Category: Movies & TV
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I’m One of Them Now
Take my love. Take my land. Take me where I cannot stand. I don’t care, I’m still free. You can’t take the sky from me. Take me out to the black. Tell ’em I ain’t comin’ back. Burn the land and boil the sea. You can’t take the sky from me. Have no place I…
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Love Actually
I’ve watched about 98% of this movie as I write this. A few thoughts: 1) Now I know what ‘feel good film’ means to British people: Tell America to piss off, eliminate centuries of intense classist culture, and get your romantic mush with a spike of shagging. 2) Not too bad for a laugh (I’m…
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Fahrenheit 9/11
Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 is a blistering and scrutinizing condemnation of George W. Bush, and the administration he represents. Moore presents a case with about two or three major threads. He presents his argument on how, through political connections, media connections, and Congressional weakness, Bush was falsely placed at the head of the U.S. government…
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Spellbound
This documentary’s basic premise is to follow eight kids as they try to win a national spelling bee. It sounds a bit lame, but the actual result is far more intriguing. The film’s first segment is… difficult. These kids are A) coming out of a very challenging situation, or B) very different from their peers,…
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Heat: The Ultimate Cops & Robbers Film
Rewatching Heat tonight on DVD (as I type, even). What a great film. The music direction could’ve used a bit of help, but other than that it’s a genre masterpiece. After this, all Cops & Robbers caper movies are just shadows on the cave wall. Heat is basically Micheal Mann saying, “Alright, I’m going to…
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Wow. Kubrick’s definitely consistent with his pacing, that’s for sure. But fortunately he’s also consistent with his brilliance. It’s also fortunate that our nuclear scientists weren’t actually quite so questionable as Dr. Strangelove, in spite of the end result of their work. Creepy synchronicity note: when we flipped over to the TV signal upon finishing…
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Party Monster
Just watched this DVD with Alisa. It was OK. Not bad, but not great. Seth Green does a great job as club kid ‘original’ James St. James (author of the novel about the events upon which the film is based). Macaulay Culkin does a passable job as club kid ‘flameout’ Michael Alig, that occasionally really…
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
The third Harry Potter film, based on the third Harry Potter novel, is definitely the best of the series thus far. I believe it’s largely due to three factors: 1) it’s based on the best of the first three books (and one of the best thus far), 2) Alfonso Cuarón directs this time around, and…
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Pieces of April
Just saw this film on DVD tonight with Alisa. It’s a touching, but unique story about a young woman (April) and her family, with her boyfriend Bobby as a secondary arc. The movie shows both halves of an obviously fragmented family as they journey towards Thanksgiving dinner, as hosted by the black sheep April, played…
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David Caruso, Actorbot
If you have ever been subjected to CSI: Miami, then you probably know just how terrible the show is. I won’t get into everything I find detestable about this show*, or why I have enough experience with it to dislike it with such vigor and specificity, but I will say this: David Caruso has one…
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