Archive for January, 2007

Children of Men

Saturday, January 13th, 2007

Children of Men is one of the finest films of 2006 if not ever. It has the edges of a personal film yet is a big sprawling science fiction epic. Miraculously throughout the movie’s naturalistic and immaculately detailed designs we never lose sight of the people in the center who act with grace or desparation […]

The Good Newman

Thursday, January 11th, 2007

 
If you go to the link below you can maybe check out a weird anomaly. Was anyone else confused about the difference between The Good Shepherd and The Good German? I mean, we’re they both Ocean’s 11 alums doing serious historical drama for the awards season. Well, Amazon was confused as well. So confused that […]

Hunker

Tuesday, January 9th, 2007

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Please check out my latest song called “Hunker.” I think you’ll like it. I mean, my friends like it for what that’s worth.
Seriously though, the backhanded compliment I always get with this song is that it doesn’t sound like me. That doesn’t really bother me though, just as long as they think it’s good.
And in […]

Curse of the Golden Flower

Saturday, January 6th, 2007

How does one follow up Hero and House of Flying Daggers? Well, you do a small independent movie called Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles.
And then, maybe with your sanity restored you again tackle the martial arts pageantry that you perfected. Zhang Yimou has certainly done something different with his sets that are so bursting […]

The Movies of 2006

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007

So a couple days late yes, but something I’d like to get off my chest.
The movies of 2006 were not the greatest. In fact, I’d venture that it’s among the weakest crop in the last decade. Of course, many note that there are some pretty decent flicks out there as  in any year, but this […]