The Landmark opens tomorrow and despite my reservations, things look encouraging so far. A recent LA Times article focuses on the competition between The Landmark and The Arclight with special emphasis on style and snacks. I don’t give a shit about the pretzels from La Brea Bakery served with raspberry wasabi artisanal mustard or the [...]
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With Spider-Man 3, Shrek the Third and Pirates of the Caribbean 3 clogging up most of the screens, it’s hard to believe there’s room for anything else, but here’s what’s new this week in wide release:
Knocked Up: From Judd Apatow (40-Year-Old Virgin, Freaks and Geeks [TV]). A slacker (Seth Rogan) hooks up with a hottie [...]
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When two soul mates meet at the wrong time of their lives, will love find a way as the song says or will circumstances conspire to keep them apart? This is the question examined by Once, the unconventional musical love story from Ireland that won the audience award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
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While Americans were busy collectively coughing up over $140 million to see Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World’s End this Memorial Day weekend (because nothing says “Thank you for your sacrifice military guys!” like another bloated, flaccid Jerry Bruckheimer movie, right?), the Cannes International Film Festival jury awarded the festival’s top prize, the Palme [...]
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If a movie accomplishes what it sets out to do, but it doesn’t do what you want, does that make it a bad movie? If I don’t like a movie, does it make any sense to recommend that people see it anyway? Those are two of the problems I faced writing this review of Day [...]
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This week in wide release:
Pirates of the Caribbean 3: I’m tired of bitching about this godawful franchise so this year I’m not going to bother. Why waste my energy? There’s no point. It’s going to happen and it’s going to be huge and there’s not a goddamn thing I can do about it. You’ve already made up your mind to see it or skip [...]
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According to the Guardian Unlimited, Kurt Russell is disappointed by the cutting of Grindhouse into two separate expanded films, but Harvey Weinstein defended his decision during the post-Grindhouse press screening at Cannes (Link via Movie City News).
Since I didn’t much care for Planet Terror (it was amusing but forgettable), I originally thought Death Proof would be [...]
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“I’m not doing this for some greater good – I want to make more money. I love to fuck with people, and I love finding ways to make more money.” – Rich guy, April 2005.
For a movie lover, news that a new 12-screen multiplex with reserved stadium seating and oversized leather chairs is being opened [...]
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“Fall in love with Paris 18 times”
Paris, je t’aime is comprised of 18 short films by an international line up of 21 of the world’s more interesting directors. Each short is named for and takes place in a different neighborhood in Paris and each one is concerned with a different aspect of human love. [...]
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Grant (Gordon Pinsent) and Fiona (Julie Christie) are a married couple enjoying their retirement years in a cabin by a lake in rural Canada. They’re comfortable with one another and still in love. They dine with friends, ski cross-country and at night Grant reads to her. One night while washing up after dinner, Fiona puts [...]
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