At least once or twice this winter, the conversation of whether animated features should qualify for best picture has come up around the blogosphere. To those who still count themselves amongst the naysayers, have I got a movie for you…a doc about Disney’s renaissance from 1984 to 1994 called WAKING SLEEPING BEAUTY. The doc is…
You may recall that late last year, I started this series where I get my fellow movie-lovers to check out some 80’s and 90’s pop culture touchstones that they might have missed to see how they hold up to a fresh pair of eyes. So far, the entries in this series – THE BREAKFAST CLUB,…
I’ve mentioned before, that all things being equal I prefer to see a film in a cinema versus home theatre. My exhibit A would have to be ANIMAL KINGDOM. This Australian film is the story of The Cody family in Melbourne. After his mother dies of a heroin overdose, teenaged Joshua goes to live with…
I first remember excitedly talking about this film around this time last year. Strangely, its theatrical release came & went without a glimpse from yours truly. It be’s that way sometimes. NOWHERE BOY is the story of a young John Lennon (Aaron Johnson). He’s a teenaged hellion who has little use for school, and is…
Sometimes, you have to realize the universe is trying to tell you something and make a point of seeing something. In the same day, two of the Row Three crew got into Roman Polanski conversations with me completely unbeknownst to one another. Admittedly, my Polanski vocabulary is weak, so I took the cue to start…
Go figure. I’m on track to see more movies in a theatre this year than ever before…and one still gets past me. Gotta love being able to double back on dvd. The selection at hand was THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT, directed by Lisa Cholodenko. It’s the story of Jules and Nic (Julianne Moore &…
When I first had the idea to ask people who’d never seen some pop culture touchstones to watch them and tell me what they thought, I had thoughts on which films would stand the test of time and which ones wouldn’t. “Surely” I said to myself “Ferris is still the man.” Enter Castor Troy. Sir…
