Perhaps the best way to explain the strange days we find ourselves in, is to tell an even stranger story. IN THE LOOP is a brilliant British satire chronicling a world’s march to war. It would seem as though wars these days are really sparked by one person’s words getting misconstrued. What begins as off-the-cuff…
Back to Basics – THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT
You’ll never look at a ping pong ball the same way again.
MOON
If the cloud bursts thunder in your ear,You shout and no one seems to hear,If the band you’re in starts playing different tunes,I’ll see you on the dark side of the moon… That classic bit of prog rock sums up my last bit of DVD watchin’ quite nicely I’d say! Sam Rockwell plays Sam Bell,…
Back to Basics – MULHOLLAND DRIVE
The fact that this film is beginning to make sense to me might be a sign that I’ve watched it too many times.
PONTYPOOL
I’m almost ashamed to admit that I’m not in touch with Canadian cinema the way I should be. For this reason, brilliance like PONTYPOOL gets past me like a slow wobbling lob-in from the red line. Already on DVD in Canada, and hitting DVD shelves Stateside later this month, PONTYPOOL is a thriller from director…
Soderbergh Blog-a-Thon Day Two: The Perfect Drug
Yesterday for the LAMB’s Steven Soderbergh Blog-a-Thon, I posted links to three of my reviews. Today I’ll be writing about another movie, but I don’t really intend for this to be a review. See I do indeed count Soderbergh as a director I admire, and of his movies TRAFFIC is easily my favorite. No only…
TIFF 2009 – Day 9 (Wherein We Get Dispatches on a Multitude of Movies)
We’ve almost reached the end of the yellow brick road my little pretties. Two more days left until we roll up the red carpets for another year. While the early part of my day today will be spent basking in the goodness that was last night’s U2 concert, my buzz won’t go away. Today, finally…