The Death of Stalin movie review: the great dictator
Audacious, outrageous, bleakly funny. Not since Charlie Chaplin sent up Hitler and invited us to laugh at terrible reality has there been a movie like this.
In the Loop
The Thick of It review
My ears are bleeding from Malcolm Tucker’s volcano of hilariously creative vulgarity; he is to profanity what Shakespeare is to poetry.
the best possible tribute to James Gandolfini?
Tony Soprano’s favorite cafe leaves the star’s seat “reserved.”
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (review)
See! This is how you do romantic comedy!
Oscar predictions: ‘The Hurt Locker’ won’t be hurting
UPDATED: Winners are indicated with ♦s. I made informed guesses in 20 of the 24 categories; of those, I guessed 12 correctly. (Well, 13, really, except that in the animated short category in the original version of this page, I had both “The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)” and “Logorama” checked … more…
question of the day: What do you think about the Oscar nominations?
Thoughts while listening to the announcement of the nominations: • Penelope Cruz in Nine?! Matt Damon in Invictus?! Seriously? • No surprises in the Best Actor, Best Actress, or Best Director categories. • Looks like I’m gonna have to review The Messenger and The Last Station. • District 9 love! In the Loop love! I … more…
totally quotable! 2009
Here are the most quotable movie lines of the year 2009. No ranking — newer quotes are posted at the top. [Warning: May contain spoilers.] “I’m craving a burger. Is that strange?” –Sergeant Matt Thompson (Guy Pearce), as he puts on his bomb suit, The Hurt Locker “If he wasn’t an insurgent, he sure the … more…
In the Loop (review)
It’s as if Jane Austen and Monty Python collaborated on an episode of *The West Wing*…
North American box office: ‘G-Force’? Really?
Armed guinea pigs beat Harry Potter? 1. G-Force: $31.7 million (NEW) 2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: $29.5 million (2nd week; drops 62%) 3. The Ugly Truth: $27.6 million (NEW) 4. Orphan: $12.9 million (NEW) 5. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: $8.4 million (4th week; drops 52%) actual numbers, not estimates Oh, god, … more…
trailer break: ‘In the Loop’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… War? What is it good for? Comedy! I wish that weren’t true. *sigh* In the Loop has come and gone from U.K. cinemas (and is available to preorder on DVD in Region 2); it opens in the U.S. on July 24.
