I finally saw The Curious Case of Benjamin Button this weekend. Oh boy, did I see it. For 3 hours I saw it and saw it. Longer if you count the 9 or 10 times I’ve seen Forrest Gump. The fact that this movie was nominated for 11 Academy Awards makes me seriously question whether [...]
This brilliant idea came to me while I was driving to work, seething about how much I hated Benjamin Button (more on that later). Please feel free to add your own (probably better) titles in the comments. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button = The Curious Case of Benjamin’s Butthole Frost/Nixon = Cocks/Lickem Milk = [...]
I struggled for a while, as to whether I should tag Paul Blart: Mall Cop with “comedy” or “horror.” I won’t go in to the whys and hows that answer the way in which I ended up seeing this movie, suffice to say it has something to do with imitation Goldfish crackers, iPhone malfunctions and [...]
Why not? 115 other people think it’s a great idea. Do it! And if you didn’t click through yesterday, check out my Jean-Claude Van Damme guest post on LASnark.
Is there anything better than a SearchingOutOldGirlfriends movie? Well, maybe a Jean-Claude Van Damme double feature, but besides that. In an instance similar to more recent efforts like The Wrestler, Jim Jarmusch‘s 2005 mid-life drama Broken Flowers never could have worked without the sensibilities of its star, in this case Bill Murray. Murray plays Don [...]
I’ve come to a conclusion. It’s a big, sweeping, unnecessary conclusion, but as I finished watching Neil LaBute‘s The Shape of Things the other day, it became painfully obvious. Brace yourself. With very few exceptions, I do not like movies based on stage plays. Good, bad, mediocre. Well directed with stars or haphazard with unknowns. It [...]
Another Holocaust movie? No, thanks. Nazi zombies getting killed with chainsaws? Yes, please! Thanks, Rush Blogg!
Let the Right One In is one of those movies that just kind of comes out of nowhere. As a matter of fact, I had heard nothing of it until I started following awards season buzz and the Internet was all atwitter. So I went in not knowing much about it except for the dreaded [...]
Prediction #1: I will not watch the Golden Globes and instead spend tomorrow morning reading recaps and looking at fashion photo galleries online instead of doing work. Apart from that, here are my other predictions, keeping in mind that I haven’t actually seen all the nominees….actually, I don’t think that is an important part of [...]
Hey, someone that I have never met actually found my blog! Her name is Jennifer and she’s the President & Founder of the Alliance of Women Film Journalists, yet another professional group which I am woefully underqualified to join. However, since they were kind enough to email me (I’m a real blogger now!) I guess [...]