Archive for December, 2008
The Punisher War Zone
Friday, December 26th, 2008 Director: Jonathan Hensleigh
Cast: Tom Jane, John Travolta
Sometimes, just to get over the week’s intellectual burden on your mind, you need a real solid dose of a blood-and-gore slug fest. So, here’s the perfect weekend watch. Based on a lesser known Marvel Comics character, Frank Castle, It’s a slam-banger, akin to the 1970s vigilante flicks [...]
Roman Polanski Repulsion
Thursday, December 11th, 2008Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Yvonne Furneaux, John Fraser, Ian Hendry, Patrick Wymark
What’s bizarre about this 1965 black and white movie by the great director-for whom this is a first in English-is that the viewer becomes a voyeur who gets to peep into a disturbed mind. Carol (Catherine), a Belgian manicurist working in a London [...]
Broken Flowers:Bill Murray’s expressions-bored and cynical.
Friday, December 5th, 2008Director: Jim Jarmusch
Cast: Bill Murray, Jeffrey Wright, Sharon Stone, Tilda Swinton, Julie Deply, Jessica Lange
The ‘oh-so-original’ tag can be a handicap for filmmakers like Jim, since viewers and critics alike are always busy searching for their trademark style in all films. This one-a Grand Prix winner at Cannes 2005-actually has a tidy story not fractured [...]
Waitress Movie (2007) starring Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion & Cheryl Hines
Thursday, December 4th, 2008Director: Adrienne Shelly
Cast: Keri Russel, Nathan Fillion, Cheryl Hines
Jenna (Ken) a small-town waitress with big ; dreams bakes great pies and secretly hopes to win a $25,000 contest so she can walk out on her obnoxious husband and open her own pie shop. Enter a handsome newcomer in town, who might just help Jenna [...]