movie-ku #18
And now the first of what I hope will be a running motif: haiku incorporating movie titles… When the world gets rough I take refuge in movies Reality bites
Year: 2007
Cameron Diaz: hideously old, and ugly too?
Speaking of hating the Farrelly Brothers… What the fuck? Malin Akerman, the actress who plays Ben Stiller’s crazy girlfriend in The Heartbreak Kid, is a very pretty gal, but she’s absolutely terrifying in one regard: she’s a damn near clone of Cameron Diaz, who, waiiiiit just a second, was Stiller’s costar nine years ago in … more…
best grossouts for people who don’t like grossouts
Used to be, movies that invited us to titter about poopy and pee-pee and nosepicking were aimed at the demographic that finds that kind of thing hilarious: nursery school attendees. But a decade ago, the Farrelly Brothers, blots on the face of humanity, decided that adults were really just rugrats in disguise, and they brought … more…
new on DVD: ‘1408,’ ‘Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer,’ ‘Jericho: Season 1,’ ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Complete Series’
See it: • 1408 [buy it]. From my review: Sure, this is pretty much an episode of The Twilight Zone, but it’s a really, really good episode of The Twilight Zone, largely because of the magic of Cusack, who shucks his usual irresistible gosh-darn charm for a mellow but muscular intensity that his fans may … more…
movie-ku #17
Alien attacks Adventure, explosions too My comfort movies
why can’t George Lucas get ‘The Clone Wars’ onto TV?
Ready for more Star Wars? It’s a pretty sure bet that audiences are. And we know George Lucas is always up for more. He’s got big plans for Fall 2008, which he hopes will see the debut of a new CGI-animated series The Clone Wars. This is not to be confused with the minitoon of … more…
movie-ku #16
Alone in the dark On a lonely film jaunt, I Befriend those onscreen
should a movie critic be America’s top pundit?
Forbes.com has rated the pundits, and guess who comes out on top? While the results show that plenty of cable talking heads like Bill O’Reilly, Lou Dobbs and Geraldo Rivera score highly, the most powerful pundit in America is veteran film critic Roger Ebert, who appeals to 70% of the demographic and whose long career … more…
my week at the movies: ‘We Own the Night,’ ‘American Gangster,’ ‘The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising,’ ‘Reservation Road,’ ‘Redacted’
I’m swamped with other stuff at the moment, so I could be seeing a lot more movies than I am this week. But there’s some choice stuff here. Like We Own the Night [opens wide October 12], written and directed by James Gray, who made the underappreciated The Yards. I’m getting a little bit of … more…
movie-ku #15
October the first Movies start getting heavy “Gimme an Oscar!”
