A Pelican Poem

I am re-reading The House of Leaves, something I rarely do with books. Much time needs to pass, details forgotten for a while before the curiosity within me is risen again to opened once read pages again. But it has been known to happen. This time around I am particularly paying more attention to “The [...]

Movie Review: Marie Antoinette

Director: Sofia Coppola
Genre: History/Biography/Drama
Year: 2006

I hate to say it, but this might truly be the disappointment of the season. Having debuted on to the director’s stage with The Virgin Suicides, I was sure that young Coppola had nowhere to go but up. In this film, she had all the ingredients to make [...]

Movie Review: The Prestige

Director: Christopher Nolan
Genre: Drama/Fantasy/Mystery/Drama/Thriller
Year: 2006

Nolan made me a fan from the very beginning, when I watched Memento and quieckly made it one of my favorite all time films. That movie sparked me to see Following, his first feature film, shot independently and in black and white which I would also recommend. [...]

Movie Review: Amores Perros

Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Year: 2000

No, I did not just see this movie for the first time. In fact I saw it as soon as it made its way to the United States which at the time took a while, given that the Mexican Film Industry was really just beginning this reinsurgency under [...]

Movie Review: A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

Director: Dito Montiel
Genre: Cirme/Drama
Year: 2006

I’m falling behind again with my reviews, wouldn’t you know it, it is the end of the month when work piles up and I can not do the fun stuff that I would normally give preference to. In either case, it is a shame that i review this move [...]

Movie Review: Lucky Number Slevin

Director: Paul McGuigan
Genre: Crime/Drama/Thriller
Year: 2006

With a hint of Guy Ritchie, in its mood, this movie is thoroughly entertaining and while certainly no Oscar material, there is more than enough here to tickle most people’s brains in a pleasant way. The story is one of misdirection, and this is given to you right off [...]

Movie Review: Brick

Director: Rian Johnson
Genre: Crime/Drama/Mystery
Year: 2005

I had had my eyes on this from the very beginning. Long before the previews came out…in fact, since all Focus had on their website was a synopsis. The idea sounded simply intruiging and seeing the final result I can honestly that they achieved what they set out to [...]

Movie Review: The Covenant

Director: Renny Harlin
Genre: Action/Horror/Thriller
Year: 2006

Why did I go see this movie?

No, that is not a rethorical question, I really want to know what possessed me to see this movie. Typical teenage fest which held no promise and only had a witchy twist to go for it. Even after seeing the previews I ended [...]

Movie Review: The Departed

Director: Martin Scorsese
Genre: Crime/Drama/Thriller
Year: 2006

I had not seen anything by Scorsese since Bringing Out the Dead and Gangs of New York both movies which I really enjoyed. Needless to say, I knew that I was going to have to see this movie on opening weekend, which thankfully I was able to do.

I have [...]

Movie Review: Open Season

Director: Roger Allers, Jill Culton & Anthony Stacchi
Genre: Animation/Family/Adventure/Comedy
Year: 2006

This is probably the first movie I see that is directed by three people (well, not counting Three Extremes, which is different, each director in that one directed a part of it). And you would think that putting three heads together would make [...]