Archive for October, 2009

Don’t miss…

  • October 29th, 2009
  • Posted in Film

Upcoming movies with great Buzz are Up in the Air, with George Clooney. Nine, with Daniel-Day Lewis Alice in Wonderland, with mixed reviews for Johnny Depp. (He’s not Alice.) Alice in Wonderland – Extended Trailer [ READ MORE ]

Weekend viewing

  • October 27th, 2009
  • Posted in Film

As the holiday season officially begins with Halloween (what more appropriate?). here’s a short-take round-up, some reviewed by the Weekly (and some not), of “interesting” movies around. Zombieland Can you believe it–an American comedy with a real sense of humor. But that’s Zombieland, sly and funny, with a first-rate extended cameo by Bill Murray, right in his [ READ MORE ]

Awards

  • October 24th, 2009
  • Posted in Film

What’s the best comedy of the year? The Brit “In the Loop,” with our own James Gandofini. Soon available on DVD–the movie, that is. Real satire in our age of poo-poo and jerk-off jokes. A miracle, really. Best Movie Blog The New Yorker’s The Front Row by Richard Brody. Thinking Outside the Box (office) What movie made twice its [ READ MORE ]

3-D or Not 3-D

  • October 22nd, 2009
  • Posted in Film

That is the billion-dollar question–maybe. With 3-D movies, even without first-rate projection, making bundles of dough-re-mi (even a clunker like the “final” Final Destination pile of merde, has 3-D made itself legitimate? While ersatz movie critics seem to think 3-D is all about things being flung at the audience, it’s simply not all there is. [ READ MORE ]

The Die is Cast

  • October 19th, 2009
  • Posted in Film

What movie, way underseen, has this cast? Evangeline Lilly (Lost), Ralph Fiennes, Guy Pearce, David Morse, and an Oscar-non headed Jeremy Renner (The Assassination of Jesse James). The answer: The Hurt Locker–an indie (made for $ll million), written by Mark Boal (Valley of Elah), directed, superbly, by Kathryn Bigelow, and (not very arguably) the most suspenseful [ READ MORE ]

An Adam Sandler-free zone

  • October 19th, 2009
  • Posted in Film

This is a blog about real movies. The kind they don’t make any more…except when they do. It will most definitely be an Adam Sandler-free zone. So get a bowl of popcorn (with real butter), put your feet on the table, and let’s watch some (good) movies. [ READ MORE ]

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