daily scream: when we ordinary mortals are the monsters
2014’s Only Lovers Left Alive is on Hulu in the US, Mubi in the UK (and lots of other services, too).
Jim Jarmusch
The Old Guard movie review: saving the world, one century at a time
There’s plenty of bruising action, but this fantastic slice of comic-book pulp emphasizes the humanity of its immortal heroes. Gina Prince-Bythewood elevates the familiar with emotional authenticity.
Only Lovers Left Alive movie review: full-blooded
I want to crawl inside this movie and curl up in its lap and stay there forever. This movie is so languid and so uncoerced. I want to keep it a secret and let everyone know about it at the same time.
2014 preview: only movies left underived
Here are the few films coming in 2014 that are not sequels, remakes, reboots, or based on a stage show, the Bible, young-adult novels, comic books, cartoons, or — someone make it stop — toy lines.
Only Lovers Left Alive trailer: maybe we aren’t “supposed” to be talking about this?
Someone appears to believe they can control the dialogue about this film. Too late! People are already talking about it.
London photo of the day: Tom Hiddleston arrives at London Film Festival premiere
Honestly. That’s Tom Hiddleston, arriving for the Cult Gala screening of Jim Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left Alive.
cannot contain my excitement for the London Film Festival
I’m hyperventilating from the array of overwhelming movie awesomeness before me.
North American box office: it’s ‘Wolverine’s one weekend on top
Maybe they’ll figure out a way to beam Logan onto the Enterprise next weekend: 1. X-Men Origins: Wolverine: $85.1 million (NEW) 2. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past: $15.4 million (NEW) 3. Obsessed: $12.1 million (2nd week; drops 58%) 4. 17 Again: $6.4 million (3rd week; drops 45%) 5. Monsters vs. Aliens: $5.8 million actual numbers, not … more…
opening in North America May 1: ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine,’ ‘Ghosts of Girlfriends Past,’ ‘Battle for Terra,’ more
opening wide X-Men Origins: Wolverine: If you thought Wolverine was completely immune to all human frailties — I mean, we can assume he’s been smoking stogies for a century with no ill effects, right? — then you may be surprised to see what intriguing weakness he is vulnerable to… Ghosts of Girlfriends Past: You’d have … more…
my week at the movies: ‘Battle for Terra,’ ‘The Limits of Control,’ ‘Fighting,’ ‘Obsessed’
I quite liked Battle for Terra (opens in the U.S. on May 1; no U.K. release date has been announced yet) when I saw it at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival, when it had the gentler moniker of simply Terra. I guess that was too gentle: everyone likes a good war, right? I’m looking forward … more…
