Thank the Lord! Finally, an animated film that I can jump behind. Fantastic Mr. Fox is bitingly witty, hilarious, charming, and doesn’t depend on ultra-cute animation that spends two hours trying to make you go, ‘ahhh…’ Yes, I’m looking at you Pixar!
Fantastic Mr. Fox takes a whole lot of genius, mixes it up, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Bill Murray'
Fantastic Mr. Fox
November 30th, 2009 3 Comments
Tags: Bill Murray · Eric Anderson · Fantastic Mr. Fox · George Clooney · Jason Schwartzman · Meryl Streep · Michael Gambon · Noah Baumbach · Owen Wilson · Roald Dahl · Wes Anderson · Willem Dafoe
Zombieland
October 4th, 2009 4 Comments
I’m not one for that weird horror/comedy genre. I really did not enjoy Sam Raimi’s Drag Me To Hell. And there are very few exceptions to this rule for me (see: Dead Snow). But director Ruben Fleischer could really change my mind, in a big way. His feature-length directorial debut, Zombieland, is hilarious, and [...]
Tags: Abagail Breslin · Bill Murray · Emma Stone · Jesse Eisenberg · Paul Wernick · Rhett Reese · Ruben Fleischer · Woody Harrelson · Zombieland
The Limits of Control
June 11th, 2009 1 Comment
It seems I constantly regret not being more familiar with Jim Jarmusch’s work. Since the last time I wrote about him, despite being offered several good selections, I still haven’t seen much of his. However, now I can add The Limits of Control to this short list, and despite being an exercise in [...]
Tags: Bill Murray · Christopher Doyle · Gael García Bernal · Isaach De Bankolé · Jim Marmusch · The Limits of Control · Tilda Swinton · Youki Kudoh
City of Ember
October 12th, 2008 2 Comments
City of Ember starts out with all that’s needed to captivate a willing audience. Yet somehow, this doesn’t quite happen. It’s difficult to determine who’s to blame for this sort of failure. Personally, it’s difficult for me to understand what makes a good children’s/family film.As per my tastes Aladdin is the greatest of [...]
Tags: Bill Murray · City of Ember · Gil Kenan · Harry Treadaway · Saoirse Ronan · Tim Robbins
Rushmore
August 29th, 2008 6 Comments
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 [...]
Tags: Bill Murray · Film review · Jason Schwartzman · Olivia Williams · Rushmore · Sophia Coppola · Wes Anderson
