... Dragon initially seemed perplexing. Lee had made his mark with films that were about conversations rather than fisticuffs, films that were deeply invested in character. Even the battle sequences and other violent skirmishes ... as all these elements are, there are plenty of lesser films out there with individual components that are worthy of equal praise....
#12 -- About Schmidt (Alexander Payne, 2002) One of the cinematic stands that I've taken with some regularity is that Jack Nicholson is the finest actor who made film his primary medium. This argument carries more weight with those who hear his name and have automatic associations with his nineteen-seventies heyday of The Last Detail and Chinatown than it does with the movie fans ...
... by extensive minutes of adverts/trailers before. I missed my intended bus for this reason. No wonder people pirate films. In related news, Mininova has fallen. Oh well, more torrent sites will just spring up to replace it. Films seen In the loop Outlander Frequently asked questions about time travel Let the right one in Saw 6* Defiance ...
...just stopping it from being really great. Very enjoyable though, and it's nice to see Audrey in something modern. On a vaguely similar note, the new Empire has Jean-Pierre Jeunet talking about all of his films. Very exciting. I want to skip straight to it but I've got to read the making of issue first. It's interesting how they put their magazine together. All of the previous editors seem to have ...
...Away . Sure, he has shown an amazing ability to tap into a young child's view of the world before, as in My Neighbor Totoro . He has exhibited an incredible imagination and power of imagery in films such as Kiki's Delivery Service , and with Princess Mononoke , he proved that his animation ability was up to the challenge of any computer. I'm not really shocked that he swirled all these streams ...
'The History Boys' is on BBC 2 tonight at 11.35pm, part of their season celebrating Alan Bennett. If you haven't seen it, now's the time! Dominic is brilliant in it. His hair alone *grins*
... it in the vibrant hues usually drenching the director’s creations. It is a bold idea that reads like an obsessed, unhinged fanboy’s fantasy on paper, but plays out as one of the best films of its year. You fluidly stalk the translucent halls of this poisonous palace as you pull on the various frayed fabrics that are quickly unraveling. Your eyes enjoy an orgasmic massage of pastels and floral ...
Looking at The AV Club top fifty films of the decade reminds me to add two more 'best films' to that list, both of which I loved . Adaptation (2002) Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… And Spring (2003) There are a few more that I thought were very good, but I'm not sure if I'd put them into my very top list A History of Violence AI...
...the kneejerk cynicism that pervades most films about filmmaking in favor of swooning...All of Hayao Miyazaki’s animated films are finely crafted artifacts, steeped in... and smoothly than most linear films do. On top of that,... a remarkably eclectic array of films, covering everything from the hard-... like any of his previous films. It’s a brawling, two-... the fading of memory. All films—from the best to the ...