I watched Clash of the Titans this weekend. It has no titans – none whatsoever. It has giant scorpions, Medusa, a Kraken, but not titans. What’s possibly even worse, though, is that Clash of the Titans 3D has no 3D whatsoever. Taking off the 3D glasses actually made the image a lot clearer, which was [...]
Yesterday I had a chance to watch the Shining on a big screen and I noticed a couple of interesting things about it. First of all, it had been a few years since I first saw it, and I have watched a lot of horror between then and now, but it struck me how [...]
Good advice. And also a line spoken by Willem Dafoe in the second trailer for Antichrist. This is of course the new Lars von Trier movie, which will be shown at the Cannes film festival in less than two weeks. Now, I am a big Lars von Trier-fan: Not only is he my favourite Danish [...]
Time and time again, psychologists and philosophers alike ponder the ancient question: What is Happiness? To which I must answer, of course: An awesome movie from 1998 by Todd Solondz ! A few days ago I put the poster for the movie (shown above) in a frame I found in the trashcan of a house [...]
So I just had a chance to see Coraline again, which made it evident to me that it had to find its way onto this blog. I really, really like this movie, and I think it is worth seeing even if you are not usually into watching kids’ movies. The movie is based on [...]
So says Eva to her ultracool, hipster-cousin Willie, as the two of them are driving in a loaned car on a quest to find a little happiness in sunny Florida. In the car with them is Eddie (played by former Sonic Youth drummer Richard Edson), who is much nicer to Eva than Willie, possibly because [...]
I always had a lot of sympathy for Stallone. After all, he seems to have had a lot more creative involvement in his films, than say, Arnold Schwarzenegger. Furthermore, Stallone emerged as a “real” actor in the brilliant Copland, a movie that should have lead to more great roles, but did not. The new Rambo, [...]
So says Chris Mccandless, quoting Henry David Thoreau, in the movie Into the Wild. I could be tempted to quote him, when discussing the movies I’ve seen in the last week. Except, I don’t need truth in movies at all – I just need them to be believable!
I saw Darjeeling Limited last weekend and, like [...]
I saw Anton Corbjin’s Joy Division movie in New York with Zarah a few weeks back and was generally pleased with it. It was beautifully shot (obviously, when Anton’s behind the wheel) to a degree where it almost became a problem. The guy (Sam Riley) playing the HUGE lead (the movie is more about Ian [...]