Ok, here is the Oscar Ballot. I’m not going to live blog this show. I’m watching Prom Night (the new version) and will follow that up with either Burn After Reading or this Chop Soki movie called Chocolate. But I did at least set the DVR, so maybe the mood will strike me to speed […]
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OSCAR NEWS: Michelle’s at AMC’s Oscar Marathon
Ok, I can’t believe it, but I’m actually following through. I’m here in Georgetown at AMC’s Oscar Screening event. I seriously doubt I’ll stay for the entire day, but I’m at least going to catch Milk and The Reader this morning. I’ve seen all the other Best Picture noms. I’ll post an update after Milk. […]
MOVIE NEWS: AMC Theater’s Best Picture Showcase Marathon
Do you think you love movies? Let me ask again, do you LOVE movies? Well, I have a deal for you. The folks at AMC Theaters, this Sat. Feb 21, are going to have an all day 11 hr marathon showing all five Oscar Nominated Best Picture films. For $30 you will get to see […]
MOVIE REVIEW: Coraline – Still Your Best Bet at the Movies!
When it was announced that Henry Selick was developing Nail Gaiman’s wonderful novel Coraline for film, it was probably not something that registered with most moviegoers. If they recognized the name at all, it was most likely from Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas – even Burton claims that all he contributed was the basic […]
MOVIE REVIEW: Confessions of a Shopaholic and The Accidental Metaphor!
Even though it was filmed before the global economy went south, Confessions of a Shopaholic is – however accidentally – definitely a metaphor for the recession on a personal level – and Jerry Bruckheimer’s anti-Bruckheimer film [the only explosions are those of an emotional nature] is a solid romantic comedy that nears, but doesn’t quite […]
MOVIE REVIEW: The International, Michelle’s Take
The International is one of those films that I really don’t have much to say about it’s the very definition of Hollywood bland. The trailers for the film had me excited to see it. I mean it was an action film staring Clive Owen, what’s not to like? Well, for starters there’s something about Clive […]
MOVIE REVIEW: Friday the 13, A Smoking Good Time, Michelle’s Look
Every time I review a horror film, I start off by saying how much I hate the genre, that I don’t get the fascination people have then I go on to say how much I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the cheesiness of – insert film name here. So maybe it’s time I […]
MOVIES: Sleek, Stylish and Slightly Skeevey, Taken Delivers The Goods!
A retired spy’s daughter is kidnapped to be sold as a sex slave [the slightly skeevey part]. The ex-spy hunts the men who kidnapped her. As premises go, this one is simple, direct and a bit odd to find in a PG-13 film – but we are talking about a Luc Besson production, so maybe […]
MOVIES: The Best & Worst of 2008!
For this year’s best and worst list I am going to follow the example set, this year, by legendary critic Roger Ebert, who decided not to rank his favorite films of the year. Instead, he listed the twenty films he most enjoyed in alphabetical order. It’s a really good idea – so, here are my […]
MOVIE NEWS: The Oscar Nominations Are In! What a Boring, Safe, Crop…
The Oscars have been announced and I can without a doubt tell you, I don’t care. Sure, I’m doing the obligatory blog post about it. I may try and do a commentary on this, but this year’s Oscar campaign was so lackluster and nothing on this list is either outrageously good or bad, just middle […]
Movies: My Bloody Valentine 2009: A Commentary on 3-D vs 2-D
He’s gonna break your heart. Several people have already written some excellent reviews of this movie for EclipseMagazine so this is going to be mostly a commentary on the movie that will be mainly focused on the 3-D version vs the 2-D version with some comparisons to the 1981 My Bloody Valentine. Some of the […]