Whatever your political viewpoint, I hope we all agree that just plain suck bad movies. With this in mind, I invite you to join me in preparing to condemn the film parody that seems to be An American Carol (see trailer here), a film in which a filmmaker named Michael Malone Liberal taught the error of his ways by the ghosts of Patton, George Washington and country singer Trace Adkins as the Grim Reaper.
Now, as regular readers may have found out, my policy is at the extreme left wing of the spectrum (for American standards, all I am a Communist, in English terms, somewhere around a read more

In yesterday’s blog I forgot to mention the presence of Kim Basinger in Guillermo Arriaga The Burning normal, but now I have to clarify things I am afraid I have nothing more to say on the matter. You, however, see the ass. The joke going into this film was very fitting that we would see 110 minutes of screen Basinger and Charlize Theron daughter with a tug of war over an Oscar, but Basinger did not really get to do all that much - there No, Mom-I-hate great exchange of insults, as such, just a lot of soul and longing eye work. Or maybe someone’s ass, I imagine it would be the read more

Usually, the opening week’s carnage - the first Saturday of last year saw two movies in the morning and had eight interviews in the afternoon, including Ridley Scott, Ang Lee and Casey Affleck. The same time a year later, do not even have a movie of a circle in my guide to detection, and from what I’ve been listening to, the selection is a bit hit and missThree days at the festival and there are a lot of blank stares at the Lido, no one seems to know enough about what is happening here.
Yesterday I made a couple of interviews, first with Tilda Swinton and secondly with the read more

My day was yesterday when I received a phone call was Crounel Marins, son of legendary Brazilian director José Mojica Marins, a filmmaker who had heard of many years, but knew little. Crounel had heard that I was eager to meet his father, so I arranged to meet them at 21:30, directly from a projection, and I joined them for dinnerAs I said, it is quite something, and if you think a year-old man of 72 can not be cut in the horror of the scene today … Just wait. He goes by the name of Coffin Joe, and had two big hits in the 60s at midnight I’ll Take Your Soul (1964) and This read more

Also a pretty decent interview, funny where it needs to be more vocal about (ahem) “the ship “- ie, acting, not that Robin Tunney movie - and refreshingly self-disapproval. Indeed, it has been a long time since making the kinds of films that made me like him first, perhaps the last of which was Something Wild in 1987. I’m a fan of Jonathan Demme, but covering much ground. Well, that’s a bit strong, perhaps, but I think she has been very good in almost everything I’ve been in. So I was a little surprised, but I had no preconceived idea to see what had gone Demme read more

Ghostbusters 3 is in works. The Batman fought The Joker.Shane Black, writer of the original Lethal Weapon, delivered a draft Lethal Weapon 5. This summer, Dr. Henry Jones Jr. cracked his whip on the big screen.
Yes, you could be forgiven for thinking it’s 1989 again.
In that pivotal year for the film industry - a movie magazine a few that was launched in May - the public saw an almighty battle for box office supremacy between Ghostbusters 2, Lethal Weapon 2, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Tim Burton, Batman.
Who says Hollywood has no new fresh ideas?Almost read more

I entered Rachel’s wedding not knowing what to expect. I’m a fan of Jonathan Demme, but covering much ground. Also a pretty decent interview, funny where it needs to be more vocal about (ahem) “the ship “- ie, acting, not that Robin Tunney movie - and refreshingly self-disapproval. Well, that’s a bit strong, perhaps, but I think she has been very good in almost everything I’ve been in. So I was a little surprised, but I had no preconceived idea to see what had gone Demme Dogma, which makes it very complex, very frank and emotionally sweet film about a read more

The Film Festival of San Sebastian had a great, if confusing, will begin on Thursday. Sexy, flirty and fun (and screening in the sidebar Zabaltegi, no official competition), which laid the foundation for what came later, in the sense that San Sebastian is a relaxed and friendly festival that is not taken as seriously like some other festivals, including Cannes and … well, just CannesActually I was not here in time, but there was much confusion about whether Richard Eyre opened, The Other Man or Woody Allen Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Indeed, it was Eyre’s film. But if we are only read more

I’m sitting in the airport of Treviso have heard the big news, but inevitable that Darren Aronofsky The Wrestler has won the Golden Lion for The Wrestler, along with Rachel’s Wedding and The Hurt Locker (yes, I know - all of America), was head and shoulders ahead of anything else in the competition to save Takeshi Kitano’s Achilles and the tortoise (who thought it might be the favorite to win), with two films in the running - Nuit de chien and the city of plastic - that compete for the honor of being the worst movie ever made not only of the worst movies ever scheduled for read more

There are two very good films on this Saturday - Shakespeare In Love (ITV1, 22:15) and The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (C4, 19:30). But being a discerning reader empire that already know they are good films. Heck, you’ve probably seen several times both zillions. But the reason why the nice feature to mention is that very good performances from people looking to try to become Hollywood’s leading men.
This is the fallacy that just because someone is cute, that can carry a movie. Maybe it’s just that some Hollywood executives are lazy and think, read more

Yesterday I had to choose between a press conference with John Malkovich, here for Burn After Reading, and the screening of Frozen River, the film won the award at Sundance great feature of this year and Quentin Tarantino gave a passionate If on closing night. I’m glad I did. Film festivals will require some tough decisions. By chance, he meets Lila (Misty Upham, not a porn star), the tricks that he was carrying Chinese immigrants from Canada across the frozen lake of the title. Paradoxically, I had heard bad things about all that particular week, so I was not quite sure whether to read more

The Film Festival of San Sebastian had a great, if confusing, will begin on Thursday. Indeed, it was Eyre’s film. But if we are only speaking parts and the star presence was Allen’s film that set this boat to sea. Sexy, flirty and fun (and screening in the sidebar Zabaltegi, no official competition), which laid the foundation for what came later, in the sense that San Sebastian is a relaxed and friendly festival that is not taken as seriously like some other festivals, including Cannes and … well, just CannesActually I was not here in time, but there was much confusion read more

Never hang around, most Britons were mostly home by tea timeNot so the Spanish, at lunchtime on Sunday, everything about the festival was gone, on the big screen TV for the main building (the Maria Cristina), shopping for the festival (which is where I planned to buy a of great posters / T-shirts for the Japanese Noir sidebar impressive), the press box (where I tried to hand my key). More than other festivals in San Sebastian actually close the deal quickly. Over the years, similar events ending Saturday has become increasingly open to the implementation of “read more

More than other festivals in San Sebastian actually close the deal quickly. Not so the Spanish, at lunchtime on Sunday, everything about the festival was gone, on the big screen TV for the main building (the Maria Cristina), shopping for the festival (which is where I planned to buy a of great posters / T-shirts for the Japanese Noir sidebar impressive), the press box (where I tried to hand my key). Over the years, similar events ending Saturday has become increasingly open to the implementation of “Best of La Fiesta” on Sunday, read more

News yesterday that American Psycho will be turned into a Broadway show - although it is unclear whether there will be no real song and dance musical numbers - the films of my little heart with joy. But also, in part because the next crop of movie-based musicals - Chocolat, Shakespeare In Love, Catch Me If You Can, The Color Purple, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the desert - not push the envelope far enough what the Broadway-musical film interface should be. Patrick Bateman could do so onlyWhat about all the adventure movies that became Broadway musicals? This is partly because read more