trailer break: ‘Choke’
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Sam Rockwell in a movie based on a Chuck Palahniuk novel? Craziness, man — subversive craziness. Choke opens in limited release September 26.
Month: August 2008
watch it: “Muppets Take Manhattan Pete’s Peoples Speech”
Since I was just reminded of it, I had to go in search of it. And here it is: “Peoples is peoples.” It’s one of the great movie lines. Ah, the wisdom of the Muppets…
Gypsy Caravan, When the Road Bends (review)
I keep thinking of Pete, the diner owner in *The Muppets Take Manhattan,* and his little speech to Kermit about how ‘peoples is peoples.’ Is true, no?
dream cast: hypothetical ‘Remington Steele’ movie
It’s Thursday, so it’s time to remake an 80s classic TV show or movie with an all-new cast. This week: Remington Steele, the 1982-7 NBC romantic comedy series about a female private detective, Laura Holt, who hired a former con man, alias Remington Steele (possible real name: Harry Chalmers), as a front man for her … more…
5 reasons I’m psyched for ‘Lakeview Terrace’
All this week! 5 movies I’m psyched for in September, and 5 reasons why. No. 3: Lakeview Terrace [opens wide September 19]. 1. The story: An interracial couple — he’s white, she’s black — get harrassed by their neighbor, a cop who happens to be black, disapproves of their relationship, and — oh, yeah — … more…
trailer break: ‘Traitor’
Don’t take a break from work, and don’t watch a movie trailer… I haven’t posted any trailers for Traitor, and I won’t today, because I’m shocked by how much is revealed of the story in all the trailers and TV ads I’ve seen. I don’t even want to talk about what is revealed, of course, … more…
5 reasons I’m psyched for ‘Righteous Kill’
All this week! 5 movies I’m psyched for in September, and 5 reasons why. No. 2: Righteous Kill [opens wide September 12]. 1. Pacino! DeNiro! They’re cops! 2. In the trailer, DeNiro suggests the scumbag they’re trying to find is a “cop serial killer.” Which means we’re gonna spend the whole movie wondering whether Al … more…
‘Doctor Who’ to shoot in America?
Oh, baby. Reader Weimlady notes in comments that the British site Digital Spy had this to say today: Two Doctor Who specials will reportedly be filmed in America in 2009. The News of the World quotes a BBC insider as saying: “Doctor Who already has a huge following in the States. It’s on the Sci … more…
Postal (review)
Like a child who thinks he can scandalize his elders by screaming naughty words he doesn’t even understand, German filmmaker Uwe Boll mistakes shock for satire and crudity for cleverness…
