Not even sci-fi-optimist Roger Ebert could fake an orgasm over this one: “It gives you all the pleasure of a video game without the bother of having to play it.” Stephanie Zacharek, Salon: “Terminator Salvation has no brains and no soul; it’s just a mass of stiff, creaking metal joints. Clearly, the machines have won.” Mick LaSalle, SF...
Monthly Archives: May 2009
Film Misery comes up with six reasons why Precious will be nominated for Best Picture (and for each one there is probably an equal and opposite reason why not, but nevertheless) and then asks if he’s off base. Closing one’s mind to possibilities can sometimes lead to regret where Oscar predictions are concerned, however the “might even win” part...
Is it smart marketing to take three brief samples of annoying behavior and combining them for a triple punch of lengthier annoyance? Alex Billington at firstshowing.net says he usually doesn’t like to post clips and I’m starting to feel the same way. I’m not wild about the new studio trend of showing us so many teases as sneak peek promos that we begin...
It looks as though there is some kind of disconnect between how the reception of Inglorious Basterds is going so far, at least according to Goldstein, who looks at the internet and concludes that those who like Harvey Weinstein are showing favorable reviews. Those who don’t are showing non-favorable reviews. Goldstein seems sure the movie is bad: The reviews keep...
::: SPOILER ALERT ::: (but it’s all over the news by now anyway) I know it’s not cinema but what the hell. It’s is a horrifying thing that Adam Lambert was passed over on American Idol for the much lesser Kris Allen. It’s a stupid choice, whether it was America’s or the Idol producers’ — maybe they thought they couldn’t market...
Time’s Richard Corliss looks back at 70 years of Cannes premieres and comes up with his Top 10 favorites: The Third Man, 1949 The Wages of Fear, 1953 La Dolce Vita, 1960 Taxi Driver, 1976 Tree of Wooden Clogs, 1978 sex, lies, and videotape, 1989 Farewell My Concubine, 1993 Pulp Fiction, 1994 A Taste of Cherry, 1997 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, 2007 Here’s...
Good news for Von Trier fans, according to the Hollywood Reporter: “Since it premiered at Cannes on Monday, we haven’t been able to stop ‚Ä®talking or thinking about ‘Antichrist,’ ” IFC Entertainment president Jonathan‚Ä® Sehring said.‚Ä®‚Ä® …The film’s marketplace potential remains to be seen.‚Ä® The sheer...
