Tell No One (Ne le dis à personne)

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 (Ne le dis à personne) as some action flick with poor acting and worse scriptwriting.  It is anything, but that. The film is based... Read More

Rushmore

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 oeuvre (yeah, I know it’s only 5 feature length films, and one short film, but still…).  All were a hit except for... Read More

The House Bunny

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 wrote and directed 2008′s Strange Wilderness, which received the dubious honor of a 0% rating on rottentomatoes…).  The story follows Shelley, a Playboy bunny... Read More

Being John Malkovich

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 out as a music video director.  Directing videos for Bjork, the Beastie Boys, and others, he developed quite the style, which is immediately evident with his... Read More

The Dead Girl

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 what I consider to be A-list actors, and at the fact I’d never even heard of this 2006 release. When I saw Brittany Murphy listed, my mind made an inaudible,... Read More

Change in Challenge Plans…

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 her page. Instead of co-hosting, I’m hosting a companion challenge. The rules of my challenge ask you to watch five movies adapted from books, and read two of... Read More

Lit Flicks Challenge from TheBluestockings.com

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 literature and film, hence the title of the challenge ‘Lit Flicks.’ ... Read More

Movie Madness!

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…  Read More

Brideshead Revisited

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 never really quite understood what direction director Julian Jarrold wanted to go. The first third of the film was incestuously and erotically charged (a la The Dreamers by Bernardo... Read More

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

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 the yetis representing Jesus taking mortally wounded Fraiser to a pool of magical water where a bath (or baptism-you say tomato,... Read More