“What happens when make-believe believes it’s real?”
This was the tag-line for Guillermo del Toro’s beautiful fantasy, translated for Western audiences as “Pan’s Labyrinth”. I learned of this film several months in advance and actively made every effort to ensure that a) I knew where it would be shown in my city. b) All my friends knew about this movie too. I [...]
An open letter to M. Night Shyamalan:
I consider myself a fan of your work. I have seen every one of your movies in the theaters, including the truly awful Lady in the Water. Every time I see a new preview of your movies, I think to myself: finally, this one will be good. I think [...]
Harry Tremayne has a reputation of never missing. He is the best. Yet, today when he is positioned on a roof top and he has his target in the cross hairs, he misses for the first time. From here the plot unfolds as he comes to terms with this age and cancer.
The Last Hit Man [...]
You all ready know that I like wedding movies from a previous post. So, it should be no surprise that I saw Sex and the City the opening weekend. What may surprise you is that my wife did not want to go. She went to make me happy. We have move system that enables us [...]
Even though I like Important Movies (they make me feel smart), I have been avoiding seeing Into the Wild. The story of Christopher McCandless’s (or Alexander Supertramp’s) journey from prestigious college graduate to starved mountain man just seemed like it would be too precious and too depressing to watch in one sitting. Couple that with [...]
My mother and I went to see the new Bob Dylan artsy bio pic, I’m Not There when it came out. While a bit long, this Todd Haynes directed film stars 6 different actors as Bob Dylan during different stages of his life. The plot is loosely based on the events of Dylan’s life, a kind [...]
It’s been awhile since I’ve watched a movie worth writing about. True, I’ve been embroiled in Season 3 of Battlestar Galactica for a couple of weeks which has consumed much of my time, but the movies I have tried to watch have sucked. Yet, not sucked enough to write about them. So, it is with great pleasure [...]
Las Vegas has changed over the years, from an adults-only playground to a family vacation destination and now, to self-mimicry. In movies like the uneven Oceans trilogy and the new Jim Sturgess vehicle 21, the plasticly attractive perpetuate a take-or-be-taken mythology. In this version of Vegas, the bad guys are casinos growing rich on the masses and the good [...]
Why yes, thank you, I will be the resident chick-flick reviewer at AOTMW. I think I’m genetically predisposed. I’m also genetically predisposed to love Irish movie Once. It has all the girl friendly elements: good music, romance, and artistry, set against the unique backgrop of Irish street life.
The movie stars real-life musicians (and partners) Glen Hansard and Marketa [...]
Ping Pong (2002) is a great movie. I love ping pong or Table Tennis and used to play all the time; however, not at the level that you will see in the movie.Yutaka Hoshino / Peco (played by Yôsuke Kubozuka) and Makoto Tsukimoto / Smile (played by Arata) are team mates on a, Japanese High [...]
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