Law Abiding Citizen (review)
It had me at *kaboom,* this thorny moral conundrum of a film, and then it lost me when it threw out all the tricksy pointedness in favor of thoughtless, counterproductive badassery.
Year: 2009
trailer break: ‘The Fourth Kind’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… It’s total bullshit, of course. No scene in this movie is supported by archive footage, though it does appear to be the case that Milla Jovovich appears in the film. This is all entirely invented, wholly fictional (the Anchorage Daily News did some investigating). But it’s spooky, … more…
question of the day: Does the casting of Adrien Brody and Topher Grace as action heroes signal a shift in action movies?
So, the news came this week that Adrien Brody and Topher Grace would be headlining the upcoming Predator reboot from director Nimród Antal. Say what? Now, sure, Brody is majorly cool — seriously, did you see The Brothers Bloom? OMG, you must — and Grace was a hoot in that one bit in Ocean’s Eleven … more…
caption this! image from ‘The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus’
Fun for Wednesdays! We look at an image from an upcoming movie and write snarky, witty, or otherwise entertaining captions for it. No prizes, it’s just for fun. A new movie by Terry Gilliam, and Heath Ledger’s last starring role? Something not to be missed, surely… and now that I’ve seen it, it’s got my … more…
my week at the movies: ‘New York, I Love You,’ ‘The Road,’ ‘Paranormal Activity,’ ‘Law Abiding Citizen,’ ‘Where the Wild Things Are,’ ‘Precious,’ ‘Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant,’ ‘The Messenger’
Geez, the week is half over already, but I’ve still got as many screenings ahead of me this week as I’ve got behind me. There’s too many damn movies opening in NYC this time of year, and I’m not even getting to anywhere near all of them. If follow me on Twitter or Facebook, then … more…
geek-gasm alert! David Tennant and Simon Pegg together onscreen
BloodyDisgusting.com is reporting that David Tennant and Simon Pegg will star in the black comedy Burke and Hare for director John Landis: BD’s David Harley writes in that David Tennant, star of “Dr Who”, has been cast alongside Simon Pegg in Burke and Hare, as was announced by director John Landis this weekend at the … more…
watch it: “Oh, Brother – SEAT Altea XL”
Awesome European commercial for you’ll-never-guess-what: via Americablog
trailer break: ‘Trick ’r Treat’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… There’s been a lot of this of late: movies skipping theatrical release and heading straight for every form of home video viewing known to humanity in the early 21st century. The straight-to-DVD stigma seems to be wearing off, and if the buzz on this film is a … more…
question of the day: What products would “blend seamlessly” as product placement into which TV shows?
Advertisers are desperate to try anything new in order to get ads in front of eyeballs, and TV networks will do anything in order to continue squeezing money out of those advertisers. (I think I hate most the banner ads that keep popping up along the bottom of my TV screen in the middle of … more…
trailer break: ‘Precious’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Oh, man. I might just slit my wrists now and have it done with. You can always tells it’s awards season when the Serious Filums start coming along. Precious opens in the U.S. on November 6; no U.K. release date has been announced.
