watch it: “Turkey Carving 101”
In case you need some help tomorrow… (Technorati tags: Turkey Carving 101)
Month: November 2007
This Christmas (review)
When a ‘heartwarming’ holiday movie is this hamfisted, the best response is to slap some pineapple slices on it, throw it in the oven, and serve it for Christmas dinner.
Enchanted movie review: toon in, toon out
The sweet silliness of the collective Disney animated fairy-tale landscape meets the rough reality of Noo Yawk. Why didn’t someone think of this sooner and pull it off as perfectly as Enchanted does?
movie-ku #65
One in a series incorporating movie titles: Film snob: Better than A night at the opera? One at the movies
bias alert!: psyched for ‘Sweeney Todd,’ dreading ‘Walk Hard,’ still loving John Simm
Plus, Robert Zemeckis gets what’s comin’ to him…
new on DVD: ‘Hairspray,’ ‘Live Free or Die Hard,’ ‘Star Trek The Original Series: The Complete First Season’
See it: • Hairspray [buy it]. From my review: These shows — on stage — are tourists traps, no matter how enjoyable and singalong-snappy they may be. They’re designed to be theme-park amusements for theatergoers who want a taste of the roar of the greasepaint, the smell of the crowd but wouldn’t want to know … more…
watch it: “Steam Trek: The Moving Picture (Star Trek Parody)”
Thanks to reader David for the tip. (Technorati tags: Steam Trek The Moving Picture Star Trek Parody)
August Rush (review)
Female film directors are such rare creatures in Hollywood, and so it’s always a delight to find a new one with such talent and such promise as Kristen Sheridan displays in her tender, enchanting ‘August Rush,’ an urban fable of family lost and gifts found… and refound.
movie-ku #64
iPod, PSP Watching films on the subway The new multiplex
my week at the movies: absolutely nuthin’
It’s a holiday week, which means press screenings are in short supply. Which is fine with me — the pile of DVDs I keep meaning to get to ain’t gonna watch itself. I might go see Hitman over the weekend: that one won’t screen for critics, and I like Tim Olyphant, and I think I … more…
