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Poor Little Print Critics (No, Seriously) 2008-04-04 17:29:31 An article by Anne Thompson for Variety has yet again brought my attention the shaky future many print critics in the US face today. It sucks, it really does, but that is the future. In SA, print critics were never really all that influential anyway, with the exception of a few house hold names, like [...] Read more:Print
, Seriously
Review: Shine a Light (2008) 2008-04-04 14:53:07 A Rolling Stone gathers no moss…
We have all heard of the Rolling Stones, those of us who have not have been living under a rock our entire lives. In a career spanning nearly five decades, they are the undisputed legends of Rock ‘n Roll. Martin Scorsese has managed to put together an intimate film that immortalises [...] Read more:Shine
Weekend Attractions (4 - 6 March ‘08) 2008-04-03 06:35:45 A documentary outshines the rest this weekend & it isn’t Shine A Light
{Not for everyone anyway}
Well, well, well. The Mid-Season Suckfest is beginning. Tons of the most random releases, filled with almost-blockbusters and 2007-leftovers {in this weekend’s case 2006-leftovers} and an ambitious South African release or two. I have a feeling. Indifference. You would think seeing [...] Read more:Attractions
, March
, Weekend
Page to Screen: The Other Boleyn Girl 2008-03-29 04:58:55 We all know about the Nu Metro movie club with film previews presented by Barry Ronge that I still enjoy going to, and I always knew it was a matter of time before Ster Kinekor did something similar. Well now they have and it is called “Page to Screen,” a film club that focuses on the [...]
Review: The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) 2008-03-28 13:47:29 “Le Scaphandre et le Papillon”
From the very first frame, you know that you are not about to witness a conventional heroic tale nor shall you be embarking on a simple inspirational journey. You feel claustrophobic and unable to move. Slowly but surely everything comes into focus and you realise where you are. You are in a hospital room and [...] Read more:Butterfly
, Diving
IMDB Top 250: Does it really mean anything…? 2008-03-26 02:10:21 It means I have a way to pass time this morning.
So I was inspired by J.D to get my hands on the IMDB Top 250 list, and mark off all the films I have seen. The list goes on forever, so you have been warned. How many have you seen, and which films do think [...] Read more:anything
Fataculture Must Sees 2008 “Shine A Light” 2008-03-25 07:23:59 I do not think this one needs much explaining at all.
Martin Scorsese. The Rolling Stones. Need I say more? Probably not, but I will anyway. It is a brand new documentary that was shot back in October and November over two nights last year at the Beacon Theatre in New York City. The film attempts [...] Read more:Shine
Acknowledgement (I am turning into Mr. Blurby) 2008-04-06 06:31:07 Today, a “blurb” of mine has been published in the South African media magazine, The Sunday Times. I have had a blurb published only 4 times now {for The Jane Austen Book Club, Atonement, No Country and most recently Juno}. I guess I am not that different than Ms. Blurby with the exception that she [...] Read more:turning
Fataculture Rename? “Diablo Cody MySpace blog feed” Perhaps? 2008-04-05 18:19:02 Call this the “Diablo Cody MySpace
blog feed” if you like, it doesn’t phase me in the least. If anything, that is exactly what it is. I have an admiration for her that runs deep. What is more, I am curious to see how well she does when the warm Juno-glow wears off and she [...] Read more:Rename
Review: Grace is Gone (2007) 2008-04-07 18:52:34 One of the most ignored films that focuses on an inevitable result of war and terrorism, death, is one of the only ones that really matters. What many of the anti-Iraq war themed films did was show how the war is damaging the United State’s image and global status. Even if they were toned down [...] Read more:Grace
Disney Animation and Pixar Announce Schedule 2008-04-09 02:03:53 Ever elusive DisneyAnimation
Studios and Pixar
have announced their line up of will-be-hits until 2012. They seem very pleased with themselves indeed, article over at Variety.
I spoke about some of these releases last year in one of my first posts ever, here, but since no one cared about me then I shall mention them again.
2008:
I think [...] Read more:Schedule
MPAA Comes A’ Stubbin 2008-04-08 06:55:45 Thank You For Smoking, I’m Serious
This old news is quite possibly the most pathetic thing in the world and it is only the beginning of what will eventually be the demise of Hollywood, as I love it. Everything has to be so strict and guide lined, nothing is sacred and now, smoking is the target. [...]
