I remember when Pan's Labyrinth hit movie theatres in 2006, it seemed like a pretty big deal. I must have been reading about movies online at that point (pretty sure the regular reading of Entertainment Weekly had stopped by then), because I had known about it for awhile and had heard consistently good things about it. I was shocked when it actually came to my local theatre in Fredericton - a fantasy movie, in Spanish, here??
My wife and I…
I was in Moncton for my daughter’s basketball tournament this past weekend, and Saturday evening took a second to see what movies were playing at the local cineplex. I was pleasantly shocked to see they had just gotten an imax theatre (first in New Brunswick), and the 30th (!!) anniversary of Seven was playing. Needless to say, I begged off and went.
Remember when this came out in 1995? It was one of those unplanned events. Everyone was talking about…
Guess we’re all doing this this week, huh? Not the excuse for watching The Royal Tenenbaums that I’d like, and you really don’t need an excuse to rewatch this movie, do you?
A lot has been said about Gene Hackman the past couple of days, and what’s definitely true is that he really could play any role. Show me another actor that was better at being believably lovable, horrible, funny, racist, charming, whenever the role demanded it. I don’t think…
I had no idea until very recently that there was a short film and three more features (!) around Antoine Doinel, Truffaut's main character from The 400 Blows. I recently rewatched that iconic film, and when I found out about the others (thanks, Leah!), I thought I'd check them out.
This short, filmed a few years after The 400 Blows, was originally part of a series of short films about love, filmed by different directors. Watching it, I had to…
As always, at least one new tidbit noticed on yet another viewing of Boogie Nights. This time, realized that Rollergirl’s Polaroid camera has the ‘P’ altered so the branding on the camera says “Rolaroid”.
Happy 25th anniversary to the greatest movie ever made; I won’t listen to any arguments to the contrary. If you dare fight me on this, let me just say: I know karate!
I’ve been waiting a few days to log The Brutalist, because I wanted to sit on it after watching to try to sort out how I felt. Three days and I’m still not entirely sure where I am with it.
On one hand, it truly is an “achievement”. To get made for $10 million, with a story this grand, with performances that are some of the best I’ve seen all year, is nothing short of admirable. I admire Corbet’s vision…
Shawn liked Jedidiah Rose’s review of Hoosiers
Shawn liked marydaugherty’s review of A Real Pain
Shawn liked Leah’s review of Misery
Shawn liked Dr_S_Goodspeed’s review of The Hunt for Red October
Shawn liked Babis’s review of Okja
