Year: 2007

my week at the movies: ‘Atonement,’ ‘Love in the Time of Cholera,’ ‘The Kite Runner,’ ‘The Mist,’ ‘No Country for Old Men,’ ‘Honeydripper,’ ‘Southland Tales,’ ‘Fred Claus,’ ‘I’m Not There,’ ‘Everything’s Cool,’

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Eleven movies between today and Thurday. Might find time to sleep somewhere in between. We’ll see. I’ve been hearing so many amazing things about Joe Wright’s Atonement [opens limited December 7], and hoorah! I’ll finally get a chance to check it out this week. Wright made that incredible version of Pride & Prejudice a few … more…

movie-ku #49

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It’s the middle of the night, and that silly dragon movie from a few years ago is on TNT… From tales at the hearth To the flickers of film’s light It’s a reign of fire Another in a series of haiku incorporating movie titles. Use the comments to suggest other titles I should write around…

British TV update

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Doctor Who blogging on “School Reunion” is coming tomorrow. And yes, I know I’m behind on Torchwood — I’ll get to at least one episode tomorrow, and maybe two, so that I’m caught up. I’m nearly done with Life on Mars — just a few episodes left — and my brain is about to explode, … more…

a brief history of the insect movie

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It’s a joke, see the title of Bee Movie, opening this weekend, because, insect movies have historically been the B-movies, the cheapie monster movies, the second-billed flicks there just to fill up the schedule. You know, back in the day when going to the movies meant taking in an afternoon-long program of cartoons and newsreels … more…

Lake of Fire (review)

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British filmmaker Tony Kaye, who made the jolting racism drama *American History X,* once against turns an outsider’s eye on a peculiarly American neurosis: the controversy over abortion.

Darfur Now (review)

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The tragedy still unfolding in the Sudanese region of Darfur has been officially designated a genocide, but global action to stop it has been limited. This powerful film, from documentarian Theodore Braun, aims to raise awareness of the situation and motivate all of us to do something about it.