(this list only includes the films I have seen, so no Cast Away, Chocolat, Dancer in the Dark, Requiem for a Dream, Ratcatcher or The Perfect Storm) Best Picture : Gladiator (Ridley Scott) Highest grossing film of the year : The Grinch (Ron Howard) Critics favourite : Chicken Run (98%) 1. Almost Famous Director : Cameron Crowe Starring : Patrick Fugit, Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand,...
By Edward Copeland Whenever I complain about anachronisms or factual inaccuracies in a movie, some people think I shouldn't be taking the film in question so seriously. However, I can't help it. If a feature really has me under its spell, that kind of goof breaks it immediately and it's hard to recapture that spirit in the middle of the movie. Granted, Lymelife wasn't really wowing me anyway, but...
The raw material is familiar: It’s the 1970s. Two suburban couples are struggling with marital and monetary issues, while their kids are angsty, experimenting with drugs and alcohol and lusty as hell. Mix in some infidelity, a son who’s enlisted and a pretty young thing, and you’ve got John Cheever meets Beautiful Girls -- and moves to Weeds ’ fictional Agrestic. Everett Digital...
Battle for Terra (PG, 2009, Lions Gate): The lush planet of Terra is a bastion of peace until a band of human soldiers - the last remnants of a war that resulted in the destruction of three planets' worth of humanity - touches down in hopes of claiming Te
Considering Lymelife only made it to about 30 theaters, odds are, you didn't see it. Lucky for you, Screen Media Films is bringing this family dramedy to DVD and Blu-ray on September 22nd
Being a teenager is hard work. Growing up, and all the tribulations that come along with it, have been the subject of a great many films. The coming of age movie is tricky and, unfortunately, we recently lost John Hughes, one of the men who perfected the art of holding up a mirror to our [...]
By Nelson Martin In the past you had to go to a store if you wanted to rent or buy a movie. Now, with internet usage exploding, movie downloads are becoming very popular. You can get virtually any movie you want with a good movie download site. Here are some examples. The Mexican: Hardly satisfactory, overlong caper comedy featuring America's darlings as a arguing couple who individually get engaged...
Signs is one of my favorite movies, largely because of the philosophical issues raised in the film. Since I’ll be addressing them, I should warn everyone right now: Major Spoiler Alert! In fact, if you haven’t seen the film (it came out in 2002, so there’s no excuse for you!) and wish to do so, then don’t read anything that follows. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan (before he...
A certain ambiguity of emotion deepens the slowburn plot of Down in the Valley . The wonderful cast holds its own amidst much visual symbolism. Down in the Valley (2005); written&directed by David Jacobson; starring Edward Norton with Evan Rachel Wood, David Morse, Rory Culkin, Kat Dennings, Bruce Dern, et al.
Synopsis Set in 70s, suburban Long Island, where teenager Scott Bartlett (Rory) realizes how flawed his family's version of the American dream is turning out to be. He's in love with flirtatious neighbor Adrianna (Emma Roberts) whose father has contracted Lyme disease, and Scott's older military brother Jimmy (Rory Culkin) is unable ot keep their parents Mickey (Alec Baldwin) and Brenda (Jill Hennessy)...
One of the issues you often run into with films made by first time directors is a film that never quite comes together. Lymelife, written and directed by Derick and Steven Martini, does quite a bit right but also falls into a few traps that more seasoned directors could have avoided. It’s not a bad [...]
Even in its most tender moment, a first-sex scene with two teenage lovers groping clumsily for leverage, Lymelife debutant director Derick Martini's aching observation of the corrosive effects of the American suburban dream is infused with portents of doom.
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