Some may argue that What’s Eating Gilbert Grape is no sleeper. The only collaboration between Depp and Dicaprio (that I know of) saw a limited release in December, 1993…
First off, do not make the mistake of dismissing Charlie St. Cloud because of Zac Efron. If this movie proves anything, its that Zac Efron is a talented actor. The movie has it’s flaws, but Efron’s passionate performance is one of it’s strengths…
Dinner for Schmucks is essentially a morality play with one simple moral: be tolerant of idiots. Ironically, the film itself is an exercise in that kind of tolerance…
For example, the soundtrack for The Hurt Locker was nominated for an Academy Award, but its not on my list. While I think it aided the film immensely, the Hurt Locker soundtrack was predominantly non-musical; it was more of a soundscape than a soundtrack. The set of soundtracks I’ve picked is diverse, but all of them are, at least in part, listenable in day-to-day settings…
“I think really, there should be no film critics – okay, let’s change the age – there should be no film critics younger than 30. Because before that you don’t know enough about art, you don’t know enough about life…” ~Armond White
The American, yet another movie about an American assassin in Europe, opens September 21st. A lean George Clooney stars in his first role as an action hero since Batman & Robin… Ouch. I just felt the air go out of the room…
Inception is a labyrinth, a mental puzzle about the puzzle of the mind. Puzzled? You will be, but if you pay close attention, you will escape the maze wholly satisfied in the experience, awed by the extraordinary things you have seen…
In other news, Sylvester Stallone is looking less like an action hero and more like an action figure every day. He has enough plastic in his face to melt down and build a tonka truck. The guy turned 64 years old last month, and yes, it is amazing that he still does his own stunts…
The last two movies to have me in this much of a frenzy before their release were The Dark Knight, Christopher Nolan’s last movie, and Shutter Island, Leonardo DiCaprio’s last film. Inception has Nolan and Leo…
I find it ironic that the frontman of The Killers, on his first trip out without the rest of the band, finds himself about to be killed. Brandon Flowers’s video for “Crossfire,” the first single off his upcoming solo record, released this week. The video would have been more suited to a song titled “How Does One Survive Death by Ninja?” The answer to which is, of course, just call in Charlize Theron to kick #%@.
