Drive Angry 3D (Nicolas Cage)[Nic Cage playing, well, Nic Cage]
Sucker Punch (Emily Browning)
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Thursday, July 22, 2010
More movies to watch for
Red (Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Mary-Louise Parker, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Karl Urban and Richard Dreyfuss)
Black Swan (Natalie Portman, Winona Ryder)
The Goon (animated-- Clancy Brown, Paul Giamatti)
Faster (Dwayne Johnson, Billy Bob Thorton)
Jack and Dianne (Juno Temple, Riley Keough,Kylie Minogue)
The Legend of Cain (Will Smith)
Tangled (animated--Mandy Moore, David Schwimmer)
Black Swan (Natalie Portman, Winona Ryder)
The Goon (animated-- Clancy Brown, Paul Giamatti)
Faster (Dwayne Johnson, Billy Bob Thorton)
Jack and Dianne (Juno Temple, Riley Keough,Kylie Minogue)
The Legend of Cain (Will Smith)
Tangled (animated--Mandy Moore, David Schwimmer)
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Upcoming--some a lot closer than others...
Showtime (Robert DeNiro and Eddie Murphy)
The Adjustment Bureau (Matt Damon, Emily Blunt)
The Killer Elite (Jason Statham)
Arabian Nights (remake: Anthony Hopkins)
Waiting for Superman (Documentary about the((lack of the))American Education system)
Machete (Danny Trejo, Robert DeNiro, Steven Segall, Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez, Don Johnson)
War Horse
You Again (Bette White, Jamey Lee Curtis, Sigourney Weaver)
The Conspirator (Robin Wright, James McAvoy)
Hatfield's and McCoys ?
Don Quixote ?
Hobo with a Shotgun (Rutger Hauer)
Genghis Khan (Mickey Rourke)
Ninety?
Rio Malo (Bobcat Goldthwait ?)
Hanna (Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett,Eric Bana)
Oz The Great And Powerful?
Treasure Island ?
Reign of Assassins (Michelle Yeoh and Jung Woo-sung)
Get Low (Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Lucas Black,Sissy Spacek)
Aftershocks (?)
Ondine (Collin Farrell, Alicja Bachleda)
Deathsport (Samuel Jackson? , Kellan Lutz ?)
Danger Girl ?
Malice in Wonderland (Maggie Grace)
The Other Guys (Will Ferrell,Mark Wahlberg Sam Jackson,Dwayne Johnson)
Pig Scrolls?
The Kids are All Right (Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Annette Bening, Mia Wasikowska, Josh Hutcherson)
Io Sono L'amore aka I am Love (Tilda Swinton)
Dark Life ?
Runaways?
Violet and Daisy? (Carey Mulligan, Saoirse Ronan)
Dawn of War/War of the Gods (Luke Evans)
Tomorrow: When the War Began
Wolves?
Paper Wings ? (Tom Cruise, Reese Witherspoon)
Maleficent ?
The Adjustment Bureau (Matt Damon, Emily Blunt)
The Killer Elite (Jason Statham)
Arabian Nights (remake: Anthony Hopkins)
Waiting for Superman (Documentary about the((lack of the))American Education system)
Machete (Danny Trejo, Robert DeNiro, Steven Segall, Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez, Don Johnson)
War Horse
You Again (Bette White, Jamey Lee Curtis, Sigourney Weaver)
The Conspirator (Robin Wright, James McAvoy)
Hatfield's and McCoys ?
Don Quixote ?
Hobo with a Shotgun (Rutger Hauer)
Genghis Khan (Mickey Rourke)
Ninety?
Rio Malo (Bobcat Goldthwait ?)
Hanna (Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett,Eric Bana)
Oz The Great And Powerful?
Treasure Island ?
Reign of Assassins (Michelle Yeoh and Jung Woo-sung)
Get Low (Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Lucas Black,Sissy Spacek)
Aftershocks (?)
Ondine (Collin Farrell, Alicja Bachleda)
Deathsport (Samuel Jackson? , Kellan Lutz ?)
Danger Girl ?
Malice in Wonderland (Maggie Grace)
The Other Guys (Will Ferrell,Mark Wahlberg Sam Jackson,Dwayne Johnson)
Pig Scrolls?
The Kids are All Right (Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Annette Bening, Mia Wasikowska, Josh Hutcherson)
Io Sono L'amore aka I am Love (Tilda Swinton)
Dark Life ?
Runaways?
Violet and Daisy? (Carey Mulligan, Saoirse Ronan)
Dawn of War/War of the Gods (Luke Evans)
Tomorrow: When the War Began
Wolves?
