question of the day: Should ‘Inception’ get a sequel?

Today’s question comes from reader Lorenzo Lamas: Should Inception get a sequel? And I’ll add: What direction would a possible Inception sequel go in? Should we revisit Cobb to see how he’s faring after then end of the film? (I say no, to preserve the unanswered but intriguing questions raised by the ending.) How about … more…

trailer break: ‘Let Me In’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Get ready for all the “Don’t spoil!”/“Revealing XYZ is not a spoiler!” discussions, à la the one we had in comments after my brief review of Let the Right One In, the Swedish film of which this is a remake. I suppose some of those discussions will … more…

trailer break: ‘The Dry Land’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Okay, so not the fun movie about PTSD we’ve been waiting for. Though surely it’s only a matter of time before Hollywood gives us that. Perhaps that’ll be the Iraq war movie people will go see. People used to not mind being depressed or provoked or both … more…

trailer break: ‘Valhalla Rising’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… I saw this film a few weeks ago and I’m still trying to figure out whether I like it or not. That’s a good thing: I like being confounded like that. Review soon, I hope… Valhalla Rising is now playing in limited release in the U.S., and … more…

trailer break: ‘The Rebound’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Gonna have to call bullshit on this. A 40-year-old man is romantically partnered with a 30-year-old woman in a movie, and Hollywood doesn’t utter a peep of acknowledgement about the age difference, never mind make it the purpose of the entire movie. Hell, movies don’t acknowledge age … more…

what he said: Patrick Goldstein at The Big Picture…

…on Jerry Bruckheimer’s bad summer, what with The Sorcerer’s Apprentice flopping, and right on the heels of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time sorta flopping by Bruckheimerian standards: What makes things bad for Bruckheimer is that he’s been wrapped up in his self-contained world for so long that outside of his close friends, the … more…