first images of David Tennant as Hamlet
Shamelessly stolen from the Telegraph. There’s more. Check ’em out. (via Poly in London, in comments) (Technorati tags: David Tennant, Hamlet)
trailer break: ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’ teaser
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… I love it: it’s dark and grim and creepy, just as it should be. Interesting trivia: The kid playing young Tom Riddle is Ralph Fiennes’ nephew, Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, hence the resemblance. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince opens wide November 21. (Technorati tags: Harry Potter, Half-Blood … more…
watch it: “Screen Test: Matthew Goode”
Damn, it’s not embeddable, but you can watch it at the New York Times’ video subsite. Goode is the star of the new movie version of Bridehead Revisited, and he’s way more interesting than Charles Ryder, the character he plays in the film, who is as dull as dishwater. No, duller, actually. Plus, he talks … more…
Johnny Depp to play the Mad Hatter for Tim Burton
In a new Alice in Wonderland movie, that is. Not just, you know, at a party in the backyard or something. The news got me thinking about all the bizarre and fantastical characters Depp has played, and who else from classic and/or weird literature he could move on to after the Mad Hatter. A couple … more…
Ballet Shoes (review)
A lovely, honest film about the hopes and dreams of young women.
My Boys: The Complete First Season (review)
Why does it have to pretend that Chicago sportswriter P.J. is such an oddball among women?
Exes & Ohs: The Complete First Season (review)
Vacillates between eager earnestness and too-cutesy preciousness…
Twisted: A Balloonamentary (review)
A cheery and friendly look at a little-known subculture…
the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘World’s Wildest Bachelor Parties’
I’m waiting for the three-disc Criterion edition, the one with the director’s commentary.
trailer break: ‘W.’ teaser
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Wow. Oliver Stone is a nut, but he’s a nut I sympathize with — I dunno whether to believe a word of his JFK, but, as a movie, it’s genius. Is that what we’re in for here? No, scratch that: there is no doubt that George … more…