Review: Grace is Gone (2007) 2008-04-07 18:52:34 One of the most ignored films that focuses on an inevitable result of war and terrorism, death, is one of the only ones that really matters. What many of the anti-Iraq war themed films did was show how the war is damaging the United State’s image and global status. Even if they were toned down [...] Read more:Grace
I am turning into Mr. Blurby! 2008-04-06 06:31:07 Today, a “blurb” of mine has been published in the South African media magazine, The Sunday Times. I have had a blurb published only 4 times now {for The Jane Austen Book Club, Atonement, No Country and most recently Juno}. I guess I am not that different than Ms. Blurby with the exception that she [...] Read more:turning
Fataculture Rename? “Diablo Cody MySpace blog feed” Perhaps? 2008-04-05 18:19:02 Call this the “Diablo Cody MySpace
blog feed” if you like, it doesn’t phase me in the least. If anything, that is exactly what it is. I have an admiration for her that runs deep. What is more, I am curious to see how well she does when the warm Juno-glow wears off and she [...] Read more:Rename
Poor Little Print Critics (No, Seriously) 2008-04-04 17:29:31 An article by Anne Thompson for Variety has yet again brought my attention the shaky future many print critics in the US face today. It sucks, it really does, but that is the future. In SA, print critics were never really all that influential anyway, with the exception of a few house hold names, like [...] Read more:Print
, Seriously
Review: Shine a Light (2008) 2008-04-04 14:53:07 A Rolling Stone gathers no moss…
We have all heard of the Rolling Stones, those of us who have not have been living under a rock our entire lives. In a career spanning nearly five decades, they are the undisputed legends of Rock ‘n Roll. Martin Scorsese has managed to put together an intimate film that immortalises [...] Read more:Shine
Weekend Attractions (4 - 6 March ‘08) 2008-04-03 06:35:45 A documentary outshines the rest this weekend & it isn’t Shine A Light
{Not for everyone anyway}
Well, well, well. The Mid-Season Suckfest is beginning. Tons of the most random releases, filled with almost-blockbusters and 2007-leftovers {in this weekend’s case 2006-leftovers} and an ambitious South African release or two. I have a feeling. Indifference. You would think seeing [...] Read more:Attractions
, March
, Weekend
Review: Things We Lost In The Fire (2007) 2008-04-10 17:59:24 Danish director Susanne Bier’s latest film follows her Dogme infused beliefs to a T and serves as simple irony. The Dogme movement aims to create honest and realistic films free from any kind of commercial artifice and frowns upon the way Hollywood strips away the purity of filmmaking. The irony is that Bier is working [...]
Weekend Attractions (11 – 13 April ‘08) 2008-04-10 04:49:36 Films opening in South Africa this weekend:
Starter for 10
From the Academy Award-winning duo of actor turned producer Tom Hanks and producer Gary Goetzman (Silence of the Lambs, Charlie Wilson’s War) comes this inspirational, sometimes bittersweet coming-of-age drama that is set against English university life of the 1980’s. In the film, a working-class English boy (James [...] Read more:April
, Attractions
, Weekend
Review: Disturbia (2007) 2008-04-12 15:51:30 Spy Kids: Disturbia in Surburbia
It is easy to assume that teenagers today have never heard of “Rear Window” and it is even safer to assume that they don’t care. Disturbia is quite simply a modern take on the Hitchcock classic structured to appeal to adolescents that lacks none of its briskly paced surprises along the [...]
Fataculture Must Sees 2008 “American Teen” 2008-04-13 23:26:58 Not Another Teen Movie: Apparently.
According to /Film the film is great:
“I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… American
Teen is my favorite film of 2008 so far. Jason Reitman was raving about it at Sundance, and two sold out screenings later, I finally got to see it. I’ve seen the movie twice now, and [...]
Review: Reign Over Me (2007) 2008-04-15 14:26:20 Adam Sandler in his best role to date
This small and unassuming yet vital film focuses on the lives of two very different men who went to college together. Alan (Don Cheadle) is now married to Janeane (Jada Pinkett Smith) with children and is a successful dentist. Charlie’s (Adam Sandler) family died during the 9/11 attacks [...]
Key Oscar Dates Announced! 2008-04-14 18:38:26 The 81st Annual Academy Awards will be presented on Sunday, February 22, 2009, Academy President Sid Ganis announced today.
The ceremony will again take place at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network.
Key dates announced:
Monday, December 1, 2008: Official Screen Credits forms due
Friday, [...] Read more:Oscar
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