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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
I have been known to give David Benioff a hard time whenever there’s an announcement that he’s working on a script. See, I think Benioff’s debut novel, The 25th Hour, is one of the great modern New York City novels. And I think his short story collection, When the Nines Roll Over (And Other Stories), … Continue reading
Gone Baby Gone puts the film critic at a disadvantage. For most of its 114-minute runtime, it’s content to be an above average detective yarn distinguished by some deep Beantown atmosphere and an impressive array of carefully modulated performances from old pros (Ed Harris, Morgan Freeman and the underrated John Ashton) and actors on the … Continue reading