This live-action adaptation of the classic story about the boy who wouldn’t grow up will be remembered for a few of its spectacular images more than anything else. Some scenes have a mesmerizing beauty, such…
Date Archives October 2008
Elizabethtown
So the film was badly received at the last Toronto Festival and all but 30% of critics think it’s rotten. Fuck them. I’m here to tell you that if you love movies, music and that…
Where the Wild Things Are
“Let the wild rumpus start!” I hate to do this again, but I have to wonder once more why so many critics, especially in Montreal, seem to think of movies only in literary or theatrical…
Rush Hour 3
Whereas a flick like “The Bourne Ultimatum” surpasses expectations and pushes the boundaries of the genre, this third pic in the “Rush Hour” franchise is content rehashing the same old odd couple, buddy cops, fish…
Les amours imaginaires
Two friends, Francis (Xavier Dolan) and Marie (Monia Chokri), simultaneously fall in love with Nicolas (Niels Schneider), a bellâtre who, consciously or not, toys with their emotions until they’re both heartbroken and unable to fathom…
The Master
“If you figure a way to live without serving a master, any master, then let the rest of us know. For you’d be the first person in the history of the world.” Every man…
Wes Anderson
1996 Bottle Rocket 85 [ review ] 1998 Rushmore 71 [ review ] 2001 The Royal Tenenbaums 84 [ review ] 2004 The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou 57 [ review ]…