Unlike other news I’ve posted about Guy Ritchie’s retooled Sherlock Holmes, this latest might actually carry the distinction of having a grain a truth. If not, blame Variety: Law is expected to close a deal shortly to play Watson, the super-sleuth’s sidekick. The film will incorporate the classic tales written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as...
Monthly Archives: September 2008
From Vanity Fair. Jeffrey Wright as Colin Powell, Toby Jones as Karl Rove, Dennis Boutsikaris as Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Dreyfuss as Dick Cheney, Josh Brolin as George W. Bush, Thandie Newton as Condoleezza Rice, Rob Corddry as Ari Fleischer, Bruce McGill as George Tenet, and Scott Glenn as Donald Rumsfeld. (Click to enlarge to life size.) ...
BURN AFTER READING (2008) – ***1/2 out of 5 Reader Review by RRA Remember ten years ago how after getting major Oscar nominations for FARGO, the critics either hated or simply dismissed THE BIG LEBOWSKI? Yeah now everyone and their mothers claim to love that one, but it got trashed in theatres like The Dude’s carpet. Now I’m not accusing some of you...
Claiming concern that the February 2009 transition to HD will leave many viewers in analogue limbo and staring at static on Oscar night, ABC wants to move the Oscars to March. Variety says: The Oscars are set to be broadcast from the Kodak Theater on Sunday, Feb. 22 ‚Äî just five days after the country‚Äôs much-ballyhooed transition to digital TV takes place… That‚Äôs...
After many line-ups in sunshine and rain. After 20 plus screenings, many laughs, and many tears, there are several things I will remember from this years Toronto International Film Festival.  One of the running gags at TIFF for a few years but has really picked up steam this year occurs when the anti-piracy message appears on the screen before each film. Many in the...
Last day of the festival. First up, a screening of Darren Aronofsky’s, The Wrestler. Mickey Rourke stars as Randy “The Ram” Robinson, a wrestler long past his prime, who had great success in the 80′s. Rourke gives a moving performance of someone who only knows how to live the life of a wrestler. He has great difficulty in sustaining any kind of...
My day began with the full 4 and half hour version of Steven Soderbergh’s Che. There was a twenty minute intermission in between Part 1 and 2 and considering that it will not be released in this form in many markets, I feel privileged to have had the experience. This is the story of the revolutionary hero Che Guevara, from the days of the Cuban revolution against...