It’s just a velvet rope, but to so many of us it might as well be a concrete wall. However does one get past it and make it “inside”?
ROCKNROLLA
There’s no school like the old school.
I Wanna Be Your Dog (MARLEY & ME Trailer)
It’s Lindsay’s birthday later this week – so I chose this week’s trailer in honour of her, and her love for canines everywhere. Not sure how good this movie is going to be, but this teaser is pretty much guaranteed to put you in a good mood.
TIFF Reaction: ME AND ORSON WELLES
Quite honestly – I chose this film based on the previous work of director Richard Linklater. The man responsible for DAZED & CONFUSED and WAKING LIFE has been responsible for some of the most maverick movies of our time. Then again, he was also responsible for remaking BAD NEWS BEARS and THE NEWTON BOYS. Could…
TIFF Reaction: COOPER’S CAMERA
Yesterday I wrote about not believing the hype. This afternoon, my theme could be don’t believe the trash. Of all the movies I picked to see, two of them snagged bad press before the festival started: I ended up loving them both. Then there was the flick I chose for today – COOPER’S CAMERA –…
TIFF Reaction: SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK
First things first: it’s pronounced sin-ECK-DA-key. Now that I have that out of the way, I’ll try to talk about this amazingly odd movie from the go-to-guy for amazingly odd, Charlie Kaufman. For those of you who don’t know, Kaufman wrote such strange stories as ADAPTATION, BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, AND ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS…
TIFF Reaction – ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO
Friday afternoon I welcomed director Guy Ritchie back to the age of jive – tonight I felt like extending the same welcome to director Kevin Smith. He of New Jersey birth and Degrassi obsession has been a tad lost for the last little while in my opinion – and I’m a fan! However, I’m happy…