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Quality acting + heavy directing = "Invictus"

12/11/2009

Clint Eastwood will always be more than a Gorillaz song to me. Any man who has with Lee Marvin, been mayor of a California hamlet, flown a spy plane with his Russian thoughts, and done more than one movie with a monkey has nothing to hide from anyone. As he works on the third act of his career, this time as a director, he seems to certainly be working on his id out in the open. With the Flags of Our Fathers\Letters from Iwo Jima double feature, his last lukewarm effort that was Gran Torino, and his latest, Invictus, Eastwood seems to be boldly exploring the cultural shifts among racial and generational lines that are occurring at internet speeds.

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"Blinded" by the light?

11/19/2009

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I dreaded this movie. I know a film review isn’t really about the reviewer, and I am not making this the exception. I just think it is important to say at the outset that the thought of spending a couple of hours with Sandra Bullock in a feel-good sports movie based on a true story made me want to begin slicing my wrists with the Junior Mints box I was holding. The thing is, after I relaxed my preconceptions, The Blind Side charmed me. A little.

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Fantastic Fest Review: Bronson

10/12/2009

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When the culture of celebrity is discussed today, images of vapid blondes carrying dogs in their purses and “forgetting” their panties as they migrate from their Lamborghini to the paparazzi line is inevitable. But in 1974 a young Englishman named Michael Peterson wanted to be famous more than anything. The problem is he couldn't sing, dance or act. Actually, he wasn't particularly talented at anything. So, he decided that fame would come to him if he didn't respect any societal conventions and lived without fear of pain or retribution. Naturally, Michael Peterson became the most violent person in English history.

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Fantastic Fest Review: Metropia

10/12/2009

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Disclosure: I'm over the dystopian future being juiced dry by the massive global bad guy/corporation storyline. Not that there is anything wrong with the concept, and perhaps it is more prophesy than fiction. But unless you can do it better than Robocop, I would rather just wait for my robot/alien/corporate overlord in peace while watching a movie about a college road trip gone wacky. But to its credit, Metropia, does bring something new--at least visually, and, in this case, that might be enough.

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Fantastic Fest Review: The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus

10/9/2009

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"Auteur" is a big word that gets thrown around a lot and is quickly turning cliché. But the word literally means "author" and is meant to categorize certain filmmakers whose style is so manifested on screen that it points as much to the director as it does to the story that's being told. Terry Gilliam can easily be called an auteur, and the signature, fantastical Gilliam point of view is as evident in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus as ever.

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Quality acting + heavy directing = "Invictus"

"Blinded" by the light?

Fantastic Fest Review: Bronson

Fantastic Fest Review: Metropia

Fantastic Fest Review: The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus

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