AWFJ 2016 EDA Awards winners announced
Moonlight leads, with seven awards…
Pedro Almodovar
there’s no way Almodóvar can land this plane (I’m So Excited! review)
Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue.
what the world needs now? more gay stereotypes (I’m So Excited trailer)
Remind me again why Pedro Almodóvar is some kind of cinematic genius…
The Skin I Live In (review)
I’ve heard this from many a film lover: “Oh, Pedro Almodóvar! He’s such a feminist! He loves women!” I don’t see that. At all.
The Skin I Live In (trailer)
Guns, torture, fear, pain, weird socks, motorcycles, guys in leopard suits, women in masks, ripped clothing…
North American box office: ‘New Moon’ sparkles
It’s official — it’s as easy to pander to girls as it is to boys: 1. The Twilight Saga: New Moon: $142.8 million (NEW) 2. The Blind Side: $34.1 million (NEW) 3. 2012: $26.4 million (2nd week; drops 60%) 4. Planet 51: $12.3 million (NEW) 5. A Christmas Carol: $12.3 million (3rd week; drops 45%) … more…
U.K. box office: ‘The Final Destination’ looking less final than ever
It opened even better on the right side of the Atlantic than it did on the left side: 1. The Final Destination: £3.6 million (NEW) 2. Inglourious Basterds: £1.3 million (2nd week; drops 65%) 3. Funny People: £1 million (NEW) 4. The Time Traveler’s Wife: £.69 million (3rd week; drops 25%) 5. Aliens in the … more…
my week at the movies: ‘Extract,’ ‘An Education,’ ‘Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,’ ‘All About Steve,’ ‘Disgrace,’ ‘Gamer’
UPDATED: It’s turning out to be a much busier screening week than I expected. I’ve added two movies: The Boys Are Back (opens in the U.S. on September 25, and in the U.K. on January 15, 2010), starring Clive Owen as an Australian single dad, and Broken Embraces (opened in the U.K. on August 28; … more…
