Posted on October 20th, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
Sally Hawkins and Alexis Zegerman in Happy-Go-Lucky
It was kind of an interesting if not altogether successful movie-going weekend at LiC.
First up was Mike Leigh’s Happy-Go-Lucky, a hard to categorize little number starring Sally Hawkins as Poppy, an eternally and somewhat irrationally optimistic London schoolteacher. When her bicycle is stolen, she’s forced into driving lessons with [...]
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Posted on October 16th, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
Hark. I hear the cannons roar. Is it the weekend approaching? It is. Let’s take a look at the new movie lineup.
W. Generally lukewarm reviews aren’t doing much to give me hope for Oliver Stone’s treatment of George W. Bush, but I still want to see some of the performances, especially Josh Brolin’s.
The Secret Life [...]
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Posted on October 2nd, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
Martin Scorsese is set to direct Robert De Niro in an adaptation of the book I Heard You Paint Houses about Frank Sheeran, the mob assassin who claimed to have murdered Jimmy Hoffa.
“Painting Houses” is slang for a mob hit referring to the blood and goo splattered on walls.
No word yet on where this fits [...]
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Posted on September 11th, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen and Mr. Angelina Jolie on the set of Burn After Reading
Open wide and say “Burn!”
Burn After Reading. Anyone who has read LiC for any length of time knows I’m completely in the tank for the Coen Brothers. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that I loved this movie. It’s fair to [...]
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Posted on August 26th, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
Philip Seymour Hoffman and Samantha Morton in
Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York
Moving right along with the Fall Forecast. Here’s what’s coming up in October. Once again, all dates are subject to change based on studio whim. LiC’s picks are starred.
October 3
An American Carol. I love Airplane! as much as anyone, but David Zucker’s name hasn’t been attached [...]
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Posted on August 24th, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
George Clooney and Frances McDormand in Burn After Reading
You can almost hear the air being let out of the summer movie season. Overall it was a pretty decent four months of movies, but I for one am glad to see it coming to an end. Now it’s time to look forward to the last third [...]
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