Overheard “Reel” New Years Resolutions
Posted on December 31, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Briony: I promise to stop embellishing the truth.
Sweeney Todd: I will have vengeance
Robert Graysmith: I will stop obsessing on serial killers … or, to be more specific I will stop obsessing on serial killers as soon as I finish this book.
and all the other ones I borrowed from the library. Really I will.
OK and the […]
Canadian box-office stats — December 30
Posted on December 31, 2007 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Here are the figures for the past weekend, arranged from those that owe the highest percentage of their take to the Canadian box office to those that owe the lowest.
The Golden Compass — CDN $8,050,000 — N.AM $58,869,000 — 13.7%P.S. I Love You — CDN $2,140,000 — N.AM $23,398,000 — 9.1%Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber […]
2007: The Year in Horror. All of It. Seriously.
Posted on December 31, 2007 - Filed Under Horror | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Horror, Fandom, Lists, Best/Worst
I’ve already done an “official” top ten list and all that year-end movie-critic jazz, but since today’s my birthday I figured I’d spend an hour or two on a piece I’ll simply enjoy writing. Most of the solid horror sites have done their own top / bottom lists, so I […]
Read More..>>Review: The Killing of John Lennon
Posted on December 31, 2007 - Filed Under Drama | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Drama, Music & Musicals, New Releases, IFC, Theatrical Reviews, New in Theaters, Politics
The Killing of John Lennon puts the viewer squarely inside the mind of Mark David Chapman — you should know that before going in, since many reasonable viewers might consider that a completely useless journey to take. The choice of director […]
Read More..>>Oops, I’m Dissing Again
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Oops. A couple of things I forgot in my rush to post the stinkiest filmthings in 07 movies. Pretend I’ve added them already to the cinematic shame pages
Read More..>>Happy New Link
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Happy New YearSunset Gun offers up “Auld Lang Scene”, a neat look at New Year’s Eve scenes in movies. So on that subject HAPPY NEW YEAR people: May your 2008 be great. These ‘out with the old / in with the new’ celebrations are always so frought with bizarrely mixed emotions, though, aren’t they?
2007 is […]
Earthlings
Posted on December 31, 2007 - Filed Under Vintage Movie Highlights | Leave a Comment
Directed (2003) by Shaun Monson. Narrated by Joaquin Phoenix. This documentary chronicles the day-to-day practices of the largest industries in the world, all of which rely entirely on animals for profit. (English language, Italian subtitles).Warning: Graphic imagery.
Read More..>>My interest in The Lovely Bones just went up.
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This may be old news to some people, but I just read this story by the Associated Press which notes that Saoirse Ronan, who is so compelling as the young Briony Tallis in Atonement, is playing the lead role in Peter Jackson’s adaptation of The Lovely Bones. I am suddenly quite a bit more […]
Read More..>>Help! My Snowman’s Burning Down
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Directed (1964) by Carson Davidson. Starring Bob Larkin.
Read More..>>PG ratings — still not really for grown-ups
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Last year, I kept track of all the G- and PG-rated films that cracked the weekly top ten lists, to see how many of them were aimed primarily at families or children, and how many of them were basically for grown-ups. Six months ago, I posted a follow-up list of the G- and PG-rated […]
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