movie-ku #24
’Tis the season for platforming releases… Now playing, two screens Next week, maybe a few more Oscar noms? Go wide!
will the new ‘Sleuth’ inspire a slew of “remakes”?
Sleuth opens in limited release on Friday — it’s a remake of the 1972 film of the same name, with an interesting casting twist. The original starred Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine as two men who square off over a woman; for the new one, Caine graduates to the Olivier role, and Jude Law comes … more…
my week at the movies: ‘Lars and the Real Girl’ (finally), ‘Rendition,’ ’30 Days of Night,’ ‘Jimmy Carter Man from Plains’
Slow week for me. I finally caught up with Lars and the Real Girl [opens limited October 12] today after technical difficulties scuttled a screening a couple of weeks ago. Turns out it’s a wonderful and deeply emotional little movie, all the yuckiness about Real Dolls aside. Ryan Gosling is amazing, and without question one … more…
one of the best examples of claymation I’ve ever seen
I’m sort of loath to highlight a commercial, but this British ad for Sony Bravia LCD widescreen TVs is one of the most oddly beautiful and mesmerizing examples of motion-stop animation using clay I’ve ever seen. It’s simply a really love little film: I discovered this at Duncan’s TV Ad Land, which also features making-of … more…
last night’s ‘Heroes,’ scene by scene
This is a new thing I’ll be doing over at Film.com: offering a snarky rundown of the highlights of every episode of Heroes. This week’s is here. Commenting at Film.com is now open, but you can only post one comment per thread. So if you really wanna discuss this episode, feel free to do so … more…
new on DVD: ‘28 Weeks Later,’ ‘Black Sheep,’ ‘You Kill Me,’ ‘Evan Almighty,’ ‘Reign Over Me,’ ‘Surf’s Up,’ more
See it: • 28 Weeks Later [buy it]. From my review: Call it 28 Weeks Later, but it’s the five years on from the horrifying 28 Days Later that have made all the difference: we are all immeasurably more anxious and on edge post-Katrina, mired in Iraq, nervous about tainted spinach and poisoned pet food … more…
movie-ku #23
Tuesday: the brand new DVDs arrive, and so The Unwatched pile grows
movie-ku #22
And since you didn’t get a haiku yesterday, here’s another today: A Western bar brawl Fists fly. Whiskey bottles smash Saloon panes tremble
upcoming: blogging ‘Doctor Who’: the Torchwood arc
Oh, hey, speaking of being unwilling to give up Doctor Who, starting this Friday, to make up for the lack of new episodes, I’ll go back and start blogging about the second season, David Tennant’s first. If you haven’t seen it yet, buy a copy now and start watching, and we’ll talk about an episode … more…
bias alert!: still enthralled by ‘Doctor Who,’ psyched for the new Coen Brothers, dreadin’ the new Robert Zemeckis, more
Also, Ben Stiller’s obnoxious Heartbreak Kid…
