Les Misérables (review)
There’s an alchemy here that brings together the best of screen and the best of stage…
King’s Speech
Hyde Park on Hudson (London Film Festival review)
Two separate tales of FDR that are certainly worthy of in-depth explorations on their own are mashed together in a way that is ridiculous and which gives both of them a short shift that neither deserves.
question of the day: Should film be taught in school the way that literature is?
I think it’s very urgent that children be taught media literacy, but I have to confess that it never occurred to me that we might teach children how to watch and interpret great movies in the same way that we teach them how to read and interpret great fiction.
question of the day: What do you make of the list of the most pirated movies in 2011?
Did you download a movie illegally in 2011? You’re not alone…
W.E. (trailer)
Ooo, ooo, ooo: It’s the other side of The King’s Speech. I’m sure this will be just as awesome as that.
question of the day: What is the appeal of ‘The Inbetweeners’?
I thought I was safe avoiding The Inbetweeners Movie. It’s based on a TV show I’ve never seen, it wasn’t screened for critics, and it looks awful. But now it’s a veritable phenomenon at the U.K. box office…
because when you shine a line on cockroaches, they scurry back to their dark corners (possibly NSFW)
Must to share a truly enlightening email exchange I had today that was ostensibly about my review of Your Highness, but was really about so much more…
best and worst movie quotes of 2010
Oh yeah, I’m late with this. I carefully gather them all year long and then I never get around to posting them. So here they are at long last. And for 2011, I’m just gonna post ’em as they come in. So there.
question of the day: Must “great” films be commercial?
I think it’s certainly true that a great film can also be a commercial film. I’m just not sure that that’s always the case. What do you think?
Adult Swim is killing; 80s flicks that shaped our world today; can gays play straight?; and more: leftover links
Plus: too many depressing links about the Charlie Sheen feeding frenzy…
