Friday, May 2, 2014
New Stuff: Eugene Richards
Eugene Richards is a noted American documentary photographer. During the 1960s, Richards was a civil rights activist and VISTA volunteer.
The Movies I Watched in April
Boiling Point 1993 5
Dark Matter 2007 6
Dream House 2011 5
Henry's Crime 2010 6
In Time 2011 5
Inside Llewyn Davis 2013 7
Je n'ai rien oublié 2010 6
Little Fockers 2010 5
Lymelife 2008 6
Mirror Mirror 2012 6
Oxygen 1999 6
RED 2010 5
Silk 2007 6
Sucker Punch 2011 6
The American 2010 7
The Double Hour 2009 6
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 2013 7
The Last Tycoon 1976 4
The Shining 1980 9
United 93 2006 6
Vision 2009 5
Dark Matter 2007 6
Dream House 2011 5
Henry's Crime 2010 6
In Time 2011 5
Inside Llewyn Davis 2013 7
Je n'ai rien oublié 2010 6
Little Fockers 2010 5
Lymelife 2008 6
Mirror Mirror 2012 6
Oxygen 1999 6
RED 2010 5
Silk 2007 6
Sucker Punch 2011 6
The American 2010 7
The Double Hour 2009 6
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 2013 7
The Last Tycoon 1976 4
The Shining 1980 9
United 93 2006 6
Vision 2009 5
Thursday, May 1, 2014
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First Lines: Lee Martin - The Bright Forever
On the night it happened - July 5 - the sun didn't set until 8:33.
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
New Stuff: Chris Killip
An essential figure in post-war photography, since his debut in the 1970s Chris Killip has been forging a new path in documentary photography: the depiction of the working classes, in the midst of the dismantling of the industry that had created and maintained them since the beginning of the 19th century.
RED (2010)
When his peaceful life is threatened by a high-tech assassin, a former black-ops agent reassembles his old team in a last ditch effort to survive and uncover his assailants.
Tongue-in-cheek spy thriller with lots of mayhem, but - as the plot implies - feels like a last opportunity for retired action stars.
Maltin**1/2: "...this should have been a slam dunk, but never quite takes off - and goes on far too long. Still, it's fun to watch the veteran cast at work."
First Lines: Geraldine Brooks - March
October 21, 1861
This is what I wrote to her: The clouds tonight embossed the sky.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Oxygen (1999)
A masochistic cop, who hides her predilection from her cop husband, gets involved in pursuing a kidnapper nicknamed Harry for Harry Houdini.
Psychological thriller based more on
character than on action, but slightly overdoes it with the
protagonists' mental disorders.
On second view I stay with my initial opinion, and add: along the long the line the actual victim buried in a coffin is almost forgotten, and that potential element of claustrophobic suspence is fully neglected.
Halliwell (no star): "Slick, moderatelyengaging thriller that overuses a familiar device, suggesting that a cop and criminal are somehow similar; in the process, the suspense leaks away."
