The Maid (La Nana) (review)
I cannot urge you strongly enough to see this movie — see it now.
Month: June 2010
trailer break: ‘Tangled’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… We learned back in March that Disney was suddenly terrified of princess movies, and so was changing the title of its Rapunzel movie from, you know, Rapunzel to Tangled. And now we see how far the Mouse is going to de-girl the movie with this trailer. In … more…
question of the day: Has the nature of the modern movie geek changed?
Devin Fararci at CHUD.com posted a provocative essay recently decrying the dreary mainstream tastes of those who call themselves movie geeks these days: For the last couple of years I’ve been trying to wrap my head around an increasingly vocal segment of our readership – people who seem to hate weird, offbeat, unique and difficult … more…
finally caught up with ‘Ashes to Ashes’: Series One (plus announcing ‘Life on Mars’ blogging)
And my mind is a little bit blown. I don’t think Ashes to Ashes, at least this first batch, is quite as absolutely brilliant genius as proper Life on Mars (we don’t talk about the American abomination here, at least not any more), but it’s close. I’ve had a lot to say about Life on … more…
omg: Michael Bay’s next movie is totally gonna be a work of art, promise
I so needed a laugh today. And then I came across a USA Today article from a couple days back called “Next ‘Transformers’ is due for a switch,” which had me snorting with derision all the way through. You can almost hear writer Anthony Breznican snickering in places. Listen: With shooting underway on a third … more…
deep thought
No one could have predicted that my Wii balance board would end up being the most expensive doorstop ever.
watch it: a very young Alfred Hitchcock says naughty things…
…in a 1929 soundtest for his film Blackmail: (via Jezebel)
Collapse (review)
There’s a horrifying train wreck quality to documentarian Chris Smith’s feature-length interview with Michael Ruppert, former LAPD detective, investigative reporter, CIA whistleblower.
trailer break: ‘The Nature of Existence’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… You have to admire Roger Nygard. He took on Trekkies, and that was confounding enough. And now he’s taking on everything. That take balls. The Nature of Existence opens in New York on June 18, in Los Angeles on July 2, and will expand throughout July. No … more…
the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘Adopted’
Remember, this is meant to make you want to see the movie: For hundreds of years, Africa has existed in a state of despair Famine, civil wars and rampant disease have left the continent without hope, but for the efforts of Western do-gooders. At first, they arrived with food, bibles and the magic of penicillin; … more…
