To be completely honest, it was difficult for me to want to drive 40 minutes to a theater showing the second part of Steven Soderbergh’s massive biopic on Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara. The first film was well done, the realism was at times frightening, but often, it felt like I had just watched two hours [...]
Entries from February 27th, 2009
Che: Part Two – The Guerrilla
February 27th, 2009 3 Comments
Tags: Benicio Del Toro · Benjamin A. van der Veen · Che: Part Two - The Guerrilla · Franka Potente · Peter Buchman · Steven Soderbergh
Post-Oscar Come Down
February 23rd, 2009 6 Comments
There are six or seven large theaters within a 20 miles radius of me. More than 100 screens within a 25 minute drive. But click on the picture to the left to see what I’d find if I were to go to any of these theaters. Crap. It’s all crap. [...]
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Oscar Predictions
February 22nd, 2009 3 Comments
I don’t pretend to understand the Academy, or to be able to predict their decisions. But like all the other bloggers out there, I feel compelled to force you to read my own Oscar predictions. I mostly just let my emotions get involved when I jump behind a flick for the Oscars, and my [...]
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LAMB Devours the Oscars – Best Picture
February 21st, 2009 No Comments
Editor’s note: Welcome to the twenty-fourth and final of a 24-part series dissecting the 81st Academy Awards, brought to you by the Large Association of Movie Blogs and its assorted members. Every day leading up to the Oscars, a new post written by a different LAMB will be published, each covering a different category of [...]
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Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
February 17th, 2009 1 Comment
Yes. My head is hung in shame. I saw Underworld: Rise of the Lycans. But in my defense, there were several factors that not only suggested I see it, but pretty much forced me too. The least of these include headlining actors Michael Sheen and Bill Nighy (and more timidly I’ll admit that [...]
Tags: Bill Nighy · Michael Sheen · Patrick Tatopoulos · Rhona Mitra · Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
Taken
February 16th, 2009 2 Comments
After seeing the trailer forTaken months ago, I was pretty sure I knew exactly how the plot would go down. I decided to skip it. But then I found out it was rated PG-13, and then I remembered how much I liked Liam Neeson, so I finally saw it when my only other options were [...]
Tags: Famke Janssen · Liam Neeson · Luc Besson · Maggie Grace · Pierre Morel · Robert Mark Kamen · Taken
The International
February 14th, 2009 No Comments
Imagine a bank, a big bank, that has too much power, and can’t be trusted with peoples’ money. No, I’m not talking about Citibank or Washington Mutual. I’m talking about The International, Tom Tykwer’s new and boring thriller about corrupt international banking. Don’t let the word thriller fool you though, this movie was [...]
Tags: Armin Mueller-Stahl · Clive Owen · Eric Singer · Naomi Watts · Patrick Baladi · The International · Tom Tykwer
God Bless Tarantino
February 12th, 2009 7 Comments
I want to rub this trailer all over me. I realize that I’m a day late on this one (don’t get me wrong, I watched it yesterday), but I still think there’s an inappropriate number of people who haven’t seen this trailer who should.
Now, there’s been lots of talk about the poor performance of [...]
Tags: Inglorious Basterds · Quentin Tarantino
Push
February 11th, 2009 1 Comment
Push is the very definition of derivative filmmaking. But I just don’t care. It was entertaining. I would even consider this an improvement on director Paul McGuigan’s previous projects Wicker Park and Lucky Number Slevin. The frenetic, almost Tony Scott-like camera work, and befuddling script work against it, but this is still a [...]
Tags: Camilla Belle · Chris Evans · Cliff Curtis · Dakota Fanning · David Bourla · Djimon Hounsou · Ming-Na · Paul McGuigan · Push
Che: Part One – The Argentine
February 10th, 2009 2 Comments
My God, to think how Che Guevara must be turning in his shallow grave, knowing the hipster-icon status he’s achieved with the tragically hip ‘emo’ crowd. At least Steven Soderbergh pays him proper tribute in his latest, and massive docudrama Che. Che ‘is so enormous, it’s broken up into two movies, both running just over [...]
Tags: Benicio Del Toro · Che: Part One - The Argentine · Ernesto 'Che' Guevara · Peter Buchman · Steven Soderbergh
