Seen today — Julie Taymor’s Beatles-themed musical, Across the Universe. I’ve spoken in the past of my need to see this film. I think the phrase I used was, “I need to see this movie the same way I need oxygen.” With a viewpoint like that, one’s set up for disappointment, no? Across the UniverseContinue reading “On Across the Universe”
Category Archives: Film
On Happy News
On Friday I was bummed. Across the Universe opened wide on Friday. But the closest theater with the film? The DC suburbs. Now, there’s nothing wrong with driving thirty miles for a movie. I’ve done it before. But it’s hardly a pleasant drive into the DC suburbs. All that traffic! Had yesterday remained dreary andContinue reading “On Happy News”
On Something That Would Be Cool To Have
At work today I was writing solicit copy for posters. And one of the posters I wrote solicit copy for? Drew Struzan’s Blade Runner: The Final Cut movie poster. Apparently, Struzan had done this poster for the film’s original release, but it was never used. However, Ridley Scott had always preferred that poster to whatContinue reading “On Something That Would Be Cool To Have”
On Shoot ‘Em Up
Holy shit. Holy. Fucking. Shit! Shoot ‘Em Up. Clive Owen, as a mysterious man with a faculty for gunplay. Paul Giamatti, as some sort of rogue Black Ops spook. Monica Bellucci, as a hooker. And a lot of fucking gunplay. Have you seen Hot Fuzz? Imagine the last twenty minutes of that — the gunfightContinue reading “On Shoot ‘Em Up”
On Office Space
Think you know Office Space, the cult-comedy about Initech and their lives of quiet desperation? Think again. Knowing the movie as I do, this is the funniest damn thing I’ve ever seen. 😆
On Hot Fuzz
Here’s the set-up. London supercop Nicholas Angel is sent to the country by the Metropolitian Police Department — he’s so good, he’s making the rest of the force look really bad. So, the man who keeps London safe now has to face the terrors of the quiet English village in the countryside where the crimesContinue reading “On Hot Fuzz”
On Rodimus Prime
It’s been brought to my attention that the greatest Autobot of them all, Rodimus Prime, is not in Michael Bay’s Transformers movie. Due to this unfortunate oversight, I am boycotting Transformers. No Rodimus Prime, no Allyn’s butt in seat.
On David Tennant's Newest Film
Doctor Who star David Tennant has a new project–Einstein And Eddington, a BBC/HBO film about Albert Einstein and Arthur Eddington and their investigations of the theory of general relativity. This human story chronicles two men who, during the First World War, refused to accept narrow nationalistic boundaries and, against the odds, continued to strive forContinue reading “On David Tennant's Newest Film”
On Elijah Wood as Iggy Pop
Elijah Wood will be playing Iggy Pop in a biopic about Iggy’s early career. Wha? 😯 Don’t get me wrong. Elijah Wood has range. He played a disaffected American college dropout turned soccer hooligan in Green Street Hooligans and was incredibly effective in the role. He played a serial killer in Sin City. But IggyContinue reading “On Elijah Wood as Iggy Pop”
On the Blade Runner Ultimate Collection
Blade Runner. An Australian retailer posted information on the forthcoming Blade Runner Ulimate Collection DVD set. Five discs, five different versions of the film. Documentaries on the making of the film, on Philip K. Dick, and a pretty damn cool case. (Though I expect we’ll get a far less exciting cardboard case here in NorthContinue reading “On the Blade Runner Ultimate Collection”