Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Just got around to reading John H. Richardson’s nearly two-year old Esquire article on Paul Thomas Anderson (The Secret History of Paul Thomas Anderson). In it he tells how PTA quit film school at New York University because of two myopic (my word) professors. The one dissed Terminator 2. The second, graded him a C [...]
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Rather than burden my post with whyfor or reason, I’ll simply list my picks along with what attracted me:
500 Days of Summer (2009, Dir. Marc Webb, Cast Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gorden-Levitt) Attraction: Joseph Gorden-Levitt
Hunger (2008, Dir. Steve McQueen, Cast Michael Fassbender, Stuart Graham) Attraction: Starvation death of iconic leader — tons of fun!
The Hurt Locker [...]
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While most Philadelphians are spending this morning recuperating from a week of joyous celebration after the Phillies World Series win, my celebrating has just begun with today’s New York Times 2008 holiday movie guide. Following are my pics taken among their pics.
Boy in the Stripped Pajamas, The (2008, dir. Mark Herman with Vera Farmiga and [...]
Thursday, January 17, 2008
The 2008 Sundance Film Festival runs January 17-27. Below are a few of my picks from this year’s crop:
Be Kind Rewind, (2007, Dir. Michel Gondry, Cast: Jack Black, Mos Def, Danny Glover) This is almost like a mandatory pick from the director of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Science of Sleep.
Choke, [...]
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Saturday, December 1, 2007
12 Monkeys (1995, Dir. Terry Gilliam) – Kathryn Riley (Madeleine Stowe) makes a call to the future where Cole (Bruce Willis) tells her his superiors can be reached. The number ends up being for a carpet cleaning company, and she is instructed to leave a message. In her enthusiasm, she leaves the message, “Have a [...]
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Friday, November 16, 2007
Cinephile that I am, winter holidays start with movies. I have over 500 DVD’s, so only need to grab a few favorites off the shelf.
JFK, (Dir. Oliver Stone, 1991)
Election month and all. Also, my husband was born on November [...]
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Saturday, September 22, 2007
I caught the Eastern Promises trailer on apple.com/trailers and wasn’t interested. Even passed up a free preview screening. It wasn’t until an NRP interview with director David Cronenberg and lead actor Viggo Mortensen that I got interested. The story sounded so dark and desperate. If for nothing else, I recommend the film because of Mortensen’s [...]
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Saturday, September 8, 2007
3:10 to Yuma with Russell Crowe and Christian Bale is worth seeing in the theater. Christian Bale is singular. Russell Crowe is ominous. One could say Man vs. Man … don’t be fooled. This flick is Man vs. God. Crowe as God. Bale as Man. Simply, God always has the power to destroy Man. But [...]
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The 13th Annual Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival is scheduled to run July 12-24, 2007. I probably wouldn’t mention this event so far in advance if it weren’t for a suspicious looking piece of mail I received today … a white paper covered, plastic wrapped magazine bearing only my name and bulk rate [...]
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Yesterday, I received a non-descript piece of mail informing me that Premiere magazine folded with their April 2007 issue, and in its place I would begin receiving US Magazine for my remaining subscription period. (See Variety’s That’s a wrap for movie magazines.)
In 1987, I spotted the very first issue of Premiere magazine. (Sorry for the [...]
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