The Eyes of Van Gogh (review)
Few ultra-low-budget films take on such an ambitious story, or tell it in such an ambitious way…
Year: 2008
new on DVD: ‘The Invasion,’ ‘Daddy Day Camp,’ ‘Trade’
Skip it: • The Invasion [buy it]. From my review: “I’m so afraid I’m gonna fall asleep,” Nicole Kidman says at one point during The Invasion, which was just about the only spooky or eerie moment I encountered in this third — and entirely unnecessary — screen mounting of Jack Finney’s classic science fiction novel … more…
movie-ku #134
Guess the movie: Dumb girl smartens up When her man turns chump and guests From afar arrive
watch it: Humane Society on downer cows
This is shocking but not, alas, anything new. Except now we can see it: I’m not a vegetarian, and have no desire to be — not only do I like eating meat, but I think we humans, as omnivores, need the protein that animal flesh supplies to be healthy. (Vegetarians rarely look to me like … more…
Marvel Comics superheroes are popping up all over!
Have you heard? Marvel is dropping its comics characters all over the place… well, into other Marvel comics movies, at least. Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man — his movie is out in May — makes an appearance in this summer’s Incredible Hulk (in which Edward Norton plays the green beast). And Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick … more…
movie-ku #133
Oh, fer pete’s sake… If it works on film Quick! Slap it up on stage and Rake in tourist dough
watch it: “Young Geeks in Love”
Cute: (Technorati tags: Young Geeks in Love)
Mansfield Park (review)
There’s a term for characters like Fanny Price: Mary Sue. And it’s not a particularly nice term.
War Dance (review)
Kids are kids the world over: it sounds so obvious, even banal, to simply say it, but seeing the compelling and haunting — and rousing — evidence that that is true even for kids in the worst possible circumstances is a sharp reminder that we all share more than we don’t.
my week at the movies: ‘Over Her Dead Body,’ ‘Sputnik Mania,’ ‘In Bruges,’ ‘George Romero’s Diary of the Dead,’ ‘The Band’s Visit,’ ‘Chicago 10,’ ‘The Eye’
Eva Longoria Parker is dead, but don’t think that will stop her from trying to ruin her the life of Paul Rudd, her still-living boyfriend, particularly when he gets a new girlfriend. Over Her Dead Body [opens wide February 1] is the directorial debut of TV guy Jeff Lowell (a vet of Sports Night and … more…
