January 2009
17 posts
Review - Across The Universe →
I am going to give full disclosure here: I’m a sucker for rock musicals. I loved We Will Rock You, Ben Elton’s Queen musical, I adored Moulin Rouge’s integration of popular music into the plot and I…
Review - The Lives of Others (Das Leben der... →
It is 1984. Perhaps from the context alone, you can see the Orwellian concepts evoked from Das Leben der Anderen. In a similar vein to Orwell’s creation of the “Big Brother” or…
Just watched The Lives of Others, a great german film that one the Oscar for Foreign Film in 2007. Amazing character dissection that is near immaculate until a little twist about 20min from. Definately worth a watch though.
Review - Revolutionary Road →
This is probably the most depressing film I have seen. Probably. Most depressing films I think I try to block out of my meomory, less they come back to haunt me in my sleep. Revolutionary Road,…
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WATCH THE HIGH FIVE INAUGURARTION
HIGH FIVES: Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Pat Buchanan, Larry King, Senator Mike Gravel, Ron Bonjean, Raven-Simone, Arianna Huffington, Peggy Noonan, Tucker Carlson, Paul Begala, Darrell from DMC, Sarah Silverman, Governor Howard Dean, Common, Soledad O’Brien, Jack Black, Mark Halperin, Representative Harold Ford, Governor Brian Schweitzer of...
Review - Almost Famous →
Never has a film made me want to listen to Elton John more. After watching Almost Famous, I rushed up to my bedroom and listened to the full 6 minutes of Elton John’s Tiny Dancer. It was just an…
“But something happens three and a half minutes into “Kid A”. It...”
– Chuck Klosterman rationalises his view that Radiohead’s 2000 album Kid A predicted 9/11 in his book Killing Yourself to Live
“When they look at him, they see what they want to be. When they look at me, they...”
– Richard Nixon (Anthony Hopkins) in Oliver Stone’s Nixon.
Review - Natural Born Killers →
Just putting it out there from the get-go, this is probably the most insane movie I have ever seen. Ever. Insane, not as in a “this is so insane!!” positive, although the film is indeed very insane…
Golden Globes →
OK, time for a summary of the Golden Globes. That’s right, I’m in a position to make a summary. Instead of working on anything remotely educational or in fact beneficial, I spent 3 hours watching the…
Trailer Watch - Adventureland, 9, Watchmen... →
OK, first Trailer Watch in a long time warrants some really good trailers: First up, Adventureland, directed by Superbad’s Greg Mottola, it revolves around the summer job of a teenage in 1987,…
Review - El Mariachi →
This is the $7000 film. That is essentially what it is remembered for, with Robert Rodriguez’ feature debut being made for approximately $7000 (not including the $1 million in post-production given…
Infernal Affairs / The Departed
Oh yeah. I watched Infernal Affairs last night, the film The Departed was based upon and thought it was great. However, I still believe that The Departed was a better film overall. On the IMDb message boards I found a discussion of this and couldn’t help but join in: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338564/board/thread/116417720?d=126769338&p=1#126769338
wow. the sun herald gave Slumdog 6/10 and called it ‘oscar bait’. That’s not misguided or anything, y’know, for an independent film picked up by Searchlight. And even more bothering is the 6/10! WTF! SM was amazing: http://filmvisuality.blogspot.com/2008/12/review-slumdog-millionaire.html
