning to take his own life for reasons … Continue reading
Film Noir Computer Prints
Among other interesting things to be found at Tad Richards’ blog are a series of print-like illustrations he has created based on scenes and characters from classic film noir titles. I’d buy one.
Be Kind, Rewind
Jack Black and Mos Def directed by Michael Gondry? Be Kind, Rewind looks hi-larious…
Helvetica, the Movie
Helvetica is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which is celebrating its 50th birthday this year) as part of a larger conversation about the way type … Continue reading
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Not Hiding Illness
At least, not being able to speak, I am spared the need to explain why every film is “overlooked,” or why I wrote Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. I already think Roger Ebert is unfairly dismissed by cinema snobs– … Continue reading
Reign Over Me
I’m going to disagree with seemingly every critic in America and give Reign Over Me a thumbs-up. I’d probably like any movie with Don Cheadle in it, who has been one of my favorite actors since I first started paying … Continue reading
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