Analysis & Commentary and News Rick on 13 May 2008
So the other day, I walked into my local Movie Gallery, looking for I’m Not There and maybe even The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, both of which I missed because they didn’t play here in the wilds of West Alabama, when what to my wondering eyes should appear but a [...]
News Rick on 12 May 2008
Well, it had to happen — several reviews of Indy’s newest outing have hit the fan, and they aren’t all that pretty. The worst one has been posted at Ain’t It Cool News by someone who calls himself (or herself) ShogunMaster:
. . . this is the Indiana Movie that you were dreading. During the [...]
Analysis & Commentary and News Rick on 10 May 2008
For cinephiles, the news last week from Criterion that they were coming out with thirteen Blu-ray titles was a mixed blessing at best. With four-hundred-some Criterion titles and counting, the question becomes how many titles will come out in the format and how fast? What will the announcement do for sales of their [...]
News Rick on 07 May 2008
Just a quick pointer to some of the most innovative stuff I’ve seen in a while. It’s Green Porno, Isabella Rossellini’s series of eight one-minute spots on the Sundance channel. I especially like the earthworm, but it’s all good. And you can watch them all here. Enjoy!
(thanks to Ted Zee at [...]
News Rick on 04 May 2008
The Invitation to the Dance Blogathon over at Ferdy on Films, etc. is off! All dance, all the time — or at least now through May 10th. This post of mine on Werckmeister Harmonies has been listed, and I’m working on something else for later in the week. Meantime, drop on over [...]
News Rick on 30 Apr 2008
Roger Ebert has a blog. That’s all that needs to be said, really, but here’s a bit of his prose to whet your appetite. It’s from a post on, of all things, Joe and the Volcano:
It’s the kind of film that offends the Movie Police, a shadowy group that lurks about proclaiming, [...]
News Rick on 24 Apr 2008
After literally years of intrigue, then months of speculation, it’s finally official: Guillermo del Toro will direct the two Hobbit pictures for New-Line MGM. As reported by Dave McNary in Variety,
The widely expected announcement — which had been rumored for several weeks — came Thursday afternoon jointly from exec producers Peter Jackson and [...]
News Rick on 18 Apr 2008
Marilyn Ferdinand has a review of Errol Morris’ (right) new documentary on the Standard Operating Procedure, and a very thought-provoking interview with Morris here. After a rocky start, the interview makes telling points about the Abu Ghraib incidents and how our citizens deal with clear evidence of the wrong-doings of our government. Way to [...]
News Rick on 07 Apr 2008
It’s a month dedicated to the Coen brothers at MovieZeal; I’ll be contributing a piece later in the month; in the meantime, check out this great review of Raising Arizona by Evan Derrick, who writes
Raising Arizona continues the Coens’ fascination with bending genre, the screwball comedy (ala Peter Bogdanovitch) serving as their guinea pig this [...]
News Rick on 06 Apr 2008
Charlton Heston, actor and activist, died yesterday in California. Perhaps best-known for his role as Moses in Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments (1956), Heston had a long and varied career as an actor, primarily in action roles. Imdb lists over 125 roles, beginning as the title character in 1941’s Pyr Gynt. [...]
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