The critical success of Rian Johnson’s Brick gave him a lot of freedom for his second feature film The Brothers Bloom. Unfortunately, like a lot of other directors, with this new found freedom of better actors, and a higher budget, this writer/director fell into some of the same pitfalls as directors like Guy Ritchie: all [...]
Entries from July 26th, 2009
The Brothers Bloom
July 26th, 2009 2 Comments
Tags: Adrien Brody · Mark Ruffalo · Rachel Weisz · Rian Johnson · Rinko Kikuchi · The Brothers Bloom
Catching Out
July 18th, 2009 No Comments
Sarah George’s 2003 documentary Catching Out has a very nostalgic, and ethereal feel. It follows self-proclaimed tramps, hobos, and societal outcasts that choose to illegally hop freight trains to travel the country, trying to keep alive a very American tradition under siege by new, tougher laws, and less tolerant railroad companies. These scruffy people [...]
Tags: Catching Out · Sarah George
Moon
July 16th, 2009 3 Comments
The trailer for Duncan Jones’ debut film Moon doesn’t give a whole lot away when it comes to the film’s plot, but it certainly shows it’s influence from films like 2001: A Space Odyssey and Solaris. This notion, it’s notoriously small budget, and its first time director are enough to make anyone weary going in.
Jones [...]
Tags: Duncan Jones · Kevin Spacey · Moon · Nathan Parker · Sam Rockwell
(500) Days of Summer
July 15th, 2009 4 Comments
I can’t say that (500) Days of Summer is an exceptionally original film. The plot, the formula of the whole thing is almost what you’d call derivative. For this reason, it’s difficult to understand why exactly I liked this film so much.
It’s refreshing to see what is advertised as a romantic comedy (it’s not, I [...]
Tags: (500) Days of Summer · Joseph Gordon-Leavitt · Marc Webb · Michael H. Weber · Scott Neustadter · Zooey Deschanel
Library Loot
July 14th, 2009 5 Comments
If you remember from last week’s Library Loot, I had hit a wall when it came to watching movies. I thought TV on DVD would be the cure, and I’m a little embarrassed to say that I finished fifteen hour long episodes of My So-Called Life, fifteen hour long episodes of True Blood, and [...]
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Library Loot
July 8th, 2009 5 Comments
I failed miserably at my last ambitious library loot attempt. Seriously. Out of seven films, I saw one. I suppose it makes sense, two of those rented I had already seen. And there was a three day holiday weekend that distracted me, plus a few other extra-curriculars. The only one I [...]
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I want to rub this trailer all over me
July 1st, 2009 No Comments
Finally. A second trailer to Inglorious Basterds.
