burning up inside
I skipped the oscars, with a sneer. but now i’ve read all these trivial details about it, and wish I could watch it. it appears it is not available anywhere online? what the &#@^!? in this day and age? rage.
but. I maintain that Cloud Atlas was the only truly remarkable achievement that advanced the art of filmmaking last year. and it wasn’t nominated for anything. so. F the oscars.
Continue reading “Recently Watched Gems (Killer Joe, Robot & Frank, Pontypool) … and other things…”
Wow. Lucky McKee’s The Woman was a kick in the guts. Wildly thrilling in the manner and style in which it strives to be deeply distressing. …? I’m not sure how to describe it. Probably need to sleep on it, and stew a bit… But it’s certainly delivers the unexpected!
Continue reading “The Woman (2011) – 5/5”
I watched The Day tonight. Gentle reader, do not watch this “movie.”
Continue reading “The Day (2011): 2/5”
The wife and I found a babysitter and managed to get out and see Django Unchained earlier tonight.
Continue reading “Django Unchained : (intitial thoughts) ?/!”
Saw Jack Reacher a few hours ago and totally dug it.
Continue reading “Jack Reacher – Pretty Hard Good! 4 out of 3 stars”
Watched Kenneth Lonergan‘s Margaret last night, and was thoroughly rocked. Thought it was superb.
Continue reading “Margaret (2011) – 15/15 stars”
I watched Wim Wenders’s The End of Violence (1997), a couple nights ago, in lieu of sleep. Continue reading “The End of Violence: ?? / !”
Snuck away from child rearing today, and drove 50 minutes down to Eugene to see The Dark Knight Rises in IMAX. Here are some quick thoughts, as I try to piece together an opinion.
Continue reading “The Dark Knight Rises : ? / 10”
I enjoyed MovieBob’s recent brief look back at why Batman (1989) mattered. But i also think he really didn’t dig very deep.
So here are my further thoughts:
Continue reading “Thinking back on Batman (1989)”