Yesterday evening, I couldn’t decide on what trailer to post today. I thought about THE WATCHMEN, but felt it a tad redundant given that many of you who read this already saw it before THE DARK KNIGHT. Then last night…a brand new trailer online…and a clear cut choice for today’s post. Here you go Potter…
Blood on The Tracks
No top five today. I couldn’t come up with a good enough topic and took that as a sign that after almost a year I needed to take a week off to reload (though feel free to suggest a subject for next week’s five). While this little bit of news might be “so last week”,…
Selling the Drama
OK, misery loves company, so please tell me I’m not alone on this… So there’s The Hatter, on a sunny Sunday afternoon approaching the monument to commerce that is his downtown movie theatre. After a week to soak in the goodness that was THE DARK KNIGHT, he felt like seeing it again. This time though,…
Science Fiction Double Feature (12 Movies Meme)
Coulda swore I started writing a new blog to get away from memes…but I guess the old bumper sticker is right: Memes Happen. This one came from the good folks over at Lazy Eye Theatre, who were inspired by the recent week of programming that Diablo Cody got to put together. In a way I…
Keep On Looking: THE CONVERSATION
(This piece was written for L.A.M.B.’s Movie of The Month feature. More opinions about THE CONVERSATION by like-minded bloggers can be found here) I can clearly remember the first time I took note of a film’s editing. It was early 2001 and the movie was REQUIEM FOR A DREAM. The film’s finale is so incredibly…
Why?
Rumours were at a fever pitch that Paramount is working on a sequel to TOP GUN. Earlier this week, the stories went one step further and started to say that Tom Cruise would be up for reprising his role as Pete “Maverick” Mitchell. News of this has me repeating the same word over and over…
News of The World iii
Toronto International Film Fest released its list of titles for the midnight madness programme, and as always they sound suitably disturbing. I must say though, that JCVD might have me staying up past my bedtime! The complete list of the twisted and terrifying midnight tales after the jump. JCVD Mabrouk El Mechri, France/Luxembourg/BelgiumInternational PremiereJean-Claude Van…