David Fincher is the guy who directed Fight Club, The Game, Se7en, and Zodiac. So the fact the source material for his most recent endeavor comes from a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who’s born old and grow young a little confusing. Especially when you consider the PG-13 rating. The Curious [...]
Entries from December 25th, 2008
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
December 25th, 2008 5 Comments
Tags: Brad Pitt · Cate Blanchett · David Fincher · Eric Roth · Taraji P. Henson · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button · Tilda Swinton
Variety’s list of movies from 2008
December 24th, 2008 8 Comments
Variety released the official list of 2008 releases. I’ve been a bad blogger with finals, traveling for the holidays, sleeping a lot. So instead of a review, I’ve just listed the 104 of these I saw. That’s one every 3.5 days. Not to mention the non-new releases I watched. This explains why I don’t have [...]
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Australia
December 18th, 2008 5 Comments
Oh boy, Baz. You may have got Nicole Kidman to jump on your train, but you’ll never get me. I must believe that somehow Hugh Jackman got shanghai-ed into this too, and it’s a shame. This sort of manipulative emotionalism is what gives film (and most likely Oscar) a bad name. Australia is directed by [...]
Tags: Australia · Baz Luhrmann · Brandon Walters · Hugh Jackman · Nicole Kidman
The Day the Earth Stood Still
December 12th, 2008 6 Comments
Get this: apparently we (the human race) aren’t taking care of the planet, and should really get our act together. A big thank you to all those involved with The Day the Earth Stood Still for bringing this to our attention. Who would have realized this without such a poignant and relevant movie to tell [...]
Tags: David Scarpa · Edmund H. North · Jaden Smith · Jennifer Connelly · John Clease · Keanu Reeves · Scott Derrickson · The Day the Earth Stood Still
Paging Beatrix Kiddo
December 10th, 2008 1 Comment
I was in Nordstrom’s today, and while I was in a changing room, across the intercom came this message: Paging Beatrix Kiddo, Beatrix Kiddo, code 58. This had to be a joke, right? Then I thought about Chuck Palahniuk’s Choke, where he discusses the secret codes that stores use over their intercoms during emergency situations, [...]
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Transporter 3
December 9th, 2008 7 Comments
Ugh. Click here to see Natalya Rudakova… This movie is shit. I get that it’s just an action flick, that I shouldn’t expect very much, but does it have to be so bad, you cringe every time there’s any dialogue? There’s nothing new, or interesting in Olivier Megaton’s Transporter 3. Nothing. While there’s not much of [...]
Tags: Jason Statham · Luc Besson · Natalya Rudakova · Olivier Megaton · Robert Mark · Transporter 3
Milk
December 6th, 2008 4 Comments
His name is Gus Van Sant, and he’s here to recruit you. Van Sant seems to be an auteur of the best kind: doing things only because it pleases him. Don’t believe this? Watch Gerry. While all his movies provide something interesting, his forays into mainstream narratives usually yield the greatest rewards. Milk falls into [...]
Tags: Alison Pill · Diego Luna · Dustin Lance Black · Emile Hirsh · Gus Van Sant · James Franco · Josh Brolin · Milk · Senn Penn
Slumdog Millionaire
December 4th, 2008 6 Comments
Slumdog Millionaire is a perfect example of what a great director can do with a pretty average script. This film is a beautiful, colorful celebration of life that will you leave you feeling incredibly nothing but good. Director Danny Boyle has proved to be one of the most diverse directors out there, having successful and [...]
Tags: Danny Boyle · Simon Beaufoy · Slumdog Millionaire · Vikas Swarup
Lit Flicks Challenge
December 4th, 2008 2 Comments
I don’t know why it’s so difficult for me to get this post up on the first of the month. I guess I’m just a procrastinator. Thanks again to everyone that participated this month in the Lit Flicks Challenge. It’s half over! But there’s still plenty of time (3 months) to join now, or to [...]
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A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël)
December 2nd, 2008 3 Comments
It’s really frustrating to me when a trailer advertises one movie, and then I go to the theater and get something else entirely. However, in the case of A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël), I was immensely pleased. I went in expecting a light-hearted French comedy, and got one of the most interesting character [...]
Tags: A Christmas Tale (Un conte de Noël) · Anne Consigny · Arnaud Desplechin · Catherine Deneuve · Emmanuel Bourdieu · Emmanuelle Devos · Mathieu Amalric · Melvil Poupaud
