Depp and DiCaprio In a Movie!
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…
Review: Charlie St. Cloud
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…
Review: Dinner for Schmucks
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…
Top 20 Movie Soundtracks of 2009
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…
To Film Critic Armond White: I Resent That
“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
In a toast to Chris Nolan’s big weekend, I decided to start my Saturdays are for Sleepers series off with Following, Nolan’s first feature. Nolan made the 70 minute film on a shoestring budget of $6000…
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…
For example, if your drinking buddy who claims American Pie 4 is his favorite movie tells you that The Sorcerer’s Apprentice rocks, you’re likely to nod, smile, and completely disregard his advice. But if your best friend…
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 #%@.
Film will be around, in some form (Smell-O-Vision anyone?), as long as humans continue to make art. People still paint after all, and we have been doing that for a while now…
This is the epiphany I experienced, that in the sci-fi genre, setting is king. The plot is a secondary vehicle to drive the audience through an imaginary universe. Insomuch as the setting is consistent, original, thought-provoking, and visually interesting, a science fiction film succeeds…
The latest Ridley Scott, Russell Crowe mash-up purports to be a realistic retelling of the Robin Hood legend. It really is just Gladiator 2 with Russell Crowe’s Roman general reincarnated as Robin Hood some thousand years later in feudal England…
Tony Stark is dying. The nuclear battery he created to save his life in the first Iron Man is slowly killing him in Iron Man 2. Easy fix. In order to save his own life, he only has to synthesize a new element. Two years ago, director Jon Favreau faced a similar challenge…
