Self/less movie review: mind/less, brain/less, point/less
Glances at fundamental questions of identity and humanity and decides that they are best resolved via fistfights, gun battles, and car chases.
Mirror Mirror
the 85th Academy Award nominees
With links to my reviews. I’ll be adding reviews of the last few films I haven’t yet covered between now and the Oscars.
question of the day: What fairy tales are begging for a fresh new retelling?
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters is already on its way. Anyone want to see Jack and the Beanstalk done up Lord of the Rings style? Or perhaps a feminist twist on Cinderella? And who would you cast in your fairy tale?
Snow White and the Huntsman (review)
Would really really like for you to feel the grand, sweeping, larger-than-life mythos, and borrows willy-nilly from Peter Jackson and Guillermo Del Toro to try to do so.
question of the day: When does casting itself become part of a film’s humor?
What examples can you think of in which the choice of actor in a particular role adds to a movie’s joke? (Inspired by an aspect of Mirror Mirror.)
question of the day: Has the era of the female hero arrived?
Katniss Everdeen. Snow White. Lisbeth Salander. Are we finally starting to see heroine’s journeys?
Mirror Mirror (review)
It’s astonishing how little crazy one needs to bring to a movie at the moment to make it leap out as fresh and distinctive.
Mirror Mirror (trailer)
Am I getting a little Princess Bride vibe? Dare I hope?
