ROMAN POLANSKI: Wanted and Desired
A documentary film by Marina Zenovich 2008
I wonder if the people who’ve been calling for Roman Polanski’s head—and his body, back here in the USA—know all the confusing details of the case? I suspect not; if they did, they couldn’t possibly see the issue in stark black-and-white terms. But if they [...]
Netflix has me covered. I’m catching up with all the films I’ve missed the past decade or so. It’s a great service, don’t you think?
So this weekend I watched a trio of movies that have nothing in common with one another: Music and Lyrics, Holiday, and The Matrix.
Music and Lyrics: I adore both Hugh Grant [...]
Porn star Marilyn Chambers died two weeks ago, at the obscenely young age of 56. Cause of death still hasn’t been established, and I can’t help wondering if she took her own life.
Marilyn Chambers reigned supreme during what is widely considered to have been the heyday of porno movies–after the 1973 Supreme Court Miller decision [...]
Sugar is the story—based on truth—of a baseball player from the Dominican Republic who’s called up by the Kansas City Royals to play for their Triple-A team (one step below the major league), with the hope of eventually moving up to the Majors. Two things about the movie stood out for me, one of which [...]
Spoiler Alert: I am about to discuss the ending of Spanglish, having just seen it for the third time—so anyone who doesn’t want to know “what happens” better cease and desist or accept the consequences.
Spanglish is a film that provides a whole new angle on the mother-daughter relationship. The movie is primarily about the immigrant [...]
In the past week I saw three of the “big” movies released for the awards season: Slumdog Millionaire, Milk, and Gran Torino. All three were so good that when I say Gran Torino was far and away the best of the bunch, it’s saying a lot.
My daughter told me it was depressing. The Chronicle said [...]
The following list of books, television shows, and movies is not to be construed as a “Best Of…” It isn’t even grounded in 2008, but wanders through time the way most of us do. These are merely the cultural phenomena I’ve delved into during the year about to end. I’ve probably forgotten a few, [...]
As a way of getting through the lull between baseball seasons, my son Daryl and I decided to join Netflix and rent baseball movies. The descriptions that are impersonal sounding summaries were taken from the IMDB website (probably obvious).
Already Seen:
Bad News Bears (original, 1975 ONLY—no sequels or remakes, please!)
Maybe it’s because watching this with my [...]
Update added at end of post November 24th
Offensive? Absolutely.
Should it be boycotted or otherwise censored? Absolutely not.
The only things I read about Tropic Thunder before seeing it were a WordPress blog that called it hilarious and a San Francisco Chronicle review that multiplied the sentiment by ten. Both made me want to see the film [...]
