I’ve been waiting for the day that Genndy Tartakovsky got to direct his first feature film. You see, besides being an enormous film geek, I’m also really into cartoons. Genndy is responsible for one of the best modern animated series,… Read More ›
Month: September 2012
A Sequel That’s Happening, One That Isn’t Happening and One That Isn’t a Sequel At All
Three movies. All of them sound like sequels that are going to happen. Only one of them isn’t going to happen and the other is simply riding the coattails of the previous film. Ah, Hollywood. The sequel that is happening… Read More ›
Review of SAMSARA
SAMSARA is a film that is filled with breathtaking shots of majestic vistas and people going about their daily lives. And yet, the most amazing thing in the entire film is arguably the simplest and most scripted moment in the… Read More ›
Review of LOOPER
This was one of my most anticipated films of the year, and I’ll tell you why. Rian Johnson! His first 2 movies proved that a truly original, ambitious and entertaining artist has arrived on the film scene. Both BRICK and… Read More ›
Retro Policy Trailer: GENERAL CINEMA CANDY BAND
For some reason or another, Austin Kennedy and I were talking about a couple of former General Cinema theaters here in the Twin Cities. If you remember much about General Cinema, you know that they were the more expensive of the… Read More ›
HERBERT LOM 1917-2012
Accomplished actor Herbert Lom has passed away. A veteran of more than a hundred films, Lom was most famous for playing the beleaguered Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus in Blake Edwards’ PINK PANTHER films. Born in Czechoslovakia, Lom fled the country prior… Read More ›
Review of DREDD
Judge Dredd first appeared in 1977, not entering in any polite manner, but kicking down the doors and blowing away any of the clean-cut competition that dared raise a fuss. He first appeared in the British sci-fi anthology comic, 2000… Read More ›
Review of HELLO I MUST BE GOING
This movie was the opening film at the Sundance film festival earlier this year, and from the first moments, that’s very evident. It’s so indie. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Melanie Lynskey (the “other girl besides Kate Winslet”… Read More ›
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