random review: WALL-E |
Utterly enchanting. "WALL-E" is the latest marvel from Pixar and one of its most wondrous of creations. With Andrew Stanton at the helm, he of "Finding Nemo" fame, it's no surprise that "WALL-E" dazzl...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:05:00 GMT |
The Darjeeling Limited |
Wes Anderson has become a monument to Wes Anderson. By this point, every trademark of his style from the synthetic irony to the slowed down camera shots and the cast of regulars that are guaranteed to...
Posted by on Sat, 10 May 2008 10:56:00 GMT |
The Grammys |
Can anybody tell me what ethnicity George Lopez is? Anyone? Oh wait a minute...he's Mexican and he can't open his mouth without telling us that important fact. I've met people who worked on his show a...
Posted by on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:43:00 GMT |
first random review of the year: "There Will Be Blood" |
There's a scene in Paul Thomas Anderson's magnificent, idiosyncratic "There Will Be Blood" that defines originality and excitement in cinema. It occurs after Daniel Plainview, a bitingly angry and oft...
Posted by on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:48:00 GMT |
2007 in Film: The Best and Worst |
How will 2007 be remembered many years from now? Maybe as a year of some truly daring and creative releases that dealt with war and bloodshed in shockingly frank terms. Maybe as the year of the third ...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:25:00 GMT |
No Country For Old Men is the film of the decade |
Recent films by the Coen Brothers just haven't lived up to the earlier brilliance they demonstrated themselves to be capable of. "No Country for Old Men"-based on the 2005 novel by Cormac McCarthy of ...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 10:48:00 GMT |
random review: Shoot Em Up |
Already in the first scenes of "Shoot Em'Up," the tone and feel that will carry the picture to its closing credits is well established. Smith, played by Clive Owen, sits on a bench while munching on a...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:52:00 GMT |
random review: the good, the superbad, and the fugly |
Although "Superbad", the wild, unruly, and much talked about teen sex romp is directed by Greg Mottola, this is really Seth Rogen's baby. According to virtually every interview he's given in the last ...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:16:00 GMT |
Flying-track 3 on 'Magical Mystery Tour' |
Woozy with anticipation and nervousness. M. Eliot Johnson-my sis-and I fly to Ontario, Canada this Wednesday. Worse still, our flight leaves at 7 in the morning. I am already excited at the prospect o...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:17:00 GMT |
