You know what movies I LOVE? Igby Goes Down, Rushmore and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. This is none of those movies. Charlie Bartlett was supposed to come out last summer but it didn’t. I’m not sure if it had anything to do with Virginia Tech, but maybe because of like psychoactive drugs and suicidal teenagers, [...]
Ratatouille just beat out Persepolis for Best Animated Feature at the Oscars (boo) and then it showed up from Netflix yesterday! Since it beat such an awesome (if subtitled) movie and has been advertised as The Best Reviewed Movie Of The Year, I was hoping it would be pretty great. But it was pretty mediocre. [...]
Anyone who’s anyone – that is, anyone who reads Defamer – has heard about how the plot for Be Kind Rewind was (maybe) copied (probably just a coincidence) from an episode of Amanda “Ellen Page? Where the Fuck is My Oscar Nomination?!” Bynes’ old Nickelodeon show (the impeccably titled) The Amanda Show. I think this [...]
So fool’s gold the thing is like a glittery rock that tricks idiots into thinking it’s actual gold. Fool’s Gold the movie has sexy fun posters, the presence of two hot and OK actors (Kate Hudson and Matthew McCona…MacConna…Mc…who gives a shit, just take off your shirt) who were pretty cute together in How to [...]
Hey, a movie that I don’t feel compelled to tag with ‘misogynist’! Hooray! Actually, I sort of love this movie. I saw it on accident because Atonement was sold out and didn’t know anything about it except someone “heard it was good” and “was based on a graphic novel or something.” So. Yes, it is [...]
Today is J.K. Simmons’ birthday, so let’s celebrate with a long delayed review of critically lauded Juno. Ah, Juno. A girl-centric, teen-angst studio movie with an indie-sensibility (or, is that just pandering?) As you may already know, this movie is clever and charming. It’s certainly likable, but not painfully so. Ellen Page is Juno MacGuff - [...]
[Poster not shown because it makes me hate John C. Riley, which is a bad thing] This movie kind of shocked me by being funny. Funny with a very on-the-nose, Airplane-esque silliness (Riley plays Cox at age 12 and up, which is handled by constantly mentioning his age (“But Dewey, you’re only 14!!!”)). Also, it’s [...]
Wondering how to leave your lover? Make them watch How to Leave Your Lover, then they’ll leave you! Get it? Cause this movie sucks. Owen (Paul Schneider) is a single writer in Los Angeles (omg, I’m sure the writer/director wasn’t drawing from his own experiences) who finally decides to “break up with his life” and leave L.A. [...]
I really miss the days when it was totally acceptable for someone who looked like Dexter Fletcher (nice name!) to be the romantic lead opposite Ione Skye at the peak of her hotness. Actually, no, I don’t. But such was the world in 1989 and it was this world that brought us The Rachel Papers [...]
First of all, I am totally susceptible to cartoony-posters like this one. I love them and they make me think “Ooh! Quirky but heartwarming with clever dialogue and subtle but deliberate performances!” I am probably reading too much into that. Anyway, the names Laura Linney and Phillip Seymour Hoffman make me think similar thoughts. So [...]