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See it: • The Lives of Others [buy it]. From my review: The last line, the last look, the last moment: every movie lover knows that the ending can make or break a film. The Lives of Others — which just won a very well deserved Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film — has one … more…
It’s not exactly the stuff that feel-good movies are made of — it’s the stuff that hey-chew-on-*this* movies are made of.
It’s a slowish week for me this week: only five movies on the slate.
This is one of the funniest movies I’ve ever seen, and that’s not something I say lightly. It’s practically Shakespearean in its exquisite foolishness and comedic intrigue.
Out of the depths of the cheesy cinematic realms of the 1960s comes the, ahem, “real” backstory of King Arthur and his legendary sword, Excalibur.
I’m *so* madly in love with David Tennant’s Doctor. I mean, it’s scary, and sad, how I can’t stop thinking about him. Even in the not-so-awesome episodes like this one. Watching him running around and doing nothing is maybe second only to actually traveling with him on the TARDIS. “Burn with me, Martha”? Ooo, I think I might.
This is why Hollywood mostly sucks: Corporate movies are getting made from scripts written by 13-year-olds who went on to drop out of high school.
“I’m so afraid I’m gonna fall asleep,” Nicole Kidman says, as if she were reading my mind, for I was thinking at that exact moment, “I think this movie is gonna put me to sleep.” Weird, huh?
Doctor Who, Doctor Who, Doctor Who…
It may sound weird, coming from someone who’s, you know, professionally — and sometimes vociferously — opinionated, but I love discovering that I’ve changed my opinion on an actor or a writer or a director. It means it’s still possible for The Movies to surprise me, and to be surprised is what I’m constantly hoping … more…
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