Archive for the 'Movies' Category
It’s been brought to my attention that I stopped my ACL recaps after Day 1. I’ll try to add Days 2 & 3 soon but lately I just haven’t felt like writing. It’s a good thing I don’t write for a living or I’d be up a creek. Of course, by writing […]
Crazy news today…Guillermo Del Toro is going to direct the two Hobbit films! I love this move….Peter Jackson (director of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy) will be on site as executive producer so their should be a consistent element in the prequels, but I can’t wait to see Del Toro’s take. (By […]
My apologies to Strobey for making me watch the Academy Awards….it’s all been worth it since “Falling Slowly” just one Best Original Song. Yea!!!
Well after reading all of the lists that come out at the end of the year with the “best of the best”, I decided to join the madness and write my own. Strictly my opinion…feel free to comment and disagree (but play nice!)
Films
Once - The concept is simple; the output is beautiful. Just […]
Unnecessary Movie Reviews: Cloverfield
Closed Published by eightparts January 18th, 2008 on Eight PartsA good way to tell if you’re in the target demo for any movie is to see if the previews are for the kind of movies you’d like to see. By the third preview before Cloverfield I knew I was in bad shape.
Basically, you’ve got the Blair Witch Project with an effects budget and some […]
Unnecessary Movie Reivews: Charlie Wilson’s War
Closed Published by eightparts January 17th, 2008 on Eight PartsJust looking at the pieces, Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, and an Aaron Sorkin script, it’s hard to imagine this going wrong, and it doesn’t, but when you see what Hoffman is able to do with his role it makes you wonder what kind of movie might have resulted with other actors in […]
Unnecessary Movie Reviews: There Will Be Blood
Closed Published by eightparts December 30th, 2007 on Eight PartsAfter the first 25 minutes of There Will Be Blood I was ready to tear up my best of 07 list and slot it right at the top. After an hour that still seemed like a great idea. Another hour and forty minutes later it was at the top of another list right […]
Unnecessary Movie Reviews: The Great Debaters
Closed Published by eightparts December 28th, 2007 on Eight PartsIf Hoosiers and Glory had a baby it would be The Great Debaters. Straight ahead, classic filmaking, debate as sport, underdogs, and racial tension. Oh, and Denzel Washington. There’s nothing cute or cutting edge or revolutionary about the movie, it’s just plain good. That’s a lot harder to do than it sounds. My sense is […]
Unnecessary Movie Reviews: Walk Hard
Closed Published by eightparts December 23rd, 2007 on Eight PartsUsually movies fall into one of two categories for me: theater or dvd, which really just means that they’re worth ten bucks a ticket or they aren’t. But my local AMC has started doling out 4 dollar tickets for weekend matinées, so now those movies that previously fell between the two categories have a home. […]
Juno’s been out long enough in other cities that I’ve not only sat through the initial crush of praise, but the first hints of backlash, so I went in ready for anything. It’s whip smart, funny, though not wildly so, and yeah, a little precious from moment to moment, but I liked it all the […]