This youtube video of Francis Ford Coppola intruducing his new film is pretty cool, it makes a living legend seem quite human:
Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label movies. Show all posts
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Francis Ford Coppola introduces "Tetro"
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Polish movie posters
Sooner or later I HAD to have a post about the amazing world of Polish movie posters. But this is a short one, because I can see that someone already selected 50 of the best posters and put them on his site. So just follow this link.
Friday, February 13, 2009
"King of Kong"
Finally got round to watching "King of Kong - a Fistful of Quarters". Good documentary, and certainly a must-see for anyone who grew up on arcade games in the early 80s. But I think I expected a bit more from the movie after reading so much about it.... a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 97% had led me to expect something on the level of "Crumb" or "Grizzly Man", but I didn't really think the movie touched on any deeper subjects, and we didn't really get under the skin of any of the people in it. So... a good and fun documentary about classic video games, nothing more.
Friday, January 30, 2009
"The Princess and the Frog"
So this years "The Princess and the Frog" is the first hand drawn Disney movie in 5 years... and it's a New Orleans based musical with songs by Randy Newman. Count me in! According to the Wiki page it was new Disney animation-boss John Lasseter who decided to throw the bland hack composer Alan Menken off the project and get Randy Newman involved. Lasseter is a hero!
(But come to think of it it's a bit sad if the New Orleans of the golden age is now almost becoming like the Baghdad of the famous "Sandman" story "Ramadan" - now it's something out of fairy tales, it doesn't exist in the real world anymore.)
Teaser:
The animation for the frog looks like it's heavily Chuck Jones influenced. Cool!
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Button-Eyes
This exclusive Neil Gaiman introduction to the new "Coraline" movie is one of the coolest things I've seen in a while.
http://www.bordersmedia.com/backlot/coraline.asp
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Japanese "Watchmen" trailer....
...with new footage and lots of political background stuff.
I know I'm supposed to despise Philip Glass as being a no-good hack now I've turned into a wannabe classical music snob, but I have to admit that hearing Glass' "Koyaanisqatsi" music in those Watchmen trailers is quite chilling. I Wish they'd keep it there for the movie.
I wonder if this can turn the Watchmen graphic novel into a bestseller in Japan.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
"Let the Right One In"
Dear diary. Last week in Copenhagen I missed my chance of seeing Swedish vampire sensation "Let The Right One In". I'll surely get another chance eventually, but I'm still sad.
97% at Rotten Tomatoes
It's on limited release in the US.
I know. This post is somewhat pathetic.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
DVD Savant's "Best DVD's of 2008" list
DVD Savant is probably the most interesting reviewer of DVD's in the US. Here's his list of the best DVD's of 2008. Lots of westerns, and Criterion Collection's DVD of Dreyer's "Vampyr" at the top.
Carl Th. Dreyer is a favourite of mine - certainly the best Danish movie director of all time, and I should get round to buying that disc. His movies have never been properly released on DVD here in Denmark, and I'm greateful for the Criterion box-set I own that contains "Ordet", "Gertrud" and "Day of Wrath".
Edit: no wait, I did a little research - I'll buy the UK release of "Vampyr" instead, it's fairly similar to the US Criterion edition, but it also has a commentary track from Guillermo Del Toro.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
I finally managed to find a rental copy of "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" at my local Blockbuster, and it's been my major christmas movie for this year. I'm not going to try to write a proper review. I'll just say that it's long, slow, intense and quite beautiful. It's got a score by Warren Ellis and Nick Cave, and Also a cameo from Cave. Well worth catching on DVD, especially if you've got a proper widescreen television. As a return to 1970s style movie epics it's comparable to "There Will Be Blood". And it's certainly a better Terrence Mallick-style film than what Mallick himself has been doing lately.
Monday, December 15, 2008
"4 Months 3 Weeks And 2 Days"
Got around to watching last years Cannes winner, "4 Months 3 Weeks and 2 Days". Really disturbing movie about illegal abortions in Ceausescu's Romania in the 80s. Completely harrowing. I'm not sure I should actually recommend this one, since it's not going to make anyon e feel particularly well, but if you're up for something truly dark and depressing, then...
trailer:
"Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
This time it's for real! Woody Allen is back with a GOOD one - probably his best since "Everyone Says I Love You" 12 years ago! I really enjoyed this film. It's funny and sexy. YAY!
Trailer:
Sunday, December 7, 2008
"The Kite Runner"
I'm in the mood for sumptuous dramas at the moment, and I'm really glad I watched "The Kite Runner" - well, I know I should read the book, but I'm just too lazy, and I enjoy movies so much. Anyway, I was really moved by this film. And I know it's one of those 'worthy' mainstream Hollywood dramas that manipulate your emotions a little too much. Yes, I could have lived without the not very believeable single action scene towards the end. But on the whole it was very good, particularly the early parts about childhood in Kabul in the 1970s, before the Soviet Invasion. It's really weird that the city that would become the headquarters of the Taliban once was a place where kids would go to the local cinema and watch dubbed versions of "The Magnificent Seven" and "Bullit". I must be getting old when ANYTHING that has to do with childhood in the 70s can make me strangely nostalgic, even if it's in some far away place like Afghanistan.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Ang Lee's "Lust and Caution"
I really enjoyed Ang Lee's "Lust and Caution". A lot of the reviews said it was overlong, and it probably is, at 155 minutes - but if you're in the mood for something that's slow, dark and beautiful and that that transports you to another world (Hong Kong and Shanghai between 1938 and 1942), then go for it. Not quite as good as Lee's "Brokeback Mountain", but a LOT better than that "Hulk" movie, heheh. Americans should go for the NC-17 version, obviously, those sex scenes ARE pretty hot.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Ten Years of "The Big Lebowsky"
Rolling Stone celebrates ten year of "The Big Lebowsky"
I was one of those few people who 'got' it the first time. I saw it twice while it was still in the cinemas. Hah!
The anniversary DVD box:
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008
"Watchmen" the bestseller
So "Watchmen" the book has now sold close to 900.000 copies in the last few weeks, all because of that trailer. I remain a sceptic who's somewhat concerned about the movie, but still... damn impressive.
This page has a comparison between the original comic book promotion posters and the new movie promotion posters.
and the trailer, in case there are a few people left who havent seen it yet:
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Favourite movies
So I did a music list. I think I'll simply get it over with and do a movie list too.
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