I thought it wouldn’t hurt to give some predictions on tonight’s Academy Awards. At least the categories that I think I can write semi-competently about. Adapted Screenplay The nominees are… 127 Hours The Social Network Toy Story 3 True Grit Winter’s Bone I have seen all 5 of these movies… Read More »Oscar Preview
Movie – The Illusionist Director: Sylvain Chomet (The Triplets of Belleville) Writers: Jacques Tati and Sylvain Chomet Starring: Jean-Claude Donda and Eilidh Rankin Theater – Fleur Cinema – Des Moines, Iowa Companion – Nader Food – China One International Buffet Intellectual Honesty I don’t know that I brought any positive… Read More »Movie Review: The Illusionist
Movie – Exit Through the Gift Shop Director: Banksy Starring: Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Thierry Guetta, Space Invader and Rhys Ifans Theater – Bennett’s Union Street Theater – Boone, Iowa Companion – Flying Solo Food – I had dinner with Nader at Mongolian Buffet. Intellectual Honesty & Baggage Sometimes I feel… Read More »Movie Reviews: Exit Through the Gift Shop and Restrepo
These pictures are from: backup/Old My Pictures/ Animals In retrospect, I don’t know why I named this folder Animals. There aren’t that many animal pictures in it. I guess I must have considered it witty at the time. IMAGE LOST Kalona For my 30th Birthday Party, I talked Andy and… Read More »The Archives: Edition Three
Movie – 127 Hours Director: Danny Boyle (Slum Dog Millionaire, Trainspotting, 28 Days Later…) Writer: Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy (The Full Monty, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Slumdog Millionaire) Starring: James Franco (Spider-Man, Milk, Howl), Kate Mara (Shooter, Iron Man 2, We Are Marshall), and Amber Tamblyn (The… Read More »Movie Review: 127 Hours
Movie – Blue Valentine Director: Derek Cianfrance (Brother Tied) Writers: Derek Cianfrance, Cami Delavigne, and Joey Curtis Starring: Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain, Shutter Island, Halloween H20) and Ryan Gosling (Lars and the Real Girl, Half Nelson, Remember the Titans) Theater – AMC Southdale 16 – Edina, Minnesota Companion – Jill… Read More »Movie Reviews: Blue Valentine and The King’s Speech
Just a few quick thoughts on the Oscar Nominations… Heading into this morning, here is my list of the Top Ten Movies of 2010 (based on what I’ve seen): 1. The Social Network 2. Inception 3. The Fighter 4. Hereafter 5. How to Train Your Dragon 6. Winter’s Bone 7.… Read More »Oscar Nominations
Movie – The Dilemma Director: Ron Howard (Backdraft, Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind, Cinderella Man, Frost/Nixon) Writer: Allan Loeb (Things We Lost in the Fire, 21, The Switch) Starring: Vince Vaughn (Wedding Crashers, Dodgeball, Old School, Swingers), Kevin James (I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, Hitch, Paul Blart: Mall… Read More »Movie Review: The Dilemma
Movie – Country Strong Director: Shana Feste (The Greatest) Writer: Shana Feste (The Greatest) Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow (Se7en, The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Royal Tenenbaums), Tim McGraw (The Blind Side, Flicka), Garrett Hedlund (Troy, Four Brothers, Tron: Legacy), and Leighton Meester (Gossip Girl, Date Night, The Roommate) Theater – Cinemark… Read More »Movie Review: Country Strong
Movie – Black Swan Director: Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler, The Fountain, Requiem for a Dream) Writers: Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, and John McLaughlin Starring: Natalie Portman (The Professional, Garden State, The Other Boleyn Girl), Mila Kunis (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, The Book of Eli, Date Night), Vincent Cassel (Ocean’s Twelve, Eastern… Read More »Movie Reviews: Black Swan and The Tourist
