@mvp_repo1 Sorry if the review…
Saturday, November 6th, 2010@mvp_repo1 Sorry if the review gave the impression I’d read the piece before seeing the movie rather than after, but what diff does it make?
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@mvp_repo1 fails to do it just…
Saturday, November 6th, 2010@mvp_repo1 fails to do it justice doesn’t count? I would think someone intimately familiar with the text would dislike the movie even more.
@mvp_repo1 So it only counts i…
Saturday, November 6th, 2010@mvp_repo1 So it only counts if I read the play *before* I saw the movie? Reading it after — and thus better appreciating why the movie
Friday movie roundup – Nov. 5
Saturday, November 6th, 2010Citizens of Los Angeles, New York, Seattle, Austin, Philadelphia, Boston, and Washington D.C. should skip the big studio releases this weekend and see “Four Lions,” which is a very funny and dark British comedy about terrorism. Goodness knows we could use some more of those.
It’s been all the buzz ever since it premiered at Sundance in January, but none of the usual indie distributors were willing to take the risk of releasing it. Then, just in the nick of time, the folks behind Austin’s world-famous Alamo Drafthouse theaters started a new distribution wing, and “Four Lions” became their first product. This is good news for everybody, because the Drafthouse people have excellent taste, and “Four Lions” is hilarious. Go see it. The film’s website has a schedule of when it will open in additional cities.
As for wide releases, feh. “Megamind” is the best of the lot, and it’s barely on the “recommended” side. “Due Date” is weirdly unfunny. “For Colored Girls” wasn’t screened for critics, but I reviewed it for Cinematical as soon as it opened, and it ain’t pretty.
Also in limited release: “Fair Game” (review at Film.com), starring Naomi Watts as outed spy Valerie Plame and Sean Penn as her husband, Joe Wilson. Whatever sensation that sentence inspires in you is probably how you’ll feel about the movie, too.
For Film.com this week, “What’s the Big Deal?” is about “Apocalypse Now,” and “Eric’s Bad Movies” is “DOA: Dead or Alive,” which is definitely a bad movie, no matter what you may have heard. I also transcribed some of the messages left on Bill Murray’s voice mail.
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@mvp_repo1 Read the text after…
Saturday, November 6th, 2010@mvp_repo1 Read the text after I saw the movie. Not what I’d curl up with on a rainy afternoon, but good, powerful stuff.
For @cinematical, my review of…
Saturday, November 6th, 2010For @cinematical, my review of FOR COLORED GIRLS. Tyler Perry does his thing! (Note: his thing is bad.) http://aol.it/cjWzjA
