Articles Posted August 2009
Character Posters for “Extract”
via collider.com I haven’t followed the developments around Mike Judge’s new film, “Extract,” but if Jason Bateman’s in, sign me up. Collider has posters for each of the four leads, which sadly includes Ben Affleck, who seems to be channeling the Almighty. Posted via web from Popscorn
A Perfect Getaway
When Cliff (Steve Zahn) calms his wife’s fear of the beach hike ahead by saying, “Nothing bad ever happens in Hawaii,” you know A Perfect Getaway is going to a pretty cheap trip. It’s doubtful one expects a genre-bending slick, sophisticated thriller considering the late-summer timing and Resident Evil mainstay Milla Jovovich at the helm, but you’d at least hope for something less eye-rolling and anticipated. Getaway is more of a roller-coaster afternoon at Busch Gardens on a hot humid day than a picturesque Hawaiian vacation. Director David Twohy wants to keep audiences guessing with blunt, repetitive misdirection. Instead, his jerky style just comes off as conspicuous and trying. Ultimately, you just have to sit back with full awareness of the lurching ahead and the expectation that the ride will be over in short time.
Julie & Julia
If there’s a secret ingredient, you can bet it’s butter. Butter makes everything better. And there is absolutely no substitute for it in cooking. Using something like I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter is a joke and an insult to cooks everywhere. So the fact that Nora Ephron’s latest concoction, Julie & Julia, doesn’t come out of the oven just right makes one wonder if the director didn’t somehow substitute oleo for the real deal.
Julie & Julia is based on two true stories, one following Julia Child’s rise to culinary magician and Julie Powell’s magical transformation, via the kitchen, from low-level bureaucrat to published writer. Rather than complement each other like fish and chips, the two stories are like pairing Kobe beef with a side of McDonald’s french fries.
Bi Gerard Butler?
via towleroad.com Hhhmm…so Gerard Butler is bi? He recently said, “‘I talk about my sexuality, but it’s always glossed over. People seem to shy away from the issue. Whenever it is discussed, its distended and exaggerated. Gerard Butler is gay. No I’m not. I don’t know myself what I am so it can be [...]
The Lovely Bones Trailer
Tales about avenging teenage ghosts (e.g., The Invisible) aren’t exactly new. That story as seen through the eyes of director Peter Jackson, however, is certainly something unique. Jackson’s style and a cast that includes Susan Sarandon and Rachel Weisz makes The Lovely Bones a promising, dynamic tale. That is if Mark Wahlberg doesn’t ruin it. [...]
