Into the Abyss (review)
Here is the mystery and wonder of Werner Herzog: this is simultaneously his least Herzog-y film and also the most profound expression of Herzog-ness yet…
Werner Herzog
Captain America: The First Avenger (review)
It’s now a tossup whether the best comic-book superhero movie of 2011 is X-Men: First Class or Captain America: First Avenger… But I’m leaning toward Captain America.
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (review)
Werner Herzog has achieved something extraordinary with his intimate look at what he calls “one of the greatest discoveries in this history of human culture”…
trailer break: ‘Cave of Forgotten Dreams’
“Let’s go see the new 3D Werner Herzog movie!” Truly, that must be one of the most unexpected sentences ever.
watch it: “Werner Herzog Reads Madeline”
With Herzogian interpretation. And it’s not really Herzog anyway. But it is hilarious.
question of the day: What would a new Bill & Ted movie look like?
You must see Keanu Reeves’ impersonation of Werner Herzog explaining why he’d make a movie about Bill & Ted…
new this week in U.S., Canadian, and U.K. theaters: ‘Shrek Forever After,’ ‘MacGruber,’ ‘Cop Out,’ ‘Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time’ more (with DVD alternatives)
U.S. AND CANADA/OPENING WIDE Shrek Forever After: Shrek, Fiona, Donkey, and Puss square off against the evil tyrant Rumpelstiltskin. Scary. [trailer] review to come If you can’t make it to the multiplex, try: • Shrek 2 (2004): Still the best in the series, with one of the greatest character intros ever (for Puss in Boots). … more…
trailer break: ‘Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Sometimes… good cops go bad. Beautiful: “What are these iguanas doing on my coffee table?” –Nicolas Cage. “There ain’t no iguanas.” –Val Kilmer. And: “Shoot him again — his soul is still dancing.” –Nicolas Cage. I think I’ve got some entries in the year’s worst dialogue… or … more…
opening in the U.K. April 24: ‘Observe and Report,’ ‘The Uninvited,’ ‘State of Play,’ ‘Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel,’ more
Observe and Report, Uninvited, State of Play, Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel, Paul Blart Mall Cop, Outlander, Doctor Who, Shaun of the Dead, Encounters at the End of the World, Werner Herzog, Shifty, City Rats
awards contenders on DVD: the indies
December can feel overwhelming, for movie watchers, with all the awards contenders flooding the arthouses — if you’re in New York and Los Angeles — and multiplexes this holiday season. But it’s always true, too, that films from earlier in the year manage to get notice from critics groups in the pre-Oscar-nominations territory. Here, I … more…
