I’ve seen a few films in recent weeks – Up in the Air, Avatar, Me and Orson Welles, The Private Lives of Pippa Lee – all interesting in their own way. But, for some reason, Crazy Heart is the one I feel compelled to write about. Maybe its cause of that word “heart” in the [...]
Archives for January 2010
The Big Dis *
Avatar? Where the hell did that come from? I just read an item in which the head of Fox makes a somewhat disingenuous claim that Avatar was the underdog (yeah, a 250 million dollar underdog). Then he decries how disrespected broad appeal films can be. But I thought the purpose of these awards shows was [...]
Not Complicated Enough
Last night, Ed and I went to see It’s Complicated. Boy, the state of romantic comedy these days is really pathetic, isn’t it. When I saw Steve Martin lighting up that joint, I thought, “Thank God! He’s going to break out and do his thing!” But it was too little too late to save this [...]
My Friend Mike
Over the holidays, a couple of my students tipped me off to the You Tube video review of Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace (Parts 1-7). Have you seen it? It’s very smart, very funny and . . . SICK!! But I guess that’s the point – that even an axe murdering misogynist hiding [...]