The Golden Compass (review)
It’s a bit Cliffs Notes-y, but to be fair, screenwriter and director Chris Weitz has taken a sprawling story with a large number of players and condensed it extraordinarily well…
movie-ku #81
Part of a series: Movies for dummies: The guy who looks like he’s dead? Only mostly dead…
watch it: “Drunk Jedi Trailer Trash”
The Force and booze don’t mix: Drunk Jedi Trailer Trash – Watch more free videos Another via my brother Ken. (Technorati tags: Jedi)
bias alert!: I was wrong about ‘Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story’
Also: John Simm, ‘Sweeney Todd,’ Robert Zemeckis…
female villains we love to hate
If you’re not all that familiar with the story of The Golden Compass, you may not know that the character Nicole Kidman plays, Mrs. Coulter, is the villain of the piece. Female bad guys — alas that “bad girls” does not have the same connotation of treachery and vileness — are few and far between, … more…
movie-ku #80
Yer standard romantic comedy: Act I: Hey, you’re cute… Act II: Oh my god, you’re vile! Act III: I love you!
watch it: “Macbeth Puppets”
People are weird: (Technorati tags: Macbeth Puppets)
too many movies!
There are too many damn movies being released. I never thought I’d ever say that, but it’s true. I can’t keep up. I’m on track to see around 250 of 2007’s new theatrical releases, and I feel like I’ve missed tons of stuff. And no wonder: the industry-watcher site The Numbers says 965 movies will … more…
‘Heroes’ recapping…
And my final recap of the Heroes half-season is up now at Film.com. Here’s hoping 2008 is better for the show. Comment here, if you like.
new on DVD: ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End,’ ‘Arctic Tale,’ ‘The Nanny Diaries,’ ‘Superbad’
See it: • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End [buy it]. From my review: So the supposed bad guys — the pirates — have become the good guys, fighting for their right to exist, for their sovereignty from corporate piracy that cloaks itself in respectability; and the supposed good guys — the fine corporations … more…
