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 19th, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
Josh Brolin and Elizabeth Banks in W.
Somehow, Oliver Stone’s W. manages to live up to my best hopes and fall victim to my worst fears all at once. When Stone first announced he was planning a film about our sitting president, his intentions for it were unclear. Being too late for effective satire yet too [...]
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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 7th, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
As the crap really begins to fly in yet another depressing American presidential campaign (my guy is pulling ahead and yet the whole thing is leaving a bad taste in my mouth…how sad is that?), Oliver Stone’s W. has finally been seen by journalists and the word so far is mixed.
Variety’s Todd McCarthy calls it [...]
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Posted on September 22nd, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
I crammed all my movies into Sunday evening and it’s late and I’m tired so I’m going to keep my half of this short. Let’s just say It wasn’t exactly a movie going weekend for the record books, but it could’ve been a lot worse.
First up was Ricky Gervais, Greg Kinnear and Téa Leoni in [...]
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Posted on September 20th, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
The more I see of this movie, the more I’m convinced it might be worth seeing just for Josh Brolin’s performance. He seems to have captured Bush effectively without stooping into caricature. I still doubt the movie will be any good or that it will change anyone’s opinion of our current president, but it might [...]
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Posted on August 29th, 2008 by Craig Kennedy
What am I not getting about this movie?
Source: Rope of Silicon
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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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