Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (review)
A morass of Three Stooges-level slapstick and juvenile-style playground taunting…
Amy Adams
trailer break: ‘Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… As long as Steve Coogan and Owen Wilson are back, I’m there. Oh, they are back? Excellent. Ooo, and Amy Adams as Amelia Earhart? Cool. Hank Azaria as an Egyptian pharaoh? Nice. In fact, let’s keep all the neat-o museum people played by hilarious and charismatic actors … more…
bias update
obsession: Doctor Who (my obsession with the show never really wanes, but it returns with a vengeance every once in a while) boyfriend: Zachary Quinto as Spock in Star Trek (I wasn’t expecting that, because his Sylar is so icky, but…. wow) psyched: Up (cuz it looks like one of the most original concepts in … more…
dream cast: hypothetical ‘Buckaroo Banzai’ sequel
It’s Thursday, and that means it’s time to remake an 80s classic TV show or movie with an all-new cast. This week we’re fantasizing about the once-promised, soon forgotten sequel to The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the Eighth Dimension — Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League. (If you have a suggestion for an … more…
bias update
obsession: the plays of William Shakespeare (cuz he never goes out of style) boyfriend: Clive Owen in Duplicty psyched: X-Men Origins: Wolverine (it’s gonna suck but Hugh Jackman will be half naked through half of it) girl crush: Amy Adams in Sunshine Cleaning dreading: X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Hugh Jackman will be half naked through half … more…
Sunshine Cleaning (review)
I have such a huge girl crush on Amy Adams, it’s crazy.
my week at the movies: ‘Watchmen,’ ‘Sunshine Cleaning,’ ‘The Great Buck Howard’
I was supposed to check out two indie films yesterday, but there was half a foot of snow on the ground, so I skipped ’em. Fortunately there will be other screenings of those films, so no big loss. The snow has stopped and it’s sunny today, but at the moment here in NYC, it’s 16 … more…
won’t you watch the merely very-good movies of 2008?
In this season of Oscar nominations and critics’ awards, gala ceremonies and acceptance speeches, won’t you give a thought to the merely very-good films of 2008, those that could not make it to the rarefied ranks of the best of the the best of the best simply because they lacked, perhaps, the benefit of the … more…
Doubt (review)
Passionate performances aside, there’s an odd dispassion to this stage-to-screen adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name.
trailer break: ‘Doubt’
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Meryl Streep as a scary nun? Awesome. Amy Adams as a sweet nun? Perfect. Viola Davis in anything? Yes, please. And, oh yeah, that Philip Seymour Hoffman guy is here too — I hear he’s not bad… Doubt opens limited in the U.S. on December 12, … more…
