my week at the movies: ‘The Secret Life of Bees,’ ‘Body of Lies,’ ‘Good Dick,’ ‘Eagle Eye,’ ‘RocknRolla,’ ‘Religulous’
The jetlag is lingering -- I’m wide awake at 3am, and ready to collapse by 5pm -- but I’m forcing myself back into the swing of things with a full slate of movies. It’s South Carolina, 1964, and all cannot be well, can it? The Secret Life of Bees (opens wide October 17) is a young girl’s coming-of-age story, featuring interracial friendship and beekeeping. I predict a few stings will be in the offing along the way. Should be worth the time, though, with a cast including the likes of Queen Latifah, Dakota Fanning, and Sophie Okonedo. The cast is the big draw for me when it comes to Body of Lies (opens October 10), too, which I mentioned earlier. Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio will surely be explosive together. I just hope the movie beyond them doesn’t end up feeling like we’ve seen it all before.
It was winner of the New Directors Award at the 2008 Edinburgh Film Festival and an official selection at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, so Good Dick (opens limited October 10) is not what it sounds like. It’s a romance, and a young woman’s sexual awakening, but it’s written and directed by an actual woman -- Marianna Palka -- so it should have some actual insight into what it means to be a woman, and not merely be some guy’s idea of it. The rest of the week will be all catching up on stuff I missed while I was away. I must see Eagle Eye (now playing) if only to figure out why it’s doing so well at the box office. (Plus, Shia is adorable.) RocknRolla opens here in NYC tomorrow (and everywhere else on October 31), and I don’t expect it to be more than just another slice of Guy Ritchie, but that’s fine. And of course I cannot pass up Bill Maher’s takedown of how America misuses faith in Religulous (now playing limited). support
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posted by amanohyo (Fri Oct 24 08, 5:27PM)
Do you think you'll have the time to write a review of Religulous (maybe during a slow week after the election)? I know it's only limited release and I see it was greenlighted, but I'm curious about your opinions, even if it's only a short paragraph here in the comments.
It was actually a little funnier than I expected, but it pulled a lot of punches, espescially when it came to criticisms of Islam. The satire during most of the running time was actually too feeble to justify the rational call to arms in the final monologue.
posted by MaryAnn (Fri Oct 24 08, 5:29PM)
Yes, I do plan to write a review soon.
posted by Tonio Kruger (Fri Oct 31 08, 10:52AM)
I'm guessing she'll like it.
No, she'll love it.
Perhaps more than it deserves...
posted by MaryAnn (Fri Oct 31 08, 5:29PM)
Good guess. Was it the green light that clued you in? :->
posted by Tonio Kruger (Sun Nov 02 08, 3:07PM)
Oh, I know you won't believe this but I would have made the same guess without the green light.
And I wasn't even thinking of that light when I wrote that last post.