Monthly Archives: February 2012
The Thin Red Line
In this world a man, himself, ain’t nothin’ and there ain’t no world but this one. The Thin Red Line (1998), directed by Terrence Malick, is a pretty incredible movie. It has a cast list that reads forever with once and … Continue reading
Posted in Film
Tagged elias koteas, film, hans zimmer, jim caviezel, john cusack, nick nolte, review, sean penn, terrence malick, the thin red line, war film, world war ii
Leave a comment
The Beaver
It’s like he died but he didn’t have the good sense to take his body with him. There’s depression like finding out the train’s going to be late or that girl just totally rejected you or someone has died. Then … Continue reading
Posted in Film
Tagged anton yelchin, depression, film, jennifer lawrence, jodie foster, Mel Gibson, review, The Beaver
Leave a comment
Rev. Series 1 & 2
Are you there God? If so, just a couple of questions. Why do you allow there to be kids who don’t know what World War II is? Why did you send that reviewer on my one bad day, was that … Continue reading
Posted in Television
Tagged british comedy, comedy, lucy liemann, miles jupp, olivia colman, Rev., simon mcburney, steve evets, Tom Hollander
2 Comments
The Oscars: Will, Should, and Did
It happened last night and I inspected the results this morning. How did I do? Best Picture – Correct Will: The Artist Should: The Descendants Did: The Artist Best Director – Wrong Will: Martin Scorsese Should: Martin Scorsese Did: Michel Hazanavicius Best Actor - Correct … Continue reading
Coriolanus
You common cry of curs! whose breath I hate as reek o’ the rotten fens, whose loves I prize as the dead carcases of unburied men that do corrupt my air, I banish you! I’m here at the West End … Continue reading
Posted in Film
Tagged action, Coriolanus, film, Gerard Butler, James Nesbitt, John Logan, Ralph Fiennes, review, tragedy, William Shakespeare
Leave a comment
Wanderlust
You are tripping your balls off right now! If you’re going to do a romantic comedy, you can go about it in one of two ways. You can make an organic piece or you can put together a series of … Continue reading
Fright Night
That was an f—ed up night. Due to some unfortunate literature–and by literature, I open the definition to include most anything of the graphic nature–vampires have been perverted into popularity. I don’t think anyone minds a sexy vampire, but when … Continue reading
Posted in Film
Tagged anton yelchin, christopher mintz-plasse, colin farrell, david tennant, film, Fright Night, horror, imogenn poots, review
Leave a comment
Colombiana
We’re not looking for a woman, it’s not possible. Ever since I saw Sigourney Weaver in Aliens (1986), I’ve waited for great action movies with great action heroines. Aliens is one of the first, if not the first, movies where a woman isn’t there to be … Continue reading
Posted in Film
Tagged action, action heroine, aliens, Colombiana, film, luc besson, review, ripley, titles, zoe saldana
Leave a comment
Zelig
I want to be liked. Woody Allen, as an institution (if that isn’t too vomit-inducing a term), is something special. There are Hitchcock movies. There were Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn movies. There were Frank Capra movies. The list could go … Continue reading
Lars and the Real Girl
Do you think I could bring my girlfriend? Sometimes people snap. That snapping is the central premise of any number of films. One can ask whether or not people can ever really get glued back together. They say of alcoholics … Continue reading
Posted in Film
Tagged emily mortimer, film, Lars and the Real Girl, patricia clarkson, review, ryan gosling
Leave a comment
