spoiler alert: what’s really going on in Inside Llewyn Davis
We need to talk about Llewyn Davis. Cuz there’s a thing that no one else has been talking about when trying to interpret this film…
Bob Dylan
Inside Llewyn Davis review: trying of the human spirit
Hilarious in the Coens’ weird, askew way, but also absolutely crushing. This movie breaks my heart in a hundred different ways.
Sherlock Holmes meets steampunk Iron Man (and other adventures in social networking)
Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
Searching for Sugar Man documentary review: musical mystery
I can’t remember the last film that rocked my world like this extraordinary documentary does. A magnificent detective story, bursting with a thrilling sense of mystery and of artistic discovery.
watch it: “Rebecca Black – Friday, as performed by Bob Dylan”
What’s even more interesting than this spoof is the creative comments it’s inspiring at YouTube…
question of the day: Are there any celebrities or historical personages that no actor could or should portray onscreen?
It seems that French screen legend Brigitte Bardot thinks no could possibly stand in for her in a film about her life…
December 23-25: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but… prezzies! toys! candy canes! snowball fights! big holiday dinner! 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 Sherlock Holmes this weekend?” … more…
question of the day: Has Ben Stein ever been this funny before?
Ben Stein — Nixon administration criminal turned Ferris Bueller actor turned game show host turned conservative blowhard — has been let go as a columnist by the paper of record. In The American Spectator, Stein explains why he was “Expelled from The New York Times” — it started when he made an extended cinematic argument … more…
Watchmen (review)
Probably the best three-hour version of the story that could be made…
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (review)
So it’s just like this crazy life thing, you know? You’re born, you do some stuff, maybe if you’re lucky you fall in love with the same person who falls in love with you — at the same time that person falls in love with you — and then you die.
