Titanic 3D movie review: a human story
I had just begun my career as a film critic when Titanic was first released in late 1997. So I missed it, back then, what it was about James Cameron’s magnificent movie that was (and still is) so extraordinary.
Leonardo DiCaprio
question of the day: What movie event would you be willing to participate in a re-creation of?
A re-creation of the Titanic’s maiden voyage doesn’t have an iceberg collision on the schedule, but it’s totally impossible not to guess that someone will re-create Jack’s “I’m the king of the world!” moment…
watch it: “L. DiCaprio”
Brilliant parody of the J. Edgar trailer from the Funny or Die crew…
J. Edgar (review)
If there’s one thing that comes across stridently and passionately from Clint Eastwood’s curiously blah biopic J. Edgar, it is this: Leonardo DiCaprio really wants an Oscar.
things you need to know: Tyler Perry is the best-paid man in Hollywood in 2011
His secret: Perry just doesn’t make the same old shit again and again. He makes new, different shit.
Brighton Rock (review)
Call this a thriller of emotional suspense, and one that’s wickedly unsettling, in which we’re never sure who’s feeling what, or why, or to what extremes they’re capable of going.
question of the day: Are you worried about the new ‘Great Gatsby’ movie?
With Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire, Leonardo DiCaprio, Baz Luhrmann onboard at this point, is it worth giving this movie a chance, at least until we start seeing terrible trailers? Or should some novels simply be written off as unfilmmable?
save Paul Rudd; movie apathy; everybody loves ‘Mad Men’; more: leftover links
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post…
question of the day: Why is ‘Inception’ appealing to younger audiences?
An interesting tidbit from the estimated weekend box office numbers: Though Inception had an excellent opening weekend — earning around $60.4 million (the actual numbers will be in this afternoon) — it earned that from a smallish slice of the potential audience, according to the Los Angeles Times: The highest-ever opening for a film not … more…
new this week in U.S., Canadian, and U.K. theaters: ‘Inception,’ ‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,’ ‘The Concert’
U.S. AND CANADA/OPENING WIDE Inception: Leonardo DiCaprio will blow your mind… much as other thieves blow vaults. If you can’t make it to the multiplex, try: • Memento (2000): Christopher Nolan plays with the depths of the human mind and the limits to which narrative time can be stretched in both films. • Catch Me … more…
