Archive for September, 2007
Kingdom come: An nearly-perfect political thriller
When I first heard about “The Kingdom” what seems like two or three years ago, I really had no desire to see it. It just looked like a thoroughly routine thriller which would dumb down the politics and amp up the carnage.Well, I was kind of right, but in the hands of Peter Berg that still turned out…
Great gangsters: My favorite mob movies
As you can perhaps guess from the photo above, I’m fairly undoubtful that, unless he somehow monumentally screwed that one up, Ridley Scott’s upcoming “American Gangster” will soon find its place on a future edition of that list.If you want to see a slew of images from it, visit the great froggy fil…
Finally, a Scorsese music documentary to cheer about
When Martin Scorsese earlier that year got together with the Rolling Stones for a documentary/lovefest, it elicited nothing from that corner but a fairly loud yawn.Not for Marty, mind you, but for the Stones, who I just couldn’t care less about. As Scorsese recently proved with his PBS doco “No Dire…
How far would you travel to see a Wes Anderson movie?
It’s either a mark of devotion or a rather sad fact that, on the pretense of seeing some old friends (which I did), I once drove about two hours from Salisbury, Md., to D.C. to see Wes Anderson’s “Rushmore.” And whether his new flick, “Darjeeling Limited,” manages to open in Atlanta or Athens that w…
DVD Review: Babel: 2-Disc Collector’s Edition
Filed under: Drama, Foreign Language, Independent, Telluride, DVD Reviews, New on DVD, Home Entertainment, Cinematical Indie, Paramount Vantage
I first saw Babel at Telluride last year, and I remember how nervous director Alejandro González Iñnáritu was as he introduced the film…
Where are they now: The cast of “Arrested Development”
The inspiration for that post comes from Jason Bateman, who is on quite a roll of late.Friday, of course, he’ll star in “The Kingdom,” which I’m looking forward to whether only considering it’s directed by Peter Berg, in whom I have full faith. It looks like a pretty standard political thriller, but…
The King of Kong
The verdict: A surprisingly genuine and inspirational story of a man’s struggle to be his own man, and be the best in the world… at Donkey Kong.The rating: 8/10This is a movie about video games, but I’m not talking about MMORPG’s, Nintendo Wiis, Playstations, or even Sega Megadrives. The games fea…
