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I think maybe I’ve figured out how Joel and Ethan Coen do it. How they move so effortlessly from comedy to drama, from fluffy to forceful, from silly to solemn. It’s that they don’t think about tone or genre, at least not at the beginning: they just think about a character, and let him have his lead, and see where he takes them.
I think the most amazing thing about this is the intensity of the screams from the audience. I’ve been underestimating how popular Torchwood is. Wild.
Ugly is the only word for the abysmal performance of just about everything at North American multiplexes this past weekend. Variety says it the “shakiest start in years” for the fall box office — things haven’t been this bad since 2000. Just look at how dismal these numbers are: 1. Bangkok Dangerous: $7.8 million 2. … more…
obsession: still Doctor Who (most recent episode blogging: “Journey’s End”) boyfriend: David Tennant as the Doctor (see my summer of Tennant and Hamlet) psyched: Igor (because it looks dementedly adorable) dreading: My Best Friend’s Girl (because the world has seen enough dumb “romantic” “comedies”) enemy: Nicolas Cage, who’s not as Bangkok Dangerous as he thinks … more…
Look, Nicolas Cage is an assassin, okay? He’s tough. And hardened. And impervious to human emotions. He doesn’t care what you think.
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Gus Van Sant’s biopic of San Francisco politician Harvey Milk, starring Sean Penn, just got its first trailer: (Or watch best-quality trailers in different sizes at Apple.) That is one fantastic trailer. It manages to be light and humorous and celebratory even though the story the … more…
Friday fun! Here’s a screen capture from one of the DVDs in my collection (and it’s definitely from a movie, not a TV show). Guess the movie for fun and, well, fun. No prizes, just bragging rights. But hey: one guess per comment — no fair hogging all the guesses.
The Net is just having so much fun with John McCain: via Eschaton (There’s also this: it’s audio only, but it’s even funnier.)
Something in the zeitgeist is making us suddenly fascinated by people who dress up in pseudo medieval garb, pick up fake swords and maces, and beat the hitpoints out of one another. You know, for fun.
Oh, yeah, Nic Cage is so tough with his long hair and all the guns and his traveling around the planet to kill people for hire and his world-weary ennui, but he can’t face a few pathetic film critics? Yup, Bangkok Dangerous, the only new wide release today, was not screened in advance for us … more…
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