The Boys Are Back (review)
It’s hard to believe we haven’t seen Clive Owen in a movie like this one before.
Clive Owen
trailer break: ‘The Boys Are Back’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Ah, Clive Owen. Lovely in anything, but especially lovely here as a daddy. And this is a lovely trailer for a lovely film — doesn’t give away too much that you don’t learn early in the film anyway, and really doesn’t spoil the journey that the Owen … more…
my week at the movies: ‘Extract,’ ‘An Education,’ ‘Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,’ ‘All About Steve,’ ‘Disgrace,’ ‘Gamer’
UPDATED: It’s turning out to be a much busier screening week than I expected. I’ve added two movies: The Boys Are Back (opens in the U.S. on September 25, and in the U.K. on January 15, 2010), starring Clive Owen as an Australian single dad, and Broken Embraces (opened in the U.K. on August 28; … more…
new DVD releases in Region 2, July 6
green light (definitely check it out): The International: Clive Owen versus cheating banksters: it’s Bailout: The Revenge. [Amazon U.K.] [now available at Amazon U.S.] Marley & Me: Please to have some fuzzy cute puppies to make you forget why Clive Owen needs to kick some bankster ass. [Amazon U.K.] [now available at Amazon U.S.] Doctor … more…
new DVD releases in Region 1, June 9
green light (definitely check it out): The International: Clive Owen is even sexier when he’s taking down unscrupulous bankers. TARP me, baby. [Amazon U.S.] [preorder at Amazon U.K.] Nobel Son: Alan Rickman is a mean ol’ meanie. So he’s stretching here, you see. [Amazon U.S.] red light (not worth your time): Gran Torino: Clint Eastwood, … more…
question of the day: How important is it for a film to be shot where it’s supposed to be set?
Alex Proyas, the filmmaker behind Knowing is in a bit of a scuffle with the Australian film agency, Screen Australia, over tax breaks for the film, according to IMDB’s Studio Briefing: Proyas is arging that the film deserves more tax consideration because while it is set in the U.S., the film was shot in Melbourne. … 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…
Duplicity movie review: good clean fluff
It’s not that I don’t like fluff: it’s that I don’t like dumb fluff. And yet clever fluff is so very rare. So of course I cheer a hearty “Hoorah!” for Duplicity.
my week at the movies: ‘Monsters vs. Aliens,’ ‘Super Capers,’ ‘Knowing,’ ‘Duplicity,’ ‘I Love You, Man,’ ‘Goodbye Solo,’ ‘Shall We Kiss?,’ ‘Earth’
Cutest monsters ever! At least that seems to be what Monsters vs. Aliens (opens in the U.S. on March 27, and in the U.K. on April 3) is promising. I’m especially thrilled because I’m seeing it in IMAX… real IMAX, not that fake stuff they’re trying to sell us these days with the phony “upgrade” … more…
trailer break: ‘Duplicity’
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