Paper Wings ? (Tom Cruise, Reese Witherspoon)
Maleficent ?
Neflix screwed something up movie list
Other than the title of the post, is more explanation needed?
Breakheart Pass
Aspen Extreme
The Lost Empire
To Brave Alaska
Breakheart Pass
Aspen Extreme
The Lost Empire
To Brave Alaska
Friday, March 26, 2010
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Movie list 3/20
Coming soon
How to Train your Dragon March 26
Clash of the Titans April 2
The Losers April 23
Farther out ...
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Megamind
Nordwand aka North Face
Harry Brown
Chloe
Still Farther out...
Godspeed (2009)
The Tourist 2011 (Angelina Jolie/Johnny Depp)
Burke and Hare 2010 (Isla Fisher/Simon Pegg/Tim Curry)
Henry's Crime 2010(Keanu Reeves/James Caan/Vera Farmiga)
How to Train your Dragon March 26
Clash of the Titans April 2
The Losers April 23
Farther out ...
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Megamind
Nordwand aka North Face
Harry Brown
Chloe
Still Farther out...
Godspeed (2009)
The Tourist 2011 (Angelina Jolie/Johnny Depp)
Burke and Hare 2010 (Isla Fisher/Simon Pegg/Tim Curry)
Henry's Crime 2010(Keanu Reeves/James Caan/Vera Farmiga)
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Alice in Wonderland
STARRING: Johnny Depp, Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Crispin Glover
DIRECTED BY: Tim Burton
HOLY COW!
I love Alice in Wonderland--always have. I have been excited about this since I first heard about it. I did not opt to see this in 3-D and I was glad that didn't as I honestly think I would have been nauseous the entire time due to sensory overload (and the person that I saw it with said the exact same thing).
With Tim Burton at the helm, obviously this is not the saccharine sweet Disneyfied animated version that a lot of people grew up on. It is dark. The Alice stories are dark. It is disturbing. The Alice stories are disturbing. It is a wild mind altering force. You get the picture.
The images are beautiful. Flower heads, dragon flies, rocking horse flies, the small things that we loved about the cartoon are worked into the movie. There are certain movies that require computer assistance, and this is one of them, and it is done well.
The characters are as zany and mad as they are in the original. Depp is on the top of his game as usual. Hathaway and Bonham Carter are the essence of their characters. The mythical characters are well done.
Alice, somewhat grown up now, evades a boorish dilemma by following a white rabbit and once again finds herself in Wunderland (or rather Underland--the "W" is apparently silent). The Red Queen has taken over and things are relatively miserable. A champion is needed, a battle ensues, and things kinda get boring after that, but the movie is also almost over.
The movie is true to the story we are familiar with in a lot of ways. There are some new elements thrown in, obviously. This is not necessarily a movie for young children, but older kids will probably really like it. There is also an interesting Wizard of Oz type parallel that works. The movie does not set itself up for sequels, interestingly enough. Although there is a weird chemistry between Alice and the Mad Hatter, which could spawn spawn, I mean sequels.
5 stars
DIRECTED BY: Tim Burton
HOLY COW!
I love Alice in Wonderland--always have. I have been excited about this since I first heard about it. I did not opt to see this in 3-D and I was glad that didn't as I honestly think I would have been nauseous the entire time due to sensory overload (and the person that I saw it with said the exact same thing).
With Tim Burton at the helm, obviously this is not the saccharine sweet Disneyfied animated version that a lot of people grew up on. It is dark. The Alice stories are dark. It is disturbing. The Alice stories are disturbing. It is a wild mind altering force. You get the picture.
The images are beautiful. Flower heads, dragon flies, rocking horse flies, the small things that we loved about the cartoon are worked into the movie. There are certain movies that require computer assistance, and this is one of them, and it is done well.
The characters are as zany and mad as they are in the original. Depp is on the top of his game as usual. Hathaway and Bonham Carter are the essence of their characters. The mythical characters are well done.
Alice, somewhat grown up now, evades a boorish dilemma by following a white rabbit and once again finds herself in Wunderland (or rather Underland--the "W" is apparently silent). The Red Queen has taken over and things are relatively miserable. A champion is needed, a battle ensues, and things kinda get boring after that, but the movie is also almost over.
The movie is true to the story we are familiar with in a lot of ways. There are some new elements thrown in, obviously. This is not necessarily a movie for young children, but older kids will probably really like it. There is also an interesting Wizard of Oz type parallel that works. The movie does not set itself up for sequels, interestingly enough. Although there is a weird chemistry between Alice and the Mad Hatter, which could spawn spawn, I mean sequels.
5 stars
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