If you live in L.A., read this blog, and don’t know about American Cinematheque, well honestly, you probably don’t exist, but if you do! Check them out because they have a lot of (some) cool programs and some REALLY cool ones. Last year I went to a screening of The Dark Knight with a Q&A [...]
I know no one is going to stand up and clap for me and there aren’t any Supreme Court Justices to tell me I’ve got my facts wrong, but that’s OK because I think I’ve got my facts right: My blogging habits stink. I don’t blog. I start posts and never finish them. I see [...]
Some day I will stop getting excited about movies. I will learn my lesson and go into even the most highly touted and slickly marketed film skeptical and broken. Unfortunately this has not happened yet and in I went to see A Single Man expecting Tom Ford to translate his piercing stare and effortless style [...]
If you haven’t seen Avatar, there are a lot of reasons that you should. It’s technically and visually spectacular. It’s made a billion dollars (not like, “Haha — it made like a billion dollars!” but actually, literally, a billion dollars). So that means it probably is some kind of cultural touchstone now so that if [...]
Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) travels a lot. He flies all over the country telling people that they’ve been fired but it’s going to be OK. He rarely sees his sisters and has no wife, children, girlfriend or dog. He is happy that way. UNTIL ONE DAY HE IS NOT. The movie opens with a series [...]
Last week I had the pleasure of attending a screening of Wes Anderson’s newest foray into style and humor (most people call this a movie), Fantastic Mr. Fox. I don’t normally use phrases like “I had the pleasure of..” but it really was a pleasure! I don’t mean like the dirty, carnal pleasure I get [...]
If you’ve been to the movies in the past year, I can almost guarantee that you saw this trailer at least once. I happened to see it about 12 times (I wish I were exaggerating) and it got to the point where if I heard Jamie Foxx say “I’ve had a few setbacks” and cue [...]
I know you’re having an Oscar party, so don’t forget your printable pdf ballot. It’s funny, last year I probably saw more movies at the theatre than in any other year of my life. For only the second time in my life (the first time being last year), I’ve see all of the Best Picture [...]
Last night I had the pleasure of attending a panel hosted by Creative Screenwriting Magazine that included 6 of 10 Oscar nominated screenwriters for this year. The panelists are listed below, followed by a pithy commentary on their personality: Simon Beaufoy – Slumdog Millionaire (Best Adapted Screenplay) Charmingly bumbling short British guy in a tan [...]
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 [...]