Perfect Parents (review)
I love Christopher Eccleston. So his presence was all I needed to make me check out this made-for-British movie.
Year: 2008
Vanaja (review)
For his Columbia Film School master thesis, filmmaker Rajnesh Domalpalli returned to his hometown in rural southern Indian to shoot a story of quiet class warfare…
Rhythm Thief (review)
Here’s all you probably need to know about this ultralow-budget indie: Martin Scorsese loves it.
Monster Road: Collector’s Edition (review)
Poignant but never pitying, this is an enthralling study of the driving force behind an artist’s work…
Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers: The Collection Volume 1 (review)
Anime fans seem to think this 1908s TV series is a classic, and they’re welcome to it.
sign of the apocalypse No. 54,437,351
I am absolutely stunned to discover that I didn’t hate You Don’t Mess With the Zohan. I didn’t love it, but I didn’t hate it. It certainly was nothing like taking a bullet. Somewhere, a seal has broken, demons are unleashed, and some rough beast slouches toward Hollywood. It’s probably Adam Sandler vowing not to … more…
my week at the movies: ‘You Don’t Mess With the Zohan,’ ‘Kit Kittredge: An American Girl’
So this is probably a good time to explain why I see certain movies when reason and logic and a sense of self-preservation might seem to dictate otherwise. I get emails and comments along these lines all the time: Why do I bother seeing such-and-such when I know I’ll hate it, or if it’s not … more…
Blockbuster is run by idiots
The Hollywood Reporter says the company is developing a new service “that will allow consumers to download movies onto portable devices in two minutes.” Got that? You have to get in your car and drive to a Blockbuster story — not forgetting to bring along a gadget that serves no other purpose other than transporting … more…
is it heartless of me to say…
…that I’m not sorry the New York City backlot at Universal Studios was among the assets destroyed in the big fire there this weekend? The usual caveats: I’m glad no one was seriously hurt, it’s a good thing only duplicate video and film was lost, it’s a shame a lot of movie history has been … more…
‘Doctor Who’ not-blogging: ‘Silence in the Library’ — plus, fan fiction!
Oh my god, I hates Steven Moffat. I hates him! Making us wait an entire week to find out what’s happening in the library… and with Dr. River Song? Bastard! I bet he makes us wait a whole lot longer than a week. Oh, sure, he’ll give us some resolution… but I suspect he’s setting … more…
