DVD REVIEW: UGLY BETTY, SEASON 1
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CLASH OF THE TARTANS: CARVED
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE STUDIO: TartanMSRP: $19.95RATED: NRRUNNING TIME: 90 MinutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Trailer• TV Spots • Behind the Scenes• Cast InterviewsNote: All screencaps have been crafted to best approximate the experience of viewing the film. Accordingly, there are no entertaining captions. The Pitch A chick with a gash for a mouth (slang) isn’t … Continue reading
DELLAMORTE DOES BOX OFFICE – 10/19/07
I receive a little reader mail (I’d guestimate 80% is positive, and 15% are corrective notes like “Hey, you were wrong about Lolita’s gross you nattering nabob!”* And then I check my bank accounts, see that my investments in India have paid off, and cry myself to sleep on piles of money.). But I did … Continue reading
DAMON NOT AS DONE WITH BOURNE AS HE WAS FIVE MONTHS AGO
The only surprising aspect to Matt Damon suggesting, during the Japan junket for Ocean’s Thirteen, that he could conceivably return to the Bourne franchise if, in a few years, Paul Greengrass comes calling is that it kinda diminishes the brave finality of this statement from the Cannes Ocean’s Thirteen press conference back in May: "We … Continue reading
DERN: THE MOVIE
Admit it. Once or twice in your life, you’ve asked yourself, "If it came down to it, if I had no other choice, if the fate of the world hung in the balance… how much Dern could I take?" Well, my friend, you’re about to find out. Bruce Dern, Laura Dern and Diane Ladd (who’s … Continue reading
STEADY LEAK: NICKY’S SHRINKING PANTS BULGE #7
Where the author tells you of the many things out there that make him want to become a master thief with an exceptionally large basement to hoard the myriad material things worth owning and loving. Installment One.Installment Two.Installment Three.Installment Four.Installment Five.Installment Six.Message Board Discussion. Good day. The love of consumption is a shameful yet glorious … Continue reading
DVD REVIEW: SAW III – DIRECTOR’S CUT
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: LionsgateMSRP: $18.89RATED: UnratedRUNNING TIME: 120 minutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • Commentary by Tobin Bell and Shawnee Smith• Commentary by executive producer / writer Leigh Whannell• Commentary by director Darren Lynn Bousman and actor J Larose• Jigsaw’s Plan trivia game• Choose the Death• Music video: Killer Inside – Messed Up World• Looking … Continue reading
THE DIVING BELL AND THE FORGETTABLE POSTER
I’m not posting this image because it’s striking or, in fact, any good. Just the opposite, in fact. The Diving Bell And The Butterfly is one of the most impressive films I’ve seen in what’s shaping up to be a truly great year for movies, and I’m frightened that people might see this in a … Continue reading
REVIEW: GONE BABY GONE (RUSS’ TAKE)
There’s a sort of hometown loyalty that leads creators to represent their place of origin as a whitewashed paradise where undesirable elements are corralled and neutered, people are pretty and endings are happy, or at least palatable. Then there’s the hometown love you’ll see in Gone Baby Gone, a dark glass through which Ben Affleck … Continue reading
SCREENING: LARS AND THE REAL GIRL
Ever done a puppet? Whether or not you truthfully answer that [I never have, though a marionette blew me] is irrelevant. Lars and the Real Girl is a sharp new oddly romantic comedy about a young gentleman [budding Actor of His Generation Ryan Gosling] whose relationship with a Sex Doll spills into his everyday life, … Continue reading