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Tuesday, September 25th, 2007What can I say? I just love the colors and the overall look of it.
From writer/director Kar Wai Wong (Chung Hing sam lam aka Chungking Express 1994) 2046 (2004) is the sequel to Fa yeung nin wa (aka In the Mood for Love 2000). It’s hard to know what to expect from a movie with [...]
review: the brave one (2007)
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007Jodie Foster (two time Oscar winner) turns in yet another amazing performance in The Brave One (2007). Reminiscent of her part in The Accused (1988), she plays a victim reluctant to just sit back and accept what has happened to her. Doing fine jobs supporting her are Naveen Andrews (“Lost” 69 episodes, 2004-2007) [...]
review: 3:10 to Yuma (2007)
Tuesday, September 25th, 2007First go here to read my preview write-up of this movie.
Currently living in Yuma, AZ there was no way I was going to miss seeing 3:10 to Yuma (2007). As noted in my preview, this film does not take place in Yuma. The name comes from the fact that they want to send [...]
poster art: gabal (2005)
Thursday, September 20th, 2007Here’s one where the poster art was intriguing enough to get me to pursue the movie. This is for the South Korean film Gabal (2005) aka The Wig aka Scary Hair. All I can say is though the imagery is a bit creepy, I find something to be beautiful about it.
Here are two [...]
review: zero effect (1998)
Thursday, September 20th, 2007A cute little movie that somehow floated under the radar is Zero Effect (1998). The story of “The world’s most private detective” Daryl Zero, played by Bill Pullman (Independence Day 1996). A brilliant man with absolutely no social skills, he uses Ben Stiller (Night at the Museum 2006) as his front man. [...]
poster art: the gene generation (2007)
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007This is a new category I’m adding to my blog. I’ve been collecting thousands of movie posters for my custom screensaver, and thought I’d start sharing some of the ones that sand out for me.
This one is for a new movie called The Gene Generation (2007) staring Ling Bai (Sky Captain and the World [...]
review: the sailor who fell from grace with the sea (1976)
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007Many many years ago I saw an odd little film called The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (1976) from writer Lewis John Carlino (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden 1977 and The Mechanic 1972) who was also making his directorial début. I never forgot it, and it took me close [...]
review: eXistenZ (1999)
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007“Are you friendly? Play with me.” If you were a fan of Videodrome (1983) than eXistenZ (1999) should be your next rental. Written and directed by David Cronenberg (A History of Violence 2005 and the upcoming Eastern Promises 2007), it’s a surreal story about video games and alternate realities. Starring are [...]
review: perfume – the story of a murderer (2006)
Saturday, September 15th, 2007An old friend of mine, whose opinion I respect, told me this was the best movie to be released in years. Ummmm… ok? Not to say that Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) wasn’t good, it actually is quite good. But I’ll hold back on calling it “the best.” Perfume [...]
review: the u.s. vs. john lennon (2006)
Friday, September 14th, 2007“the war is over. If you want it.” My mom’s favorite Beatle was John Lennon so he’s always held a certain fascination for me. This being so there was no way I was going to skip watching The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006). Unlike previous documentaries of the man, this one [...]
review: rise – blood hunter (2007)
Friday, September 14th, 2007First off let me direct you to the “preview” I wrote up on this movie back in July. Read that and watch the trailer, than return to this page.
I guess I’ll keep this rather short and sweet. Though “Rise” has a few corny flaws, over all it’s a pretty good movie. An [...]
review: where the truth lies (2005)
Friday, September 14th, 2007Atom Egoyan, who caused quite a bit of controversy with The Sweet Hereafter (1997), is at it again with Where the Truth Lies (2005). Not only for refusing to accept the MPAA rating of NC-17 (it’s considered unrated), but also because of speculation as to what singing/comic duo the story might actually be based [...]
review: la mome (2007)
Friday, September 14th, 2007To set the mood just right for my mother’s birthday I took her to see a very bleak and depressing movie based on the life of my grandmother’s favorite French singer. La Môme (aka La Vie en rose 2007) is the story of Edith Piaf, who I’d have to describe as the world’s first [...]
review: death sentence (2007)
Saturday, September 1st, 2007And finally, last but not least on our list of this week’s screenings is Death Sentence (2007). Based on the novel by Brian Garfield, this is the literary sequel to the novel that inspired Death Wish (1974) with Charles Bronson. It’s been noted that Garfield hated the cinematic Death Wish series, let’s hope [...]
review: halloween (2007)
Saturday, September 1st, 2007We’re celebrating Halloween (2007) two months early this year with the release of Rob Zombie’s version of John Carpenter’s 1978 classic. I have to reevaluate my ideas about Mr. Zombie. Here he’s skipped the over-the-top-in-your-face violence we’ve come to expect from him with movies like House of 1000 Corpses (2003) and The Devil’s [...]
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