Viral Marketing Campaign for ‘Watchmen’ Begins — Or Does It?
Posted on June 30, 2007 - Filed Under Action and Adventure | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Action & Adventure, Fandom, Movie Marketing, Comic/Superhero/Geek
While we still don’t have any 100% guarantees on who will be starring in Zack Snyder’s eagerly anticipated adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ graphic novel Watchmen (check here for the casting rumors that Snyder couldn’t quite deny), the marketing of the film has already begun, […]
Halfway Point: Best Actress (So Far)
Posted on June 30, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
2007 is halfway over. Time to recalibrate those Oscar predictions… But first: A few thoughts on where we’ve been this year and the women who took us there. If I voted today my Best Actress shortlist would probably feature…
Julie Christie -Away From Her
Ashley Judd -Bug
Mirjana Karanovic -Fraulein
Markéta Irglová -Once
Molly Shannon-Year […]
K-Movie: Love So Divine
Posted on June 29, 2007 - Filed Under Indedependent Asian Movie Streams | Leave a Comment
Also known as: Shinbu sueob
Language: Korean
Subtitle: English (Hard-subbed)
Release Date: 2004
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Synopsis:
Kyu-sik (Kwon Sang-woo) and his good buddy Seon-dal (Kim In-kwon) are studying to be priests. Well, actually Kyu-sik is studying and Seon-dal is trying to find reasons not to be a priest. After a night on the town Seon-dal lands them both in […]
Review: Evening
Posted on June 29, 2007 - Filed Under Drama | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Drama, New Releases, Theatrical Reviews, New in Theaters, Family Films
A weepie examination of female and sexual identity whose worth is roughly equal to that of a used Kleenex, Evening is a schmaltzy nostalgic fusion of clichéd melodrama and carpe-diem lessons about regret, love and courage. Based on Susan Minot’s novel from a […]
Read More..>>Weinsteins Getting Into Animation
Posted on June 29, 2007 - Filed Under Animation | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Animation, Independent, Deals, The Weinstein Co., Cinematical Indie
It was just last week that The Weinstein Co. announced a partnership to finance and distribute Hong Kong action movies. The Brothers W have now decided to produce and distribute animated feature films. According to their latest press release, they will be doing so in partnership […]
K-Movie: Reversal of Fortune
Posted on June 29, 2007 - Filed Under Indedependent Asian Movie Streams | Leave a Comment
Also known as:Yeokjeonesanda
Language: Korean
Subtitle: English (Soft-subbed)
Release Date: 2003
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Synopsis:
Once upon a time KangSeung-wan (Kim Seung-woo) was a junior golf player destined for great things, but then everything went wrong. Now he’s a low-life stockbroker who works too hard, with the worst luck in the world and no real prospects in life. […]
8 (½) Things Meme
Posted on June 29, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
So… I wasn’t going to do any more non-movie memes but I got tagged twice for this 8 things meme –which I’m rechristening 8 ½ just to amuse myself with something cinematic — by twopeople that warm and wow me with their wit and unshared enthusiasms (that is to say: both are obsessed with different […]
Read More..>>Jeffrey M. Anderson’s 400 Screens, 400 Blows — Take a Chance on France
Posted on June 29, 2007 - Filed Under Foreign | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Foreign Language, Columns, 400 Screens, 400 Blows, Cinematical Indie
I saw Michael Moore’s Sicko (1 screen) yesterday. But rather than talk about Moore’s good points and bad points, or the nature of propaganda, or the broken health care system, or liberals vs. conservatives, I’d like to pick one small moment from the film and […]
Read More..>>Gangs
Posted on June 29, 2007 - Filed Under Vintage Movie Highlights | Leave a Comment
Directed (1941) by Phil Rosen. Starring Joan Woodbury, Jack La Rue, Linda Ware and Alan Ladd.
Read More..>>From Movies to Theater: Spike Lee and Ethan Hawke are Hitting the Stage
Posted on June 29, 2007 - Filed Under Remakes/Sequals | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Independent, Newsstand, Remakes and Sequels, Cinematical Indie
We often hear about well-known actors either going back to the stage, or embracing the stage later, after securing a solid acting career. Or, there’s the movies that head to stage, the theater that heads to the movies and we can’t forget — those that get adaptations […]