Doubt

Doubt is not the most explosive, heartwarming, or exciting film that came out over Christmas. At times very quiet, and at other times extremely and dramatically loud, the film creates a haunting, unsettling affect. With solid performances and beautiful cinematography (though not necessarily the most creative, with twisted angles representing the disorder the characters find themselves [...]

Dear Jesus

I was reading an essay the other day about the book Martha, Inc. The author of Martha, Inc. apparently makes some comments about her hysterectomy that implies that she did it as a form of birth control. The essayist claims that only a man could make such an assumption.
I was reminded of this post. Am I [...]

Delayed, De-Iced

Flying is my least favorite pastime. The stress of the long lines and insecure departure times, the tiny bottles of liquids packaged in plastic bags, taking off my shoes and walking where many have walked before, walking three miles to my gate with the hopefully-not-too-large-carry-on I didn’t have time to check, the Guantanamo-like security officers [...]

in 25 years there wont be any animals in movies

robinson curueso on mars is fantastic, for the first twenty minutes.  all the stuff on the spaceship is as funny and cool as darkstar.  the ship is claustrophobic and there’s no gravity.  the relationship between the two astronauts — cmdr. christopher ‘kit’ draper and col. dan mcready — is tender.  and there’s a monkey on-board [...]

R.I.P. Eartha Kitt

Christmas with Valkyrie

One thing about being in Mexico on Christmas (something my astoundingly American family tends to do) is you miss out on that wonderful Christmas tradition of the movie theatre. Everything in Casas Grandes is dubbed into Spanish (a language my American family knows very little about). One thing about being in Mexico on Christmas is [...]

Punishment Park

Watching Punishment Park made me realize that I am a potential film scholar (I love calling myself that) and I should probably spend more time watching Peter Walkins films rather than reviewing Forgetting Sarah Marshall (a surprisingly funny and too harshly criticized romantic comedy, I think).
This is the cinema verite, psuedo-documentary style done right (for [...]

Forget Yourself

So there’s my boy toy Scott at He Shot Cyrus take just got picked up to write for FilmThreat.com and then there’s me…too lazy to go down the street to the coffee shop and type out a few blogs I wrote out on some scraps of paper a couple weeks ago:
Forgetting Sarah Marshall: Forget This [...]

alphabutt part 2

here’s my list:
a: asphalt jungle or all about eve
b: bill and teds excellent adventure or the birds
c: chameleon street
d: darkstar or duel in the sun
e: the empire strikes back or the equinox: a journey into the supernatural
f: faces or fireworks
g: grey gardens
h: holy mountain or honeymoon killers
i: inland empire
j: joan of arc, the passion of
k: [...]

AlphaButt

A while ago there was a challenge going around to list your favorite movies: one for every letter of the alphabet. Is it too late to participate? Does anyone care anymore?

All the Real Girls
Badlands (B was definitely the hardest. In close second was The Brood)
Cecil B. Demented
Dont Look Back
Empire Records
Fargo
Godfather II (The Good, the Bad, [...]