Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, Armin Mueller-Stahl. Directed by Tom Tykwer. What I like about this is that Tykwer works with the same team behind the camera who gave us Run Lola Run, Heaven and Perfume: The Story of a Murderer. Did he bring enough of Germany with him to give us a German action film in English? Hard to tell from this standard Hollywood trailer, but I’m...
Monthly Archives: September 2008
Wednesday was one of those exhausting days with 4 screenings, starting at 9 am, with the last credits scrolling up at around 10 pm. First up, Kathryn Bigelow’s, The Hurt Locker starring Jeremy Renner with cameos from Guy Pearce and Ralph Fiennes. The film follows the US Army Bravo Company in Baghdad, as they navigate thru one dangerous situation after another, defusing...
Every verb I tired to put in that headline sounded really wrong. I’ll just let Variety tell it: Steven Soderbergh is in the early stages of developing a biopic about Liberace for Warner Bros., which he will direct. The filmmaker said he has drafted his “Traffic” star Michael Douglas to play the flamboyant pianist. Richard LaGravanese is writing the...
First up on my list of screenings for Tuesday was Management, written and directed by Stephen Belber and starring Steve Zahn and Jennifer Aniston.  This a film that is a little more intelligent than the usual Romantic Comedy/Drama fare, or Romantic Dramedy as some people are calling it. Sue (Aniston) plays a hotel art dealer who checks into a motel that Mike (Zahn)...
In one swift unexpected maneuver, IFC ensures that Soderbergh’s Che moves from being the film least likely to be seen by anybody outside NYC and LA to suddenly becoming one of the easiest to see. In a surprise move, IFC Films has acquired Steven Soderbergh’s double bill “Che,” swooping in and taking rights to the pic after a number of false reports...
Spike Lee says in The Huffington Post headline, “My Spat With Eastwood May Have Cost Me an Oscar.” Earlier this year, at Cannes, Lee criticized Eastwood for not having African-Americans in Flags of Our Fathers and Letters From Iwo Jima, Eastwood then said Lee should “shut his face” and Lee responded “we’re not on a plantation.” Now...