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Leeloo Love

By Rick, on April 22nd, 2009 |

Mul-ti-pass

The Fifth Element lifts its ending from a Bond film and its look from Blade Runner, but I love it nevertheless. And no, it’s not just Milla Jovovich as Leeloo, who is actually . . . well, if you haven’t seen it, I won’t spoil it for you, but suffice it to say that [...]

A DVD I Just Saw: Humboldt County

By Rick, on February 22nd, 2009 |

As I sit here watching the Oscars — Penelope Cruz, Milk and now Slumdog Millionaire have already won awards — I thought I’d put down a few thoughts about a DVD I just saw. And I have to admit that I’m biased when it comes to Humboldt County. Filmed in the California county just to [...]

A Few Words About Frost/Nixon

By Rick, on February 16th, 2009 |

I’m of the opinion that if there ever was a rationale to separate critical judgment from movie enjoyment, Ron Howard’s films are it. I generally enjoy his movies — I thought The Da Vinci Code was a trash masterpiece — but I know they’re not great cinema. Frost/Nixon didn’t change that pattern. I enjoyed it, [...]

Undershadowed: Love in the Time of Cholera

By Rick, on February 15th, 2009 |

Javier Bardem

I hope my friend Bill over at The Kind of Face You Hate will forgive me, but I couldn’t resist titling this post after one of his series. But whereas his Overshadowed features films that have outstripped their literary underpinnings, Mike Newel’s adaptation of Gabriel García Márquez’ Love in the Time of Cholera [...]