Posted in Movie Reviews on Jun 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
Song of the day: “Ready or Not” by The Fugees Special Director: Hal Haberman, Jeremy Passmore Genre: Drama Year: 2006 There is nothing wrong with Les (Michael Rapaport; Hitch, 29 Palms). Sure he lives alone well into his thirties and seems to have no real relationships, unless you want to count his friendship with the [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Jun 16th, 2009 No Comments »
Song of the Day: “blood red blood” by Good Luck at the Gunfight Goya’s Ghosts Director: Milos Forman Genre: Drama Year: 2006 The movie is called, Goya’s Ghosts….not Francisco Goya. This is important because you do not want to walk into this movie like I did, expecting the story about Francisco Goya and instead getting [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Jun 12th, 2009 No Comments »
Song of the Day: “Attitude” by Hardnox Doubt Director: John Patrick Shanley Genre: Drama/Mystery Year: 2008 Without a doubt – no pun intended – one of the best films of 2008 and timely, in the sense that lately the Catholic Church has been under scrutiny over its actions or the actions of many of its [...]
Posted in Blog on Jun 8th, 2009 No Comments »
This is a recent video I watch on my TEDTalks subscription, and felt like sharing. That first poem makes me shiver. Hope you like it.
Posted in Movie Reviews on Jun 8th, 2009 No Comments »
Song of the day: “Chant of a Poor Man” by Leftfield Up Director: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson Genre: Comedy/Animation/Adventure/Action/Family Year: 2009 The name of Pixar has become synonymous with quality assurance. The only movie of theirs I have not seen is Cars and from what I understand, even that film, in comparison to other animated [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Jun 5th, 2009 No Comments »
Song of the Day: “Breed” by Snake River Conspiracy Star Trek Director: J. J. Abrams Genre: Sci-Fi/Adventure/Action Year: 2009 Ok, so I am not a big Star Trek fan. At all. I do not know what the difference is between a Klingon and a Romulan is aside from one race potentially being better at clinging [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Jun 4th, 2009 No Comments »
Song of the Day: “Ghetto Rock” by Mos Def The Soloist I have to say that Joe Wright is quickly rising up on my list of good directors. His Pride & Prejudice definitely surprised me with its stellar cinematography, solid directing and superior acting. Atonement went on to get nominated for a Best Picture Oscar [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Jun 3rd, 2009 No Comments »
Song of the day: “Gone” by Kanye West feat. Consequence and Cam’Ron Timecrimes Director: Nacho Vigalondo Genre: Thriller/Suspense/Crime/Drama/Sci-Fi Year: 2007 Time travel movies are often difficult to make, mostly due to the differing schools of thought regarding how time travel actually works. The fact that nobody has really time traveled makes it difficult to say [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Jun 2nd, 2009 No Comments »
Song of the Day: “Protect Me From What I Want” – Placebo I have a number of reviews I wrote yesterday from my long list, they will, however, be released to you one at a time, because we do not want you to O.D. on them. Right? However, before I release those, I will release [...]
Posted in Movie Reviews on Jun 1st, 2009 2 Comments »
Song of the Day: “The Christmas Sound” by The Swimmers The Spanish Apartment Director: Cédric Klapisch Genre: Drama/Comedy/Romance Year: 2002 Xavier (Romain Duris; The Beat my Heart Skipped) just wants a job, but the place where he knows he might get one is telling him that he is going to need to get some sort [...]