fun stuff from FlickFilosopher stats week of May 25-31 2013
Actual unretouched phrases that people plugged into search engines this week that led them to this site (with some commentary from me)…
Gary Cooper
Man on a Ledge (review)
Well. Rarely has a movie been so accurately named. Man on a Ledge is very much about a man on a ledge. And not much more…
retro trailer: ‘The Fountainhead’
Mmm, Gary Cooper… he can overpower women and and brandish his ruthlessly selfish soul like a weapon because he’s Just. That. Cool.
retro trailer: ‘Meet John Doe’
Take a look back at an old trailer… Eighteen months to film? “Magnificently” shot entirely on a backlot? I do love this movie, but I think I love how they sold it way back when even more. Gary Cooper: definitely a selling point. Cast of 5,000 others? I guess that — and the 18 months … more…
Up in the Air movie review: you are not your frequent-flyer miles
There is a thrill of recognition to *Up in the Air* — and a horror of recognition, too…
‘Gone With the Wind’ 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition: wow
There’s box sets, and then there’s this 70th anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition Gone With the Wind set, which is just insane. In a good way, of course. If you’re looking for an impressive Christmas gift for a lover of this movie, this could be pretty sweet. And if he or she is one of those … more…
Bright Leaves (review)
Who’d have thunk that a freeform meditation on tobacco, family, and filmmaking would be so compelling? Documentarian Ross McElwee, whose great grandfather helped launch the tobacco industry, returns to his childhood home of North Carolina to meander through an exploration of his heritage, but “documentary” isn’t quite the word to describe the result — it’s … more…
Wings movie review: that’s two you owe me, junior
Anyone who doubts that silent films can be just as engrossing as those newfangled talkies needs to see Wings, an early buddies-go-to-war story that still echoes in today’s movies.
