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Trailer Trashin’: They Messed with the Wrong Mexican Again in Machete Kills
First off, let me apologize to you, dear readers, for getting this week’s column to you so late – it’s been crazy busy on my end, and this got away from me. In happier news, over the weekend, I finally saw The Wolverine, and I have to say that I liked it more than I thought I would. More importantly, this week finally sees the release of Elysium, which I am planning to see as soon as I...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Keanu Reeves Leads Japanese Warriors in 47 Ronin
[dropcap]I[/dropcap] spent a lot of time at the movies this past weekend. On Friday, I finally got to see Pacific Rim again, and it was just as much fun seeing it a second time. And on Sunday, I saw The Conjuring with a friend, and while I’m certainly not an authority of any kind on horror films, I thought it was quite good. We’re almost to the beginning of August, and the summer movie...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: The Hangover Meets Red in Last Vegas
The 2013 summer movie season continues on, with this week seeing the release of The Wolverine. It’s been getting some fairly good buzz, and I’m actually interested in seeing it. In the meantime, this week’s Trailer Trashin’ column looks at the upcoming comedy Last Vegas. Premise: Billy (Michael Douglas), Paddy (Robert De Niro), Archie (Morgan Freeman), and Sam (Kevin Kline)...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Keri Russell Loses Herself in Austenland
Pacific Rim finally opened this past weekend – if you’ve read my review, you know I absolutely loved it – and while I was disappointed that it opened soft here, it is doing well overseas, so there’s still hope that it will ultimately be successful. I’m certainly going to go see it again. But now it’s time for something completely different, because this week’s Trailer...[Read More]
The Muse in Film
[pullquote_left]“The history of cinema is boys photographing girls.” – Jean-Luc Godard[/pullquote_left] Since D.W. Griffith discovered stage actress Lillian Gish and immortalized her in dozens of silent movies, film directors, like other artists before them, have looked for inspiration in the muse. There is no more magical relationship in the world of art than that of the muse and the artist and t...[Read More]