Movies Of The Week!

Movies You Should Check Out

Classic Of The Week: The Big Country

Foreign Film Of The Week: Let The Right One In

Unheard Film Of The Week: Frozen

Movie you should go see in theatres right now: The Social Network

Movie that came out today on DVD to check out: Iron Man 2

Transformers 3

The title of the the new film is called Transformers: The Dark Of The Moon.

Better be better than the 2nd film!

True Grit!

This film looks incredible. Roger Deakins is a genius....

Please check this trailer out!

TRAILER 1

Know check this

TRAILER 2

can't wait!.

Reviews Coming

The Social Network and Another Year (Mike Leigh's New Film) reviews are coming...but i will say

The Social Network is one of the best film's of the year and Another Year is also pretty great. Been a decent couple weeks for film which is good cause the summer sucked!

Reviews!

Let Me In - "Let the Right One In" was not only one of the best vampire films of all time, it was one of the best of 2008 and was one of the coldest, atmospheric films to come out in a very long time. Of course because it was a Swedish film and had subtitles, it has been remade only two years later. However, this is a remake that is a very-well made film that for the most part kept the tone of the original. Everything here is well done. The acting, direction, the script (which is almost word for word of the originals script). It just was unnecessary. I didn't get anything out of this remake that i didn't get out of the original. I didn't see why they had to remake this story so soon. Some remakes like The Departed and The Others maintain the originals story but were able to become it's own film. Let Me in stays to close to the original and because of that doesn't find it's own voice. If you've seen the original, check this out because i think it focuses a little more on the background of these character which is interesting but if you hadn't seen the original, do that before you see this!

Never Let Me Go - This film surprise me. It is an excellent film that i need to see again for me to really analyze it. The film is done by Mark Romanek (One Hour Photo) and instead of focusing on the sci-fi element of the story, he is more interested in the emotional journey three friends go on during their short lives. It's a small , quiet picture but deep, emotional one that is a film you should seek out! I recommend knowing very little before watching this film. So don't watch the trailer, just go see it.

Catfish - If true, the film is a very thought provoking non-fiction film about living your life online and the cautions of social networking. That's all i want to really say bout it because this is also a film that should be viewed without any knowledge of the story beforehand. While sometimes the film takes too long with the story it's telling and It's still a intriguing, weird, sad film that is def. worth checking out if ya can.

NYFF: FILM SOCIALISME

Film Socialisme - Jean-Luc Godard had a film playing at the New York Film Festival. I had to go. He is a legend. I could not pass up the premiere of a legend's new film. I passed up on many other films to see this. The best part of all this is that i had a pretty good feeling that it was going to be terrible. I was right.

Godard changed cinema. Breathless is a classic. The birth of modern cinema started with Breathless. Throughout his career, he made films that challenge what film was about. He asked the question of what meaning can images capture when put together. But sometimes, His pretentiousness got in the way. He doesn't care. He puts whatever he wants up on screen. And with Film Socialisme, he puts anything on screen. I can't review this film because to me, it's not a movie. It's just a collage of images that might ask questions or provoke some minds but to me it was a bore. A egotistical masturbation of pretentious film making. At first i thought it was way over my head but when three film scholars who specialize with Godard couldn't really describe or defend the film, I realized that it wasn't over my head, it was just a bad movie.

Reviews!

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps - It's a mix bag of a a film. A mildly entertaining sequel. What i liked about the film is that it does work as it's own film as much as it does as a sequel. While the first film was about the greed and manipulation of the Wall Street life style, this film is more about trying to stay alive and keep your dignity during a financial crisis. It has the normal Oliver Stone flair, which can get repetitive and annoying. Shia LeBeouf is OK as Jacob Moore, a young hot shot who is trying to balance a relationship and trying to get ahead in his career. Michael Douglass doesn't miss a beat with the character that made him an Icon. Josh Brolin is also very good. The film is too long and doesn't hold interest during the last hour. I say rent this one on video.

Buried. - This is a film about a trucker working in Iraq who is attacked and buried alive. And the film solely takes place inside the coffin for the whole 90 minutes. It doesn't once go above ground during the film. Ryan Reynolds stars as the Trucker. On paper, this film sounds horrible. There is no way this film should work but it does. It works so well that it's one of the best thrillers of the year. Director Rodrigo Cortes and screenwriter Chris Sparling create a tense thriller that doesn't let you go during the 90 minutes you are stuck in the coffin with Ryan Reynolds. The film does create a claustrophobic atmosphere but it never goes to far to make you feel suffocated. Ryan Reynolds has little room to work with but he is excellent as the man stuck in the coffin. It's a wonderful showcase for his talents. Please check this one out!