My review of Avatar

Don’t see it. Sorry, I hated it and I probably should have never gone. It’s extremely depressing in a colonial sort of way, and the feel-good ending doesn’t really change that. I would include details but I don’t want to depress anyone who liked the film. If you care to comment though, I will respond.
Now [...]

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Enough with the Twilight puns

New York Times
AP

Daily News Transcript

EOnline

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The Host

Looking for a scary monster movie? I saw The Host several years ago when it came out. It’s tough to make a monster movie without having some funny moments. This movie certainly has them. What I really liked about it was first it’s not-too-subtle knocks at America. The movie uses as its catalyst a real [...]

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Harry Connick Jr. on Australian Gong Show

I saw this video on the Slog. Harry Connick Jr. is a judge on the Australian Gong Show when the act that appears is in blackface. What does he do? If you can’t stand to watch the whole video, Harry’s commentary is first on 2:15 and then 5:25.

I remember watching a [...]

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My favorite Roman Polanski films

For someone with a long and prolific career, Polanski has certainly pulled off the difficult feat of consistently creating great movies in many genres. While I have my favorites I can’t think of any Polanski film I didn’t like. My favorite is an easy pick and requires no thought on my part: Tess. It’s a [...]

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The worst school ever

I saw If… for the second time. It’s fantastic and has a far better performance from Malcolm MacDowell than A Clockwork Orange. I kept thinking while watching this that the Columbine murderers certainly had nothing to complain about.

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In the Loop

I saw In the Loop last night and I can’t recommend it enough. The film is an offshoot of the British television series “The Thick of It” which I have only seen a couple of episodes of. The series and film have a sort of docu-drama feel although the actors don’t confront the camera at [...]

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Cindy Sherman’s Office Killer

If you haven’t seen Office Killer, you should. Carol Kane plays a doormat secretary who accidentally starts enacting revenge on those who have treated her badly. The photography is extraordinary as you would expect from Cindy Sherman. I also love it when my favorite character actors get to play the lead — in this case [...]

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The Tango Lesson

This is perhaps one of the most self-indulgent films I’ve ever seen. Allow me to describe. Sally Potter is a film-maker wants to learn how to tango, so she hires one of the best tango dancers to teach her. She then makes a film about her experience learning to tango casting herself as, well herself, [...]

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Meryl Streep: I’m Checking Out

Busy busy busy with not much to say. Danton is doing fabulously; thank you all for your inquiries into his health.
Here’s Meryl Streep in one of my favorite movies Postcards from the Edge.

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Be Kind Rewind

While this movie isn’t a great film, it has at least 4 great scenes. Most of the good stuff is in this preview.  I have to hand it to Jack Black. No film is too small for him. He truly is a risk taker.

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Sean Connery sells Biogurt

I’m speechless.

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The IO’s last painful Sextette moment

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Alice Cooper in Sextette

It’s getting painful to watch, but if you can’t resist, click here.

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Sextette continues

I’m glad that Timothy Dalton was able to make something of his career after this film.

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Sextette week begins

What movie stars Mae West, Timothy Dalton, Dom DeLuise, Tony Curtis, Ringo Starr, George Hamilton, Alice Cooper, Regis Philbin and George Raft? There’s no movie that could possibly have all those people in it? Well, yes there is. I’ll be posting videos this week until they run out.

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Karamazovi

I saw Karamazovi at the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) last night. It uses a similar formula to Louis Malle’s Vanya on 42nd Street in that you are watching actors rehearsing a play. The drama is in the performance, yet you get these outside glimpses into real life (or are they real?) in between the [...]

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Cameron Crowe’s Top 10 music moments in film

Interesting.

Here’s what I would add.
1. Just about anything from The Graduate.
2. In the Name of the Father, both title track by Gavin Friday and “You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart” by Sinead O’Conner.
3. Interview with the Vampire “Sympathy For the Devil” by Guns N’ Roses. (Practically the only part of the film I [...]

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Why I love Stellan Skarsgard

Actor Stellan Skarsgard says he’s no big fan of Dan Brown’s writing and accepted a role in “Angels & Demons” only after reading the script based on Brown’s book.
“I think Dan Brown is a terribly bad writer, but he has cliffhangers after every chapter which makes you continue reading,” Skarsgard told Swedish broadcaster SVT.
“It’s like [...]

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My review of Start Trek

The Implied Observer apologizes for being offline for so many days. I was moving this weekend and then unpacking. Just about the only thing I managed to do that was fun was see the new Star Trek movie. If you haven’t seen the movie yet, then please do not read on. There will be spoilers [...]

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Have you all got amnesia?

Yesterday I was talking to my friend Tom about the new Star Trek movie. Tom won’t be watching the movie because as he put it, the whole dynamic of the original series has been thrown out the window with story revision. Spock and Kirk did not know each other before working together on the Enterprise. [...]

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Random thoughts

It’s been really hard posting lately. Work has been somewhat difficult and then there is the fact that I am once again moving. The third time in less than 2 years.
What have I read lately that I like? Well this was a great Explainer article at Slate about preventing flu. On the same topic of [...]

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You are all individuals

From The Life of Brian.

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Headline of the day

Via Huffingtonpost.

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The many talents of Eric Bana

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