loaded question: what’s a perfect cosy movie for long dark winter evenings?
I love the hygge of this time of year: candles, warm drinks, snuggling under a blanket watching films. But which films to watch?
Ang Lee
daily stream: Hamlet, but make it angry and green
2003’s Hulk is on Hulu in the US, and on Prime on both sides of the Atlantic.
Gemini Man movie review: the last hurrah of the movie star
No movie has ever been higher-concept than this: Today-aged Will Smith versus CGI-young Will Smith! It’s the future of film in an anemic, tedious, ironically dated spy-action shell. Bafflingly awful.
the 85th Academy Award nominees
With links to my reviews. I’ll be adding reviews of the last few films I haven’t yet covered between now and the Oscars.
question of the day: What movie event of 2012 will have the biggest impact in years to come?
The rise of Seth MacFarlane as a movie player, with the phenomenal success of Ted? The arrival of 48fps? Disney’s purchase of Lucasfilm? Something else?
Life of Pi (review)
Fanciful and visually lavish, yet very grounded in human reality.
Life of Pi (trailer)
I am happy to have a new film from Ang Lee. And this looks, literally, fantastic. Glowing whale!
North American box office: ‘The Final Destination’ probably not so final after all
How can there not be more installments, that definitive the notwithstanding? 1. The Final Destination: $27.4 million (NEW) 2. Inglourious Basterds: $19.3 million (2nd week; drops 49%) 3. Halloween II: $16.3 million (NEW) 4. District 9: $10.3 million (3rd week; drops 44%) 5. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra: $7.7 million (4th week; drops 37%) … more…
August 28: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but you’re still hung over from celebrating the 40th anniversary of Woodstock. But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection of the right DVDs. And when someone asks you on Monday, “Hey, did you see Taking Woodstock … more…
Taking Woodstock (review)
Isn’t it a nice fantasy, that music and comtemplation (even if it’s enabled by LSD) and just chillin’ out with 500,000 of your closest friends might change the world?
