September 2009
2 posts
I HAVE MOVED..... →
I am no longer posting here. Head on over HERE if you want to keep up with my cinematic ramblings.
Hello, I must be going...
To borrow a line from Groucho (and David Hudson more recently) I am temporarily abandoning my blog. My site shall remain up and running as usual but as for this particular blog, I really have nothing to say here that I cannot say over at The Cinematheque. So it goes. Perhaps I will be back someday. AS for now, keep reading me over at my site.
Thanx to everyone. Take care and don’t...
August 2009
1 post
HOMECOMING a film review →
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July 2009
16 posts
SUMMER HOURS a film review →
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Philadelphia & 3 Movies to go...
Off to Philadelphia this week-end. I plan on seeing three films. First off is Moon. I am guessing Solaris-light. Next up is Coppola’s Tetro - the maestro’s first viably-reviewed film in decades. I am both giddy and apprehensive. Third comes (500) Days of Summer. It’s being called the When Harry Met Sally of Gen Y. Not sure if that is a good or bad thing. I love...
DIED YOUNG, STAYED PRETTY a film review →
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THE HURT LOCKER a film review →
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CHERI a film review →
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PUSH a film review →
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FOOD, INC. a film review →
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Stephen Sommers as Auteur!?
(July 11, 2009)
I was (sort of) watching The Mummy last night. No, not the original Karl Freund gothic expressionistic near-masterpiece, but the Stephen Sommers directed, Brendan Fraser blockbuster from 1999. The sort of aside is because it was on and I was watching it in pieces as I was working. I remember when I first saw it in the theatre, all I could think was how poorly it was done. ...
THERE WILL BE BLOOD a film review →
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I have decided to go back and look at some past reviews I am really proud of. P.T. Anderson’s monumental & masterful There Will Be Blood is the first of these.
A Few Thoughts on Brüno...
(July 10, 2009)
As everyone was getting up to leave the midnight preview screening of Sacha Baron Cohen’s ribald splaying, slaying (and sometimes laying!) attack on the typically ugly American that is his well-intended, and well-deserved victim(s), I overheard one young woman’s exclamated complaint. “That was mean”, she exclaimed, “just plain mean.”
My...
My Updated Top 10 List
(July 8, 2009)
Last week I picked my choices for the 10 best films of the first half of the year. On second thinking some choices, I have added Jim Jarmusch’s film, The Limits of Control to the list (thereby knocking Goodbye Solo off the list). I went back and rethought the film and realized I liked it a lot more than I first thought. I also adjusted Watchmen, moving it up a few slots...
Public Enemies as Gangster Film Homage
(July 6, 2009)
A few opening remarks on Michael Mann’s latest film, the Johnny Depp as John Dillinger as the Vampire Lestat rock star of depression era bankrobbers biopic, Public Enemies.
First off, let me get this out of the way. I believe Michael Mann to be one of the best American filmmakers working today. Hands down. An auteur able to keep up with the likes of P.T. Anderson,...
THE GIRLFRIEND EXPERIENCE a film review →
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SUKIYAKI WESTERN DJANGO a film review →
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The Best of 2009 - Part I (aka the first 1/2)
(July 2, 2009)
Now that 2009 has come to an abrupt center (today is the exact middle of the year - and my birthday to boot) it is time to look back at the first half that was.
So far 2009 has gotten off to a better start than 2008. Sure, last year may have had stellar films such as Charlie Kauffman’s directorial debut Synecdoche, New York, Desplechin’s gorgeous A Christmas Tale,...
On watching The Hurt Locker
I finally got to see Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker last night and I can say, without fear of sounding like a gushing fanboy who just got lucky in the wee hours of the morning, it is THE BEST FILM OF 2009!!
Whether it sits atop my best of list come New Years Day I cannot say, but for right now, this powerfully tense Iraq War drama is the best film I have seen since seeing...
June 2009
2 posts
SURVEILLANCE a film review →
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A Brand New Blog...
Hello there true believers, this is Kevyn Knox from www.thecinematheque.com. This blog will act as an aside of sorts to my regular review site. ‘nuff said (for now).