The time is here, once again, for the least respected/most enjoyed awards ceremony of the year: The Golden Globes Sunday, NBC, 8/7C. Once again, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has cobbled together a lisyt of nominees that both amazes and confounds. Nobody has a clue as to how or why the HFPA makes its selections; […]
Category: Movies
Michelle Kind of Likes The Green Hornet!
I like to start my reviews off by getting my bias out in the open. The Green Hornet is a film I walked into not inclined to like because of two elements – I strongly dislike Seth Rogen and I hate 3D movies. With that said, I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked […]
The Green Hornet Buzzes But Doesn’t Sting!
The closing credits list the 1930s radio plays as the source for Seth Rogen and Michel Gondry’s adaptation of The Green Hornet but the movie looks and feels like an update of the 60s TV series played as if it were adapted by Judd Apatow. It’s a mess – but it’s an often entertaining mess.
Columbia Pictures Presents: Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man!
Not bad. Not bad at all. Spider-Man [3D] opens July 3, 2010 Photo by John Schwartzman/Courtesy of Columbia Pictures
Bond 23, Meet November 9!
Daniel Craig will return to the role of James Bond for a third time. MGM and EON Productions – whose Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli have been with franchise for many years – have announced that the twenty-third Bond film, simply referred to as ‘Bond 23,’ will be released on November 9, 2012. Production […]
Country Strong Is Pretty Weak!
I’m not entirely sure that Country Strong omits any cliché from the plentiful pop/jazz/rock/country-artist-falls-from-grace-then-almost-magically rebounds films, but it certainly does try hard.
Trailer: GANTZ!
Just a little something to whet your appetite.
GANTZ Gets Hollywood Premiere As Live-Action Adaptation Of Hit Manga Gets Special One Night Event Across America!
GANTZ, a live action film based on the hit manga of the same name, will play in 334 theaters across America – including five in Maryland – with a special screening at the Mann’s Chinese 6 in Hollywood. The special Hollywood screening will be followed by a discussion and interviews with cast members with Otaku […]
Movies: Sheldon’s Favorite Fifteen For 2010
It’s been an interesting year in film. From powerhouse performances [James Franco in 127 Hours; Jennifer Lawrence in Winter’s Bone] to terrific ensemble pieces [Scott Pilgrim vs. The World]; from unexpectedly great remakes/re-imaginings [Let Me In, True Grit] to spectacular animated features [Toy Story 3, Megamind] there has been no shortage of entertaining films.
Movies: Sheldon’s Bottom Feeders of 2010
Despite protestations to the otherwise, 2010 provided a fair number of good, even great, films. Sadly, that meant there were still some real dogs to found – and I found some of them. In several instances, they were films I was seeing an invited critic, but several others where the result of being seduced by […]
True Grit – By Faithfully Adapting The Novel The Coen Brothers Make A Masterpiece!
Charles Portis’ novel, True Grit, is a darkly seriocomic western that satirizes the genre’s conventions by formalizing them to the point of absurdity. It makes sense that the Coen Brothers, who have a similar sensibility, would adapt the novel in a faithful, yet strikingly Coen way.