Movie – Little Fockers Director: Paul Weitz (American Pie, About a Boy, In Good Company) Writers: John Hamburg (Meet the Parents, Zoolander, I Love You, Man) & Larry Stuckey Starring: Ben Stiller (Meet the Parents, Zoolander, Greenberg), Robert De Niro (Taxi Driver, GoodFellas, Heat) & Teri Polo (Meet the Parents,… Read More »Movie Reviews: Little Fockers and True Grit
Movie – Love and Other Drugs Director: Edward Zwick (Blood Diamond, Legends of the Fall, Glory) Writer: Charles Randolph (The Life of David Gale, The Interpreter), Edward Zwick, and Marshall Herskovitz Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal (Donnie Darko, Brokeback Mountain, Zodiac) and Anne Hathaway (The Devil Wears Prada, Bride Wars, Brokeback Mountain)… Read More »Movie Reviews: Love and Other Drugs and The Fighter
Jesse Howard correctly answered the Christopher D. Bennett Trivia Question: Q: Currently, what is Christopher D. Bennett’s favorite band? A: The Swell Season. Proust Quote “If a little dreaming is dangerous, the cure for it is not to dream less but to dream more, to dream all the time.” Confessions… Read More »Proust No. Four
So I fell really far behind in my movie reviews, so I’m going to crank out a bunch of these in short order and without much detail. Movie – Conviction Director: Tony Goldwyn (The Last Kiss, A Walk on the Moon) Screenwriter: Pamela Gray (A Walk on the Moon) Starring:… Read More »Movie Review: Conviction & Unstoppable
Movie – Megamind Director: Tom McGrath (Madagascar, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa) Screenwriter: Alan Schoolcraft & Brent Simon; Both their first film as a writer. Starring: Will Ferrell (Anchorman, Stepbrothers, Talladega Nights), Brad Pitt (Se7en, Fight Club, Babel), Tina Fey (Mean Girls, Date Night, 30 Rock), David Cross (Mr. Show, Run… Read More »Movie Review: Megamind
Movie – RED Director: Robert Schwentke (The Time Traveler’s Wife, Flightplan) Screenwriters: Jon Hoeber (Whiteout) and Erich Hoeber (Whiteout) Starring: Bruce Willis (The Sixth Sense, Die Hard, Pulp Fiction), Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds, The West Wing, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford), John Malkovich (Dangerous Liaisons, Being… Read More »Movie Review: RED
Movie – Hereafter Director: Clint Eastwood (Unforgiven, Mystic River, Million Dollar Baby, Letters from Iwo Jima) Screenwriter: Peter Morgan (The Last King of Scotland, The Queen, Frost/Nixon) Starring: Matt Damon (Good Will Hunting, The Bourne Identity, The Departed), Cecile De France (High Tension, Around the World in 80 Days, L’auberge… Read More »Movie Review: Hereafter
Here is a copy of the journal I kept while I was on vacation last week. It covers parts of 10 days and over 1300 miles. While I doubt anybody reads this whole thing, it was an important exercise for me. There are no pictures, but I will post some… Read More »Vacation Journal
Movie – Life As We Know It Director: Greg Berlanti (The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy) Screenwriter: Ian Deitchman, Kristin Rusk Robinson (First movie for both) Starring: Katharine Heigl (The Ugly Truth, 27 Dresses, Knocked Up), Josh Duhamel (When in Rome, Transformers, Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!) Theater… Read More »Movie Review: Life As We Know It
Movie – Secretariat Director: Randall Wallace (We Were Soldiers, The Man in the Iron Mask) Screenwriter: Mike Rich (The Nativity Story, Radio, The Rookie, Finding Forrester) Starring: Diane Lane (The Perfect Storm, Unfaithful, Jumper); John Malkovich (Dangerous Liaisons, Being John Malkovich, Con Air) and Dylan Walsh (Congo, The Lake House,… Read More »Movie Review: Secretariat
I might make an attempt to do add movie reviews to this website again. This has failed on several occasions, but no reason to give up now. What is that definition of insanity I love so much? Movie The Social Network Director: David Fincher Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin Starring: Jesse Eisenberg,… Read More »Movie Review: The Social Network