trailer break: ‘You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger’
This looks fun. I’m glad Woody Allen escaped to Europe: it seems to have done wonders for his creativity.
Woody Allen
is Betty Draper misunderstood?; the end of cable TV?; why never to throw away someone else’s action figures; 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…
new this week in U.S., Canadian, and U.K. theaters: ‘Knight and Day,’ ‘Grown Up,’ ‘Get Him to the Greek,’ ‘When in Rome,’ more
U.S. AND CANADA/OPENING WIDE Knight and Day: Tom Cruise does some spy stuff and runs around a lot, while Cameron Diaz does a lot of screaming and runs around like a girl. If you can’t make it to the multiplex, try: • The 39 Steps (1935): Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll are mismatched maybe-spies in … more…
question of the day: Do we need film festivals anymore?
I skipped the Tribeca Film Festival again this year because most, if not all, of the films there worth seeing will be available eventually in some format — some are already available on demand. Cannes is in progress right now — as Alex Billington at FirstShowing.net describes it: Although I love Sundance, there’s really no … more…
January 8: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, except you’re way too scared to actually ask out the girl you like. But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection of the right DVDs. And when someone asks you on Monday, “Hey, did you see Youth … more…
North American box office: ‘The Proposal’ in wedded bliss with audiences
Ah god, we’ll never see the end of stupid rom-coms now: 1. The Proposal: $33.6 million (NEW) 2. The Hangover: $26.8 million (3rd week; drops 18%) 3. Up: $23.5 million (4th week; drops 24%) 4. Year One: $19.6 million (NEW) 5. The Taking of Pelham 123: $12 (2nd week; drops 49%) actual numbers, not estimates … more…
opening in the U.S. and Canada June 19: ‘The Proposal,’ ‘Year One,’ Whatever Works,’ ‘Dead Snow,’ ‘The Windmill Movie’
opening wide The Proposal: Remember how we decided to get married, honey? It was so romantic, what with you threatening my career and all… *sigh* Year One: Or maybe they could call the sequel Year One: Number 2, and then they could get a shit joke right in the title. opening limited Whatever Works: Woody … more…
June 19: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
We all know how it is. You’d like to get out to see a new movie this weekend, but the Old Testament stippled with fart jokes ain’t your idea of a good time. But you can have something close to that blockbuster experience at home with the proper application of DVDs. In fact, you might … more…
question of the day: What’s the most unfilmmable book you can think of, and who could film it?
Sci Fi Wire posted an intriguing piece this week about “7 ‘unfilmable’ sci-fi books — and the filmmakers who could adapt them”: Watchmen, The Lord of the Rings: These are books that were commonly thought to be impossible to adapt to the big screen. That is, until a filmmaker such as Zack Snyder or Peter … more…
my week at the movies: ‘Away We Go,’ ‘Food, Inc.,’ ‘Lovely by Surprise,’ ‘My Life in Ruins,’ ‘Whatever Works’ (plus ‘Up’)
BUMPED UP to say that I’ve addded another movie to my schedule this week: Blood: The Last Vampire (opens in the U.S. in July, and in the U.K. on June 19; it didn’t open last week as I had indicated in an earlier post) — it’s an English-language telling of a Japanese Buffy. I didn’t … more…
