Monthly Archives: July 2010
“Howl” Poster/Trailer
Loving everything about this film so far. Howl is such a fabulous poem and Franco looks really great as Ginsberg.
You can see the trailer here at the A.V. Club. It has a very I’m Not There kind of vibe to it. The film is set to open on September 24th, 2010.
First Full Trailer for “The Social Network”
It looks SO GOOD. I cannot wait for this film. You can see the trailer here at Yahoo! Movies.
Movie Quote of the Day – Far From Heaven, 2002 (dir. Todd Haynes)
Raymond: Have a proud life. A splendid life. Will you do that?
Poll: Favorite Multiple Oscar Nominee Who Has Never Won A Competitive Award?
Some of these people are dead and will never get themselves a competitive award. A few of them are getting kind of old and time is ticking and a few of them have plenty of time to go, but quite a large number of nominations with no win. Although, with all of these people winning or not winning an Oscar doesn’t really matter. They’re all remarkable in their fields and have had stellar careers. Oscar would really just be a cherry on top.
Poll after the cut.
Movie Quote of the Day – Monty Python and the Holy Grail, 1975 (dir. Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones)
God: What are you doing now?
King Arthur: I’m averting my eyes, oh Lord.
God: Well, don’t. It’s just like those miserable psalms, they’re so depressing. Now knock it off!
Auteur of the Week: Cameron Crowe
Cameron Crowe has directed 6 movies. I love and own on DVD 5 of those movies. His sixth film I really disliked. What I love so much about Cameron Crowe’s films, more than the great stories and characters he creates, is his use of music. There are few directors who infuse music so deeply into the stories they’re telling the way Crowe does. I’m sure this has to do with his background as a writer/editor with Rolling Stone Magazine. I owe a lot of my taste in music to the soundtracks of Crowe’s films. Crowe introduced me to Peter Gabriel, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Sigur Rós and Spiritualized, just to name a few of the bands that have graced his soundtracks.
Movie Quote of the Day – An Education, 2009 (dir. Lone Scherfig)
Jenny: I suppose you think I’m a ruined woman.
Headmistress: You’re not a woman.
Secretariat Trailer
I wasn’t too excited for this film until I saw the trailer this weekend when I saw Toy Story 3 (my thoughts on that film will come soon, I swear). After seeing the trailer, though, October 8th cannot come soon enough.
Trailer and info after the cut.
Oscar Vault Monday – Giant, 1956 (dir. George Stevens)
The 1956 film Giant is one of my favorite films of all time. George Stevens won the Best Director Oscar that year and the film was nominated for a total of nine awards – Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Score, Best Film Editing, Best Costume Design – Color, Best Art Direction – Color, Best Supporting Actress – Mercedes McCambridge (she won the award for 1949’s All The King’s Men), Best Actor Rock Hudson, Best Actor James Dean (this was his second posthumous nomination in a row) and Best Picture. It lost to Around The World In 80 Days. I recently watched that film and I would say there is no way it is a better film than Giant. The other nominated films were Friendly Persuasion, The King and I and The Ten Commandments. Last week I also watched Gigi which beat Cat On A Hot Tin Roof in 1959, another year where the winner is in no way as good as some of its competition. I think the reason 80 Days won is because it’s a giant Technicolor travelogue, and 60 years ago it was filled with images that many people didn’t get to see in everyday life, whereas today all you have to do is flip to the Travel Channel. But if you compare the stories and the performances and the lasting power of the films, Giant is a classic in every definition of the word and is just as compelling now as it was in 1956 and 80 Days is most definitely not.
Movie Quote of the Day – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 1969 (dir. George Roy Hill)
Sundance Kid: Think ya used enough dynamite there, Butch?
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