Best soundtrack ever!!! If you are a fan of good old fashioned rock and roll, the kind you just don't hear anymore, then this is the movie for you. And can I just say that Phillip Seymore Hoffman is the coolest guy ever! Plus, Bill Nighy is an awesome dancer. Oh yeah, and the movie was cool, too.
Pirate Radio is the most fun you will have at the movies this year. From beginning to end, it's funny, charming, and just a tad bit vulgar (in a good way!).
A stellar cast + killer music = a great time at the theater. Go see it right now!!!
I've said it before and I'll say it again: GIRLS (AND WOMEN) GO TO THE MOVIES!!!! $140 million at the box office opening weekend does not lie. The following weekend: New Moon and The Blind Side are #1 and #2, with $42.5 and $40.1 million respectively. Who drove that success??? Women. That total made the weekend the highest grossing Thanksgiving holiday ever.
Megumi Sasaki’s Herb and Dorothy (2008) is one of those documentaries that reminds you why you love film, and in this case, why you love art. The Arts Club was an appropriate place to have this epiphany, as it has housed the work of some remarkable artists over the years, including that of Will Barnett, an artist featured in the documentary.
Somehow,
even after yesterday's film noir binge, there's still room for more.
This is one of my favorite places to be. A screen, an overpriced soda,
miniature chocolate candies, and my mind runs away from me.
I
love the reacting faces of the audience. Cradled in darkness, there's a
suspension of self-consciousness. I know I make my strangest faces
there.
Going with someone
else is a shared experience, but alone brings its own thrill. It's rare
to feel that anonymous and yet so far from lonely.
There's
nobody you know sitting next to you, reminding you of your other life.
Your whole existence for those two hours is right there in those lights
flashing through the darkness.
Somewhere among the Vietnamese whores, sadistic drill sergeants, and soldiers who know as little about their souls as they do about why they are fighting, there is Full Metal Jacket. From boot camp to battleground, the film explores the contours of degradation, dissolution, and destruction that was the Vietnam War.
When we talk about film we're using a specific vocabulary. Beyond talk of "martini shots" and "executive producers," "best boys" and "Mis-en-scène," some of the most important words we use are actually quite circular. How often do we find ourselves watching a movie, struck by the Hitchcockian aspects of the plot, or the Kubrickian formalism of a particular shot. To those with little or no knowledge of movies, these words would mean nothing. While one could define these terms with words, the OED has very little on AMC when it comes to truly getting the point across.
Finally, a Donnie Darko for tots! Combine Donnie Darko’s apocalyptic bunny friend, preternatural phenomena and sharp commentary on contemporary society with a spoon full of sugar, and you get The Last Mimzy. The film is adapted from Lewis Padgett’s (husband and wife team C.L. Moore and Henry Kuttner) acclaimed 1943 short story, “Mimsy Were the Borogoves.”
Their title and pseudonym allude to Lewis Carroll (Charles Ludwidge Dodgson) and his “Jabberwocky” poem from Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. With a score from award-winning composer, Howard Shore, including a collaboration with Roger Waters ("Hello I Love You"), the movie is a trippy affair. Like the literary works that inspired it, The Last Mimzy gazes at the world through an unusual lens.
The Telegraph obviously has never heard of Public Enemy, or they wouldn't be so influenced by hype:
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In a list of the top 100 movies of the "noughties" published on Friday, the UK's Telegraph newspaper totally jumped the gun. Despite being riddled with odd choices ("Star Trek" at #27 while "The Wrestler" is #92?! "Donnie Darko" being included on the list?! Two Michael Moore docs?), the film at position 100 is totally and completely off mark. Hit the jump to see the mysterious pick.
The impossible happened. Patrick Süskind’s “unfilmable” novel, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, was adapted for the big screen (2006). This was no easy feat because scent, the book's theme, is difficult to portray cinematically.
Some critics have pointed to the film's political undertones, even interpreting it as an allegory of the Third Reich. The producer, Bernd Eichinger, is no stranger to this subject, having gained international acclaim for The Downfall, a Hitler biopic. Apparently, Eichinger had been bugging Süskind to let him at Perfumesince itspublication in 1985. His perseverance paid off.
WTF!!! That's all I kept saying as I watched this movie. This is not a horror or suspense film. It's also not for the faint of heart. For anyone expecting another Paranormal Activity, you are in for a rude awakening.
The Fourth Kind is not scary. Or terrifying. It is deeply disturbing.
As I’m watching the pregame show for football on Fox, I am
surprised to find out that the world premier of the new Avatar trailer will be
shown before the game.Now I’m
excited by any Avatar news, so I was anxious to see what new footage would be
shown.
With a name likePimpadelic, I wasn’t expecting this interweaving of footage from an interview with comedian Katt Williams (First Sunday, Norbit, Friday After Next) and clips from one of his performances to be quite so cerebral. The whip-smart Williams reveals himself to be a man with a mission, constantly striving to reach the next level of comedy.
Jeffery Eugenides’ first novel, The Virgin Suicides, appeared on the scene in 1993. In 1999 Sofia Coppola adapted it for the screen in her directorial debut of the same name. Coppola wrote the screenplay for the film and was fiercely protective of the project.She was concerned that Nick Gomez’s script (the director who had a shot at writing the screenplay before she did) had upped the sex and violence quotient and would not be an authentic representation of the book. "The Virgin Suicides" is an exemplary feat of adaptation; Coppola’s screenplay stays faithful to the book, transporting significant chunks verbatim. Her script, which distills the book down to its most vital parts, is not so much a rewrite as a visual re-imagining of Eugenides’s written world.
I had The National Arts Club experience the other night. Founded in 1898, the club itself is as lush and dramatic as the members, performers, and artists who fill its Gothic Revival brownstone in the Gramercy Park area. Upon entering, I was greeted by a parrot and a collection of beautifully textured people and paintings.
I wanted to love this movie. It had such great characters and an entertaining story. But something was missing. There were times when the story got disjointed and seemed to veer off course. And the ending? Extremely disappointing.
Yet, I find myself trying to focus on the positive. Why? I really liked the characters. Chris Massoglia was great as Dan, the 16 year old who gets caught up in the world of freaks. And it's great to see John C. Riley as a vampire. He really is a jack-of-all trades. There were funny points, especially when Willem Dafoe was on screen. It was an entertaining ride and I felt the story was building up to something great. It just fell short.
I know this was based on a series of books, so I can't judge it from that perspective. But I do feel the way it was advertised was misleading. Each promo bills it as something different: a teenager is bored with his life and seeks adventure or said teenager is destined to stop a war between vampires. That's not the movie that I saw. I wish it was.
It does seem like we're being overrun by the living dead. Bloodsuckers, brain eaters, and all things hairy are all the rage in Hollywood. We've seen the release of Zombieland (which I loved), Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant opens Friday (I'm seeing a screening tonight. My review will be up Friday) and the highly anticipated (especially by me) Twilight Saga: New Moon is just four weeks away.
There is no director like him.He has this unbelievable talent and a seemingly endless
imagination.What he puts on
screen is nothing short of art at it’s finest.And it just so happens to bring out my inner child.
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