This weekend was all about revisiting films I’ve already seen. Joel and Ethan Coen’s A Serious Man improved with a second viewing while the highly praised Sundance favorite An Education lost a little bit of its luster. It’s still good and Carey Mulligan’s place as the new star of the year is secure, but the [...]
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I’ve never met Kim Voynar, but she’s among my favorites as far as internet movie scribblers goes. I like her attitude and perspective and she’s one of the writers I turn to for opinions out of the big festivals.
Even as a stranger I was dismayed to read just now that she took seriously ill at [...]
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According to a new study in the UK, half of all people have lied about seeing a classic movie they haven’t. Have you?
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I’m still mulling over Inglourious Basterds, but the good news is that it’s terrific. It’s much slower, talkier and in a way more serious than I expected, but damnit it works. I haven’t dug into the negative reviews yet, but its safe to say a certain movie blogger who was morally outraged by the movie [...]
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Chat with the director of The Stoning of Soraya M. 6/25 on Facebook
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John Wayne died on June 11, 1979 at the age of 72.
I was late in coming to understand how great he really was. Back then his acting style seemed corny to me and I didn’t care for his politics. I still don’t care for his politics, but they’re a lot better than what Conservatism has [...]
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The AP reports that an unidentified buyer paid the equivalent of $93,800 for a rare 2001 German stamp featuring Audrey Hepburn.
The stamp’s original 14 million run was destroyed following a copyright dispute with Hepburn’s son Sean Ferrer who took issue with the portrayal of his mother with a cigarette holder. 30 proof copies were saved [...]
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I don’t want to give the impression that Inglourious Basterds is getting killed by the critics, but in an effort to tamp down my own absurd expectations here is a sampling of some of the more negative reviews of the Quentin Tarantino WWII adventure which premiered in competition at Cannes at 8:30 this morning local [...]
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Speaking to Sweden’s SVT, Angels & Demons actor Stellan Skarsgård had this to say about the book’s author:
“I think Dan Brown is a terribly bad writer, but he has cliffhangers after every chapter which makes you continue reading. It’s like eating peanuts at a bar. You don’t like them, but you keep on eating them [...]
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The LiC movie-going weekend finally got out of first gear. Here’s hoping the trend continues for the remainder of the year. I’m tired of the winter movie dead season. There has been some good arthouse stuff and I’ve enjoyed some of the studio product, but mostly it’s been more uninspiring than usual.
This weekend started off [...]
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