Fathers & Daughters movie review: fit to be family tied
It’s all rather implausible and hugely melodramatic as it milks ham-fisted histrionics from high soap opera. A pitiable excuse for a movie.
Seven Pounds
fun stuff from FlickFilosopher stats week of Aug 17-23 2013
Actual unretouched phrases that people plugged into search engines this week that led them to this site (with some commentary from me)…
fun stuff from FlickFilosopher stats week of Feb 16-22 2013
Actual unretouched phrases that people plugged into search engines this week that led them to this site (with some commentary from me)…
fun stuff from FlickFilosopher stats week of Dec 01-07 2012
Actual unretouched phrases that people plugged into search engines this week that led them to this site (with some commentary from me)…
new DVD releases in Region 2, May 25
green light (definitely check it out): The Reader: Kate Winslet likes books and teenaged boys. [Amazon U.K.] [now available at Amazon U.S.] Tokyo!: Think Tokyo je t’aime, but weirder. [Amazon U.K.] [preorder at Amazon U.S.] Pushing Daisies: Complete Season 2: How come England gets an American TV show on DVD before we do? No fair! … more…
new DVD releases in Region 1 and Region 2, week of March 30, 2009
Here’s what’s newly available on DVD this week on both sides of the Atlantic. Out March 30 in Region 2: green light (definitely check it out): • Waltz with Bashir: read my review/buy at Amazon U.K./preorder in Region 1 at Amazon U.S. • Body of Lies: read my review/buy at Amazon U.K./already available in Region … more…
movie posters in London (part 1)
Movie posters spotted around London these last ten days. Some are exactly the same as those in New York; some are very different. I love seeing how movies are sold in different ways in different places. The U.K. Bride Wars poster is way worse than the U.S. one: The tagline is: “Before the rings go … more…
U.K. box office: ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ hangs on
Slumdog Millionaire keeps blasting the competition out of the water: 1. Slumdog Millionaire: £2.8 million (3rd week; up 7%) 2. Valkyrie: £1.9 million (NEW) 3. My Bloody Valentine 3-D: £1.2 million (2nd week; drops 12%) 4. Seven Pounds: £1.1 million (2nd week; drops 30%) 5. Underworld: Rise of the Lycans: £.99 million (NEW) (actual numbers, … more…
U.K. box office: ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ lives up to its name
I remain in awe of Slumdog Millionaire: 1. Slumdog Millionaire: £2.6 million (2nd week; up 44%) 2. Seven Pounds: £1.6 million (NEW) 3. Role Models: £1.4 million (2nd week; drops 39%) 4. My Bloody Valentine 3-D: £1.34 million (NEW) 5. Bride Wars: £1.32 million (2nd week; drops 23%) (actual numbers, not estimates) Up 44 percent … more…
why ‘Seven Pounds’ is unethical
In my review of Seven Pounds I said this: [W]hat Will Smith(TM) is doing, particularly in the cases of these two of the seven people he is handing a pound of his flesh — either metaphorically or literally — is wildly unethical to the point that any honest version of this movie would end with … more…
