Dead On!

Mad props to Entertainment Weekly and their 25 funniest movies since 1983 (??) list. #25 is none other than Withnail and I, which reminds me terribly of Kyra and is goddamn hilarious. Other notables, Clerks at #21, Office Space at #5 and an absolutely classic Top 3.

Believe Again

HELL YES.

Finally, We Get to See Smaug!

Finally, the feud between Peter Jackson and MGM over The Hobbit has been solved. Jackson will be the executive producing the two Hobbit movies (thank god for 2 - fewer story cuts!) which will be filmed simultaneously. I’d prefer Jackson direct, for continuity, but this will have to do. I just hope they pick a […]

Top 50 Dystopian Movies Meme

Via SFSignal. As usual, bold the ones you’ve seen.

Metropolis (1927)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Brazil (1985)
Wings of Desire (1987)
Blade Runner (1982)
Children of Men (2006)
The Matrix (1999)
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
Minority Report (2002)
Delicatessen (1991)
Sleeper (1973)
The Trial (1962)
Alphaville (1965)
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
Serenity (2005)
Pleasantville (1998)
Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Battle Royale (2000)
RoboCop (1987)
Akira (1988)
The City of Lost Children (1995)
Planet of […]

Review: Stardust

Have you seen Stardust yet? Chances are, it seems, no. And that’s a mistake on your part. Everyone complains about the crap quality of movies out there, yet no one goes to see the movies that are actually based on original ideas. Do we really need YET ANOTHER remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers […]

Simpsonized

Thanks to the spiffy tool on their movie site, you too can be a character from The Simpsons.

Rice Piaf

Last night I checked out a biopic on Edith Piaf, La Vie en Rose. I like Edith Piaf, she did have a pretty special voice. And I have some good memories associated with some of her music. But as to the woman herself, I knew very little. This movie tries to show the rise and […]

Besson Me Mucho

Since I was virtually abandoned to my own devices here in Burbank, I sometimes do things with an online social group to get out and meet people. Did you needto know that? Probably not. But there it is. Anyway, this week one of the outings was to go see Angel-A. I like this group because […]

The Dresden Bombs

Once upon a time, I saw a movie. And it was good. No, it was great. Swingers is one of my all-time favorites. It’s hard to believe it’s over a decade old now, and its frightening (to me) to realize that I am currently older than Vince Vaughn was when he did the movie. Actually […]

The Pill Rendered Obsolete

Such is the premise, in a sense, of Children of Men. I’ll warn you now, I love stories like this one. So take that bias into account. I have a great affinity for dystopian tales.
Children of Men is set in England, 2027. There hasn’t been a child born on earth in 18 years. The entire […]