The button fly on these new pants reminds me of Keira Knightley’s underbite. Let me back up. The recession. HEARD OF IT?? Sorry. Actually, let’s get rid of that phrase in 2010 and beyond. “[something very well-known]. HEARD OF IT??” It was last decade’s “[untrue thing stated as fact]. NOT!!” While we’re cleaning house, let’s … Continue reading
I see a lot of movies every year. A ton. But this year I’ve decided I don’t see enough movies, so one of my New Year Resolutions was to simply see more. And to write about them. See, that’s the other half of the equation: I see a ton of movies, but I write about … Continue reading
The movie theatre grows suddenly dark and an ominous voice over fills the aural spaces of the lushly carpeted room: (In the Optimus Prime guy voice:)IN A WORLD RACKED WITH CONTRADICTION FOR MOVIE GOERS: THEY WANT SPECIAL EFFECTS. THEY WANT OSCAR-WINNING STORIES. THE SAME PREJUDICES THAT DIVIDE THEM COULD ALSO UNITE… Why, when half the … Continue reading
I see a lot of movies every year. A ton. But this year I’ve decided I don’t see enough movies, so one of my New Year Resolutions was to simply see more. And to write about them. See, that’s the other half of the equation: I see a ton of movies, but I write about … Continue reading
I see a lot of movies every year. A ton. But this year I’ve decided I don’t see enough movies, so one of my New Year Resolutions was to simply see more. And to write about them. See, that’s the other half of the equation: I see a ton of movies, but I write about … Continue reading
Some might say to me, “Hey Phil, why don’t you hurry your lazy ass up and do your top ten of 2009 already?”. Well, here in Ann Arbor, we likes to take things sloooowwww. We ain’t got your fancy Red Carpet premieres, so sometimes we gotta wait for January to either see some of these … Continue reading
The following is a fairly thorough run-down of everything else that was annoying, infuriating, or brilliant about movies in 2009. I’m pretty sure that the majority of entries on this list address ideas or issues which haven’t been said or resaid by hundreds of writers already, because I have a unique perspective on movies: … Continue reading
I see a lot of movies every year. A ton. But this year I’ve decided I don’t see enough movies, so one of my New Year Resolutions was to simply see more. And to write about them. See, that’s the other half of the equation: I see a ton of movies, but I write about … Continue reading
And we come to the end of another decade, this time the first of a millennium. 2000 to 2009 was a splotchy era for film, following one of the strongest years of the previous decade, and probably all time – 1999. Film writers of the professional and blogging varieties have been wrapping up the best … Continue reading
200 Words is a daily burst of ideas, thoughts, or impressions on media, film, and filmmaking. The goal is nothing more or less than conversation. 01/01/10 When I consider the ending of Pi, I can’t help but wonder what it would have meant had Max known the answer to the little girl’s math problem. As … Continue reading