I am starting a new thing here – I want to talk about the things that are coming , because it will be interesting to see how expectation fares when actuality bumps up against it. I can flatly say that Read more…
Tag: film
Some movies have to try hard to impress you, and they revel in their showiness. Other movies are quietly confident that based on the strength of the story and the solid performances that they give – the richness and truth Read more…
Interesting film. Comes sideways at the storyline, dresses itself in a lot of metaphors and allusions and does, in some small way manage to evoke an emotional response. It reminded me a little of a Peter Greenaway film – a Read more…
It’s taken me a while to see this, and I find nothing odd in that. Of the Ben Stiller films that are going to make it to the top of my must see list this is not one of the Read more…
This is a weird premise for a comedy of errors. I don’t know if I can believe it would happen or not. Is that even relevant? The characters themselves do convince, and I can see someone like Bateman’s character getting Read more…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKPGzX5kZd0&w=500&h=405] I don\’t usually just recycle things which I come across on the internet, but Warren Ellis has been posting a lot of things about Delia Derbyshire this week, and sitting there watching the above documentary and listening to the Read more…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j08fvUk67U&w=425&h=344] I have relatives who are in the armed services and I have had friends who are in the armed services so I have always been one of those people who, even if I don\’t support the war, have always Read more…
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Director: Matthew Ogens; Featuring: Maxwell Allen, Christopher Dennis, Jennifer Wenger, Joseph McQueen; Running Time: 92 Mins; Rated: R Lookalikes get some real stick, and I’ll admit, I’ve dished some out myself. They’re kind of viewed as the most out there Read more…
Director: Alexandra Shiva; Running Time: 79 Mins Stagedoor is a documentary about Stagedoor Manor summer camp, a theatrical program in the Catskills, and gives the viewer a surprisingly compelling insight into the drama that goes on behind the scenes. I Read more…