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Archive for April, 2008

Standard Operating Procedure

Errol Morris and his crew spent two years working on this Abu Ghraib documentary, gathering “a million and a half words of interview transcript, thousands of pages of unredacted reports, and hundreds of photographs.”
They also say that the story is “shrouded in moral ambiguity”, that they are “still learning about it,” and that the “underlying [...]

Iron Man

As I’m sure you’ve heard, Iron Man is the best superhero movie ever because it was directed by celebrated indie director Jon Favreau, who is usually known for directing smaller, more heady films like Elf. You also might know him from indie TV shows like Friends and that show where he eats with celebrities.
Iron Man [...]

This Week On DVD (Week Of April 29, 2008)

The Golden Compass
How She Move
27 Dresses
Nanking

A Plumm Summer

As you can probably guess from the title, A Plumm Summer is the true-life tale of a frog puppet that was kidnapped and sexually assaulted by Fonzie in a way that would make Little Jack Horner blush.

Deal

Listen, I would really like to review Deal for you, but I got all distracted by visiting the Deal website. First I couldn’t stop looking at this picture:
and then I couldn’t stop reading Burt Reynolds’ bio, which trumpets that his “commitment to his profession and devotion to education can perhaps best be exemplified by [...]

Bomb It

 
 
 
In Bomb It, writer/director Jon Reiss makes the case that graffiti art has just as rich a history, and is just as valid, as any other kind of art that can be marketed with big fake melons.

Harold And Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay

Oh, man.
Do you remember Cheech And Chong Go To Dachau? Now that was a stoner comedy. My sides still ache from malnutrition.

This Week On DVD (Week Of April 22, 2008)

Cloverfield
The Savages
The Blair Monster Project
One Missed Call
The Orphanage (El Orfanato)
Charlie Wilson’s War

Glass: A Portrait Of Philip In Twelve Parts

As you might guess from the title, this is a gory horror movie.
It’s about these evil triplets who turn people’s brains into mush.

Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden?

Do you remember that guy who pissed off his girlfriend by purposely getting really fat and gross so that he could show how fattening food makes you fat get famous?
His plan totally worked! He got famous and got money before she figured out what an asshole he was!
He got the last laugh though because after [...]