It actually took me a couple extra days to get to see Notorious, the cinematic life story of Christopher Wallace, The Notorious B.I.G.. My own fault, really – naively thinking that I could just slip into the theater, in New York, in Times Square, on opening day – what a maroon! Instead, I … Continue reading
So anyway, a couple days later, I was able to get around to fulfilling my plans to see Notorious. Now that I’ve seen it, though, I’m not entirely sure I ought to have bothered. That’s not to hate on the movie – I didn’t think it was remotely terrible, and was even moved … Continue reading
Happy Inauguration Day, America! No matter which way we voted last November, let’s all be good patriots and hope for the best for our country now. But that’s politics, and this is a movie website. So now, in honor of our new President, here are the definitive recommendations for casting the … Continue reading
I try to watch at least one movie a day if there’s any way I can make the time. Keeps me sharp, on the edge, where I gotta be. So in the last fourteen days, I’ve watched almost that many movies. A good chunk of those movies are leftovers from 2008, and … Continue reading
A movie that I saw for the first time in 2008, and would like to recommend, is a rarity that was released by the great Criterion Collection on DVD – White Dog. As you couldn’t possibly have guessed just from the title and the poster image I linked to, this is the … Continue reading
Truth be told, I don’t get the chance to follow that much television – episodic TV has gotten so dense and narratively sophisticated that most of the shows worth following demand one-hundred-percent involvement. It probably says something about which shows I choose to follow religiously, but I definitely haven’t watched too much TV … Continue reading
In case anyone reading cares about such things, I will be honest and note that I rewrote the following, so that I could round out my list out as an even tenner. There are no rules here. And this ain’t a best-of list. The only thing that binds these ten pictures … Continue reading
2008 is almost through, and like everyone else here on the internets, I’ve got lists. That stuff will kick in on the next post. But to narrow down the best-of field, I’ve gone to the theater a whole lot recently, and in so doing I’ve seen a shit-ton of trailers. Trailer-making, it should … Continue reading
Man, I just love movies. Do I say that here enough? Love ‘em. Regarding the movie up there in the title, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, I can only say: Go see it. It’s got plenty of the joys that come with movies. True love and loss, closely observed detail and epic … Continue reading
Gonna have to go with the minor classic… Scrooged (1989). Directed by Richard Donner. Written by Mitch Glazer and Michael O’Donoghue. Starring Big Bad Bill Murray. We’re now in week four of Christmas. Really. Christmas Day is officially December 25, right? Somewhere along the line, someone (probably someone who owns a shopping … Continue reading