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Justice League: The New Frontier (2008)–***1/2 DVD Review If there is anyone out there from Warner Bros. reading this, I have a request: please, please, please release Justice League: The New Frontier in theaters. I don’t want to live in a world where an animated film the caliber of this latest DC Universe release is [...]
Archive for February, 2008
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Oscar Winners and Observations
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on February 25th, 2008
Jon Stewart should host the Oscars every year – and know you can’t beat an 11-year-old at Wii tennis. Even if you are French, as long as you are a hot young actress who “deglams” you’ll always beat out the competition. Congrats Marion Cotillard. I want a recount on the editing award. Would have loved [...]
Geeky Goodness – X-Files 2 Trailer from Wondercon 2008
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on February 24th, 2008
I’m excited about The Dark Knight. I’m eager to watch Iron Man. But this trailer for The X-Files 2 has just put it at the top of my must see summer movie list. I think this trailer confirms exactly what the monster is going to be in this new Mulder and Scully adventure (notice the [...]
Hometown Update
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on February 24th, 2008
I’m a bit out of touch with the filmmaking community in my hometown of Erie, Pa. It’s amazing what moving just 100 miles will do. Anyway, time for a little catch up. First up is John C. Lyons, who just completed his first feature film titled schism. You can catch up on the production with [...]
DVD Review: Day Zero
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on February 23rd, 2008
Day Zero (2007)–**1/2 DVD Review Day Zero is more of a conversation starter than a watchable film. The drama, set in a near future where the draft is reinstated due to an escalated confrontation in the Middle East, languishes in the realm of politics for too long. In the early scenes, the tone is set [...]
Quickie: Be Kind Rewind
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on February 23rd, 2008
Be Kind Rewind (2007)–*** Quickie Review A freak accident at a power plant supercharges some guy who hangs out at a Jersey VHS-rental store. The magnetic field he produces erases the tapes, forcing him and the store’s clerk to improvise remakes of all the movies. A messy, but ultimately funny comedy, this Michel Gondry picture [...]
Final Oscar Predictions…5 Days to Go
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on February 19th, 2008
I’ve officially lost count of just how many awards No Country for Old Men has won this Oscar season. It’s taken home the DGA, PGA, SAG and WGA awards, something only one other film has done since the SAGs started giving out the Motion Picture Cast prize. That film was American Beauty. We know how [...]
DVD Review: Margot at the Wedding
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on February 18th, 2008
Margot at the Wedding-*1/2 DVD Review Noah Baumbach’s characters have always been slightly maladjusted, but they never felt unreal. Margot at the Wedding changes that. In his latest film, he transplants characters from a Todd Solondz film into a movie that is too dramatic, tonally, when compared to its characters. One of those characters is [...]
Audrey Tautou’s ‘Priceless’ Poster
Posted by Dan Stasiewski on February 14th, 2008
Okay, Audrey. I forgive you for The Da Vinci Code. We all need a paycheck. Maybe Priceless will make up for it. Billed as a “re-imagining” of the classic Breakfast at Tiffany’s, the French-language film is set to open in theaters on March 28. Here’s a glimpse of the poster that will start to pop [...]
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Musicians in Film – Starring The Beatles in ‘Help!’
Most fun in the world: watching a Beatles movie. No, I’m not referring to Across the Universe. I’m talking about the zany Richard Lester film Help!. Sure the comedic timing isn’t perfect and it’s absolutely, off-the-wall silly, but Help! can’t help but indulge the Fab Four’s tendency toward spirited farce. I wasn’t alive when the [...]