Posted in Blog on Apr 28th, 2008 No Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Apr 25th, 2008 No Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Apr 25th, 2008 No Comments »
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. Insomnia, [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Apr 25th, 2008 No Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Apr 25th, 2008 No Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Apr 25th, 2008 No Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Apr 25th, 2008 No Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Apr 25th, 2008 No Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Apr 25th, 2008 No Comments »
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. [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Apr 25th, 2008 No Comments »
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 [...]