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Take a break from work: watch a trailer… It’s been more than two years since I decided that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead is the best movie title ever, and now, finally, the movie itself is about to be released. If I’d seen the trailer before I’d fallen in love with the title, however, I’d … more…
Worst. Memorial Day. Evah. Well, not ever, but in 17 years. Which means that the last time the box office was this bad over this major weekend, most of Hollywood’s target audience hadn’t quite been born yet. Neither of the two big newcomers, would-be blockbusters Sex and the City 2 and Prince of Persia: The … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Oh dear. I’m ready to hate this, or I’m ready to love this. John C. Reilly is “Shrek,” but he still gets beautiful Marisa Tomei. Except she’s not “perfect,” because she had a life before him… or else she’s not “perfect” because she’s a freaky mom with … more…
It was only this past Friday when learned that the Lord of the Rings prequel The Hobbit was stuck in preproduction limbo because of the disintegration of MGM, which holds some of the rights to the project. But all indications were that director Guillermo Del Toro was ready to go ahead as soon as the … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Ireland is absolutely lousy with mythical creatures, isn’t it? Given Neil Jordan’s filmography, though, perhaps we should expect this strange and beautiful mermaid/selkie/woman of the sea to actually be, I dunno, a shark in drag, perhaps? Ondine played theatrically in the U.K. earlier this year, and is … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… The party is over? It never really was a party, honestly. Rage-virus zombies infecting a Barcelona apartment building really is no one’s idea of a party. I don’t want to go to that kind of party, anyway. [REC] 2 opens today in the U.K., and in the … more…
It’s so common these days that I’ve stopped thinking about it as unusual: Lots of movies simply are not screened for critics before they open. (I’ve even stopped bothering to keep a list of these movies, which I did last year and started this year before it just got too depressing.) So I didn’t think … more…
If that’s not the implication of this, from the United Stated Postal Service’s Web site, I don’t know what else to think: I know Woody is very honorable and noble and trustworthy and would risk life and stuffed fabric limb for his boy, but still… should we trust him with our mortgage payments? Our birthday … more…
U.S. AND CANADA/OPENING WIDE Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time: It’s tanking in the U.K., and now it gets a shot at tanking in North America. [trailer] review to come If you can’t make it to the multiplex, try: • Big Trouble in Little China (1986): In which Kurt Russell goes up against an … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Yesterday, I wrote about how filmmaker Laura Poitras has been targeted by the federal government because of her work investigating and critiquing the U.S.’s prosecution of the “war on terror.” This is her latest film. It’s easy to see why it might make the feds uncomfortable, but … more…
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