If you look up this film, you’re bound to read its tag line: Eight years ago, Alex’s wife was murdered. Today… she e-mailed him. You may also come across words like ‘thriller’ combined with words like ‘intense.’ If I had that information before going into the theater, I would have written off Tell No One [...]
Entries from August 30th, 2008
Tell No One (Ne le dis à personne)
August 30th, 2008 2 Comments
Tags: Francoise Cluzet · Guillaume Canet · Harlan Coben · Marie-Josée Croze · Tell No One (Ne le dis à personne)
Rushmore
August 29th, 2008 6 Comments
Sometimes mixing three of my favorite things isn’t a good idea. For example: going to movies, sleeping, and toast: not a good combination. But in the case of Rushmore, it worked really well. Wes Anderson, Bill Murray, and Jason Schwartzman mix real nice. Having finally watched this film, I’ve now exposed myself to Anderson’s entire [...]
Tags: Bill Murray · Film review · Jason Schwartzman · Olivia Williams · Rushmore · Sophia Coppola · Wes Anderson
The House Bunny
August 23rd, 2008 4 Comments
Yeah, I saw it. So what? Sometimes there’s nothing else out there except a Ben Stiller movie that’s getting decent reviews but you hate him so, so much you’ve vowed never to see another of his movies again. So yeah, I saw The House Bunny. Bunny comes to us from director Fred Wolf (who also [...]
Tags: Anna Faris · Fred Wolf · The House Bunny
Being John Malkovich
August 19th, 2008 4 Comments
I’m ashamed that it’s taken me so long to see this fantastic film, directed by Spike Jonze. I’m not sure what my hesitancy was in watching it, except for some bad memories of John Malkovich in that three musketeers movie from when I was, like, ten. Anyway, this movie blew me away. Spike Jonze started [...]
Tags: Being John Malkovich · Cameron Diaz · Catherine Keener · Charlie Kaufman · John Cusack · John Malkovich · Spike Jonze
The Dead Girl
August 16th, 2008 1 Comment
I don’t know why, but as I perused the aisles of Blockbuster the other night (aisles that I have practically memorized), this DVD just happened to catch my eye. I’m not sure why. Maybe it’s a subconscious fascination with the morbid. Anyway, I picked up The Dead Girl and was astounded at the list of [...]
Tags: Brittany Murphy · Film review · Giovanni Ribisi · James Franco · Josh Brolin · Karen Moncrieff · Marcia Gay Harden · The Dead Girl · Toni Collette
Change in Challenge Plans…
August 15th, 2008 1 Comment
So my sister at TheBluestockings.com is hosting a Literature and Film blog-fest. Her rules can be found here. I wrote about it yesterday… Her challenge asks you to read 5 books, then see the film adaptations of two of them. Once you’ve reviewed the films and books, you place a link to your posts on [...]
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Lit Flicks Challenge from TheBluestockings.com
August 14th, 2008 1 Comment
My sister has a ridiculously well run book review blog at www.thebluestockings.com. She’s created a bitchin’ challenge/blog festival that you should all participate in. Since she reviews books and I review film, we decided to collaborate and review the following subjects: books made into film, films made into books, film about books, books about film…really any subject that combines [...]
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Movie Madness!
August 12th, 2008 No Comments
My buddy Jen over at www.dailymishmash.com is hosting her monthly ‘Movie Madness.’ Go over there, check it out, and participate! Let’s celebrate bitchin’ films…
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Brideshead Revisited
August 10th, 2008 4 Comments
It’s difficult to compare this movie to the novel it’s based off of when I’ve never read it. But if the film is similar to the book, I think that I’ll probably pass on it (no offense to Evelyn Waugh). There is so much content shoved into this 1 hour and 40 minute film, I [...]
Tags: Ben Whishaw · Brideshead Revisited · Emma Thompson · Evelyn Waugh · Hayley Atwell · Julian Jarrold · Matthew Goode
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
August 7th, 2008 4 Comments
This movie blows. I’m embarassed I paid $8.25 to see it. I’m embarassed I invited a good friend, and my brother-in-law. Admittedly, we went for the sole purpose of poking fun, but nevertheless… I’m embarassed for Brendan Fraiser and Jet Li’s CGI-ed face that morphs into a three headed dragon, and even more embarassed for [...]
Tags: Brendan Fraiser · Rachel Weisz · The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
