| Media Talk: Regal, Like AMC, to Add Imax Screens |
The Regal Entertainment Group, which owns the nation’s largest movie theater chain, will work with the Imax Corporation to open 31 new, large-format outlets. Source: NYT |
| Medical Examiner Rules Ledger’s Death Accidental |
Heath Ledger died accidentally from the abuse of prescription medications — specifically, six kinds of painkillers, sleeping pills and anti-anxiety drugs. Source: NYT |
| Medical Examiner Rules Ledger’s Death Accidental |
Heath Ledger died accidentally from the abuse of prescription medications — specifically, six kinds of painkillers, sleeping pills and anti-anxiety drugs. Source: NYT |
| Medical Examiner Rules Ledger’s Death Accidental |
Heath Ledger died accidentally from the abuse of prescription medications — specifically, six kinds of painkillers, sleeping pills and anti-anxiety drugs. Source: NYT |
| Medical Examiner Rules Ledger’s Death Accidental |
Heath Ledger died accidentally from the abuse of prescription medications — specifically, six kinds of painkillers, sleeping pills and anti-anxiety drugs. Source: NYT |
| Meet Bill |
( Release: Apr. 4, 2008 Rated: R - for language, some drug use and sex-related material Avg. Score: 1.25/5
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) The Gist —
Totally dour comedy. Source: Movies.com |
| Meet Bill |
Meet Bill (Aaron Eckhart)a doormat if there ever was one. A man reduced to a mere accessory to his family by working a dead end job at his father-in-law's bank, Bill's wife Jess (Elizabeth Banks) is loathe to explain her "friendship" with the local news anchorman (Timothy Olyphant). But Bill's fate begins to change when he becomes mentor to a self-assured boy (Logan Lerman) who engineers Bill's recovery with the help of a cute lingerie sales girl named Lucy (Jessica Alba). Together, the trio confronts Bill's hapless life with humor and energy while forcing him to capture his dream of being financially independent and self-confident. Source: Rotten Tomatoes |
| Meet the Browns |
It feels pretty futile to be reviewing a Tyler Perry movie. Bad reviews have never stopped his movies from being giant box office hits, and given that the African-American community has made Perry such a success, its fair for anyone to assume that, if I critique it, its just because white people dont get it. Source: Cinema Blend |
| Meet the Browns - 4/3/2008 |
Source: filmcritic.com |
| Mehdi and Sarah and Adrien and Manu, Coupling Under a Cloud |
The beautifully acted ensemble film “The Witnesses” sidesteps most of its opportunities for high drama, political sermonizing and the jerking of tears. Source: NYT |
| Miley Cyrus’s Music Is Music to Disney’s Ears |
“Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour” ran away from the competition to capture the No. 1 ranking at North American box offices over the weekend. Source: NYT |
| Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day |
A fast-paced romp through one day in the life of American starlet Delysia Lafosse, the movie quickly dispatches with two bad suitors and one good one, a wielded gun, a brief elevator rendezvous, and a preliminary blitz on London from the Nazis, rising in power in this summer of 1939. You may pity Miss Pettigrew for only getting one day to live, but it sure is a busy one. Source: Cinema Blend |
| Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day |
( Release: Mar. 7, 2008 Rated: PG-13 - for some partial nudity and innuendo Avg. Score: 2.5/5
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) The Gist —
Flimsy, but somewhat entertaining. Source: Movies.com |
| Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day |
Miss Pettigrew is a breezy period comedy carried by the strong performances of Amy Adams and Frances McDormand. Source: Rotten Tomatoes |
| Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day |
A charming mix of screwball comedy and poignant romance, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day is lighthearted period fun. Source: Hollywood.com |
| Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day - "Frances McDormand Takes Charge in British Period Romp" |
Source: Box Office Mojo |
| Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day - 3/7/2008 |
Source: filmcritic.com |
| Movie Answer Man: Great Grisbi & ideal cast |
Q. I just watched "Cloverfield" and found the shaky-cam ruined the movie for me! I know it was supposed to give the feeling of being there, but I felt the director took it WAY too far. As you noted in your review, Hud "couldn't hold it steady or frame a shot if his life depended on it." Not only did it make me ill, but it ruined the whole movie for me.
The technique can be effective. The opening scene of "Saving Private Ryan" comes to mind, and in the camp during "Children of Men." But I am worried that Hollywood, which jumps on anything successful and tries to duplicate it, will start spawning multiple shaky-cam movies.
Sean Tuck, Colorado Springs, Colo.
A. Feature-length films with that technique have a limited future, which already may have been sufficiently explored. It also has been pointed out that there's a logical error in the "Cloverfield" use of the technique. Why does Hud so consistently focus on his friends rather than the monster? Doesn't he know that Eyewitness News pays the big bucks for the money shot, not the reaction shot? Source: RogerEbert Headlines |
| Movie Answer Man: The Questions That Will Not Die |
This column originally ran August 27, 2000: The Answer Man has a special folder for The Questions That Will Not Die. These questions are like urban legends. While the general population faithfully repeats the story about the blind date who stole the kidney, the AM is asked yet once again if there is not a ghost in "Three Men and a Baby." This column is dedicated to answering Questions That Will Not Die and no others. Clip and save. Please.
Q. I heard Rex Reed say on a talk show that Marisa Tomei didn't really win the Oscar -- that Jack Palance got confused and read her name instead of Vanessa Redgrave's. Is this true?
Greg Nelson, Chicago
A. When Joseph Gonzales of Waco, Texas, asked this question, the AM replied: "The accountants for Price Waterhouse, who have memorized the name of every winner, are poised backstage ready to race out and make an on-the-spot correction should anyone mistakenly (or deliberately!) announce the wrong winner -- which would be hard to do, since the presenter is reading from a card that has only one name written on it."
But that was not good enough for Chicago's James Berg, who wrote: "Reed explained that a 'stoned' or 'drunk' Palance read the last name on the TelePrompTer and did not properly open the envelope."
So the AM turned to Bruce Davis, executive director of the academy, who issued an official statement: "The legend of Marisa Tomei's 'mistaken Oscar' has appeared in various forms over the years and in that short time has achieved the status of urban myth. There is no more truth to this version than to any of the others we've heard. If such a scenario were ever to occur, the Price Waterhouse people backstage would simply step out onstage and point out the error. They are not shy."
Not only is the rumor untrue, it is unfair to Marisa Tomei, and Rex Reed owes her an apology. Source: RogerEbert Headlines |
| Movie Answer Man: What's shakin' with these videocam movies? |
Q. I just watched "Cloverfield" and found the shaky-cam ruined the movie for me! I know it was supposed to give the feeling of being there, but I felt the director took it WAY too far. As you noted in your review, Hud "couldn't hold it steady or frame a shot if his life depended on it." Not only did it make me ill, but it ruined the whole movie for me.
The technique can be effective. The opening scene of "Saving Private Ryan" comes to mind, and in the camp during "Children of Men." But I am worried that Hollywood, which jumps on anything successful and tries to duplicate it, will start spawning multiple shaky-cam movies.
Sean Tuck, Colorado Springs, Colo.
A. Feature-length films with that technique have a limited future, which already may have been sufficiently explored. It also has been pointed out that there's a logical error in the "Cloverfield" use of the technique. Why does Hud so consistently focus on his friends rather than the monster? Doesn't he know that Eyewitness News pays the big bucks for the money shot, not the reaction shot?
[Editor's note: George A. Romero's "Diary of the Dead," which also employs this consumer-video shaky-cam approach, opens Friday, Feb. 15 in limited release.] Source: RogerEbert Headlines |