Twilight, as a movie, is a joke. Literally. It’s hilarious. But I don’t think it’s supposed to be. It’s actually kind of insulting to the women who fall all over themselves for Edward Cullen (Robert Pattison who’s apparently come into his own since a brief stint as Cederic Diggory in the Harry Potter series). This [...]
Entries from November 29th, 2008
Twilight
November 29th, 2008 12 Comments
Tags: Catherine Hardwicke · Kristen Stewart · Robert Pattison · Twilight
Thanksgiving Giveaway
November 24th, 2008 3 Comments
Remember the trailer for Thanksgiving at the beginning of Grindhouse? That was bitchin’. In an effort to straighten up my place before relatives arrive to stay for the holidays, I’ve been cleaning up my DVDs that lay strewn everywhere. I found a few unopened DVDs that are either duplicates, or I’m certain I’ll never [...]
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Synecdoche, New York
November 23rd, 2008 3 Comments
Synecdoche, New York (pronounced see-neck-dah-key) is the latest work from visionary writer and Oscar-winner Charlie Kaufman, who created Adaptation, Being John Malkovich, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, among others. While Kaufman has an impressive list of writing credits to his name, this is his first effort as a director. The result isn’t [...]
Tags: Catherine Keener · Charlie Kaufman · Emily Watson · Hope Davis · Jennifer Jason Leigh · Michelle Williams · Philip Seymour Hoffman · Samantha Morton · Synecdoche New York
Happy-Go-Lucky
November 20th, 2008 3 Comments
The trailer to this feel-good, British comedy boasts that the film asks the question: what makes us happy? On a superficial level, sure. This might be true. But the movie is much more complex than that and deserves a good looking in to.
Happy-Go-Lucky is written and directed by Mike Leigh. Leigh has [...]
Tags: Happy-Go-Lucky · Karina Fernandez · Mike Leigh · Sally Hawkins
Help Wanted
November 18th, 2008 13 Comments
I need help. I’m completely out of ideas when I go to Blockbuster, or to the library. It’s so bad, I’ve thought about renting Jumper. For the love of God, don’t let that happen. Please leave me some suggestions so I don’t end up renting stuff because I like the sound [...]
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Role Models
November 17th, 2008 1 Comment
Crassness offends me. Unless it’s hilarious. Which allows me to excuse David Wain’s Role Models, because this movie is hilarious. You’d think Judd Apatow was the driving force behind this irreverently funny movie, but he’s not. I’d like to give most of the credit to Wain who directed, and co-wrote the script with [...]
Tags: Bobb'e J. Thompson · Christopher Mintz-Plasse · David Wain · Elizabeth Banks · Jane Lynch · Ken Marino · Paul Rudd · Role Models · Sean William Scott · Timothy Downing
Roman de gare
November 16th, 2008 No Comments
Why is it the French are so good with terrifying suspense? It’s seems they have the corner on that market right now. Remember Cache? The Vanishing (ok, that was half French)? What about Girl Cut in Two? Tell No One? It’s fantastic, and I love it. Claude Lelouch’s Roman de gare follows in the same suit [...]
Tags: Audrey Dana · Claude Lelouch · Dominique Pinon · Fanny Ardent · Pierre Uytterhoeven · Roman de gare
Quantum of Solace
November 15th, 2008 4 Comments
Quantum of Solace had a lot working against it: one of the worst theme songs ever written (that Garbage song has finally been topped as the worst of the series!), a lackluster, boring Bond girl, a weird name, and a director (Marc Forster) who has immense talent (Finding Neverland, Monster’s Ball), but has never directed [...]
Tags: Daniel Craig · Ian Fleming · Judi Dench · Marc Forster · Neal Purvis · Olga Kurylenko · Paul Haggis · Robert Wade
Who’s running this Academy?
November 13th, 2008 1 Comment
Below is an article describing the technicality on which the brilliant score to Chris Nolan’s The Dark Knight was disqualified from eligibility of Academy Award nominations/wins. This brings up some very important questions. Why, if the score is actually the best of the year, can’t five people win? This seems like an injustice for some [...]
Tags: Academy Awards
