I was planning to post what I’d promised. Unfortunately, due to the lateness of the hour and the uncooperative nature of the blogging instruments I employ (let’s just say that fonts, italics, and bold print are not behaving in a proper manner), my Fall 2006/what I’ll be watching this summer post will have to [...]
Archive for May, 2006
it’s late…
Posted in Uncategorized on May 29, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I misspoke…
Posted in Uncategorized on May 27, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The best film of 2005 is NOT Munich but…
Seek this out. It is taut, unnerving, and unforgettable. It will be released on DVD June 27th by Sony Pictures Classics.
up next…
Posted in Uncategorized on May 27, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I’m going to crash and watch some stuff on TiVo. Expect my analysis of what the networks are offering this fall, their schedules, and also what I’ll be watching this summer. It should be up sometime either late tomorrow night or early Sunday morning.
Extremely Evil – How 20th Century Fox Killed The "X-Men" Movie Franchise
Posted in Uncategorized on May 27, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
In the summer of 2000, movie studio 20th Century Fox was all set to release the highly anticipated first film based on a Marvel Comics property, X-Men. One small problem – 20th Century Fox President Tom Rothman HATED it. The film, helmed by the acclaimed director of The Usual Suspects, Bryan Singer, had gone [...]
a true masterwork…
Posted in Uncategorized on May 14, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
A charge often directed at Steven Spielberg, a fair one I think, is that if he makes a film that’s not factually-based, it is an exercise in Nerf: all main characters live and no harm comes to them. This wasn’t the case in the past – certainly not in Jaws. But these claims are put [...]
Director Wolfgang Petersen is best known for his…
Posted in Uncategorized on May 14, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Director Wolfgang Petersen is best known for his claustrophobic 1981 film Das Boot. This year he returns to the theme of waterlogged seafaring vessels, one he revisited in 2000’s The Perfect Storm. This time it’s a remake of Irwin Allen’s campy 1972 film The Poseidon Adventure.
It’s New Year’s Eve and several stock characters, including the [...]
change of plans…
Posted in Uncategorized on May 14, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The reviews of Friends With Money and Art School Confidential will have to wait as I won’t be able to see them until next week, most likely Wednesday.
The reason? It’s quite an easy explanation actually. I’ve gotten the chance to see this…
for free. And you know me – if it’s free, I’m there. So expect [...]
well…
Posted in Uncategorized on May 10, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I plan to see Friends With Money and the opening-wide-this-weekend Terry Zwigoff film Art School Confidential. I saw The Sentinel the night I was to see Friends With Money as I was the doting son and let my mother decide what she wanted to see.
I saw Mission: Impossible III last Friday night. It was the [...]
