Retro Cinema: Romeo is Bleeding
Posted on November 30, 2007 - Filed Under Drama | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Drama, Fandom, Home Entertainment, Retro Cinema
Yes, this is Gary Oldman week for me and retro cinema, but you won’t see me complaining. Usually, the chameleon Oldman morphs and slides onto the screen for one of his many diverse supporting roles. Most recently, he’s taken on heroes like Sirius Black and Lt. James Gordon, […]
Read More..>>Review: Oswald’s Ghost
Posted on November 30, 2007 - Filed Under Documentary | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Documentary, Theatrical Reviews, Cinematical Indie
Oswald’s Ghost is the rare film whose power increases with distance. As I sat in the historic Texas Theatre last week, where Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested on the day President Kennedy was assassinated, and watched a special screening of the documentary, the suggestive rhythm of the editing and […]
Read More..>>Twelve Thoughts I Had Whilst Watching Enchanted
Posted on November 30, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
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02 (opening animated scene) Prince Edward: “Tomorrow we’ll be married!” LOL 4realz
03 ohmygod could Amy be any cuter when she collapses into her ginormous white […]
Trailer Park: Ankle Biters
Posted on November 30, 2007 - Filed Under Comedy | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Trailer Trash, Trailers and Clips
Call them what you will — progeny, small fry, rug rats — this week it’s all about the kids. Welcome to Trailer Park: The Ankle Biter edition.
The OrphanageThis latest trailer has me stoked to see this Spanish language creep-fest. Directed by Juan Antonio Bayona, produced […]
Scorsese, flashbulbs, Hitchcock, lightbulbs.
Posted on November 30, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Glenn Kenny at Premiere.com has just posted some screen captures from Raging Bull (1980) and The Aviator (2004), noting how Martin Scorsese has projected his fear of flashbulbs onto the heroes of his films.
Coincidentally, today GreenCine Daily happened to link to this site, which features a video in which Scorsese “preserves” a supposedly unproduced Alfred […]
Now Playing: Diving Bells and Savages
Posted on November 30, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Oscar Watching
In Hollywood’s effort to jam all awards season contenders into December –annoying the hell out of me and other year round moviegoers — Julian Schnabel’s artful disability weepie The Diving Bell and Butterfly and Tamara Jenkins comedic nursing home weepie The Savages have finally opened on both coasts. Either one could catch on with […]
The Golden Compass — marketed to Catholics?
Posted on November 30, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
For the past few months, I have been asking certain Christian movie publicists if New Line Cinema would be making any effort to reach out to the religious market, to dampen the controversy over The Golden Compass.
I have been on a few New Line junkets myself — for films like The New World (2005) and […]
Sweet News of the Day: George Takei to Get a ‘Star Trek XI’ Cameo
Posted on November 30, 2007 - Filed Under Remakes/Sequals | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Casting, Paramount, Fandom, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels
I’m still holding out for the surprise announcement that William Shatner will indeed appear in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek. In the meantime, though, I expect to hear another complaint from the original Captain Kirk after reading this juicy bit of goodness: George Takei has […]
Peter Jackson to Direct ‘The Hobbit’ in 3D?!
Posted on November 30, 2007 - Filed Under Remakes/Sequals | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Deals, New Line, RumorMonger, Fandom, DIY/Filmmaking, Peter Jackson, Remakes and Sequels
First off, who the hell are Marketsaw and what are they smoking? Additionally, can I have some? Okay, so this site called Marketsaw claims to have received word that Peter Jackson will indeed direct The Hobbit — split up into […]
Moviefone’s Best Christmas Movies of All Time
Posted on November 30, 2007 - Filed Under Classic | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Classics, Best/Worst, Hold the ‘Fone
The Christmas season is a time for celebration, family and, of course, watching copious amounts of Christmas movies. Like any true movie buffs would, the editors at Moviefone honored the holiday by watching Christmas movies for days and days — everything from lumps of coal/rancid turds such as Surviving […]