tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7678201937376820862024-02-20T04:56:14.138-08:00Exquisite Snobs of CinemaMovies! Brunch! Jacksonville! (Occasionally Orange Park)annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665642556175447893noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767820193737682086.post-62682416181912479602008-07-31T12:39:00.000-07:002008-07-31T13:02:26.361-07:00August already!The choice I find most promising is <a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/06/20/movies/20bric.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss">Brick Lane.</a><br />I read the novel it's based on, and found it very moving. The film adaptation seems to be well received, so this one gets my vote.<br /><br />Hmmm. Maybe there's another contender that's equal: <a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/05/09/movies/09rain.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss">Before the Rains</a><br />also has an Indian subcontinent flavor, looks more spectacular and action oriented than the personal and domestic BL. I'd be good with either one.<br /><br />The earliest BL is at 1:20 (at Regal) which I spoze is a small drawback. BTR is at Regency at 12:25.annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665642556175447893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767820193737682086.post-57772436966168052092008-07-26T14:11:00.000-07:002008-07-26T14:15:06.463-07:00Pas mal!Saw <a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/04/25/movies/25gare.html">Roman de Gare. </a><br />Claude Lelouch (an oldie but a goodie) puts together a combo of suspense, humor, and romance that's an odd mix but fun, very involving if not so plausible. Recommended for francophiles.annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665642556175447893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767820193737682086.post-44168549981522345462008-07-17T11:57:00.000-07:002008-07-17T12:05:59.953-07:00I've seen many worse weeks...We could go British understated family drama in <a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/06/06/movies/06fath.html">When Did You Last See Your Father</a> or do the documentary thing with <a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/2007/09/14/movies/14euro.html">The Rape of Europa ,</a> either of which should suit the effete elitists among us.annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665642556175447893noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767820193737682086.post-70802371639604757792008-06-26T17:40:00.000-07:002008-06-26T17:43:09.102-07:00Small pic, no steppes, no hoards<a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10009624-promotion/">The Promotion </a>seems like a a worthy effort in the small movie realm, but got such lukewarm notices I don't see how it can compete with Ghengis freakin Khan below, but that's just me.annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665642556175447893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767820193737682086.post-44101553120506557212008-06-25T21:18:00.000-07:002008-06-25T21:23:27.528-07:00Sweeping! epic!In the realm of sweeping epics, <a href="http://www.fandango.com/mongol_92011/criticreviews">Mongol </a>appears to be both sweeping and epic. Anyone want to sweep in for an (e)pic?annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665642556175447893noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767820193737682086.post-78443901509223749522008-05-29T17:13:00.000-07:002008-05-29T17:25:40.603-07:00June brings fare from many (three, actually) nations<span style="font-style: italic;">The Counterfeiters </span>(see March 26 entry below) is back. <span style="font-style: italic;">Bra Boys </span>(below) is still here. A new to Jax festival fave is <a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/399243/The-Band-s-Visit/overview"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Band's Visit.</span></a><br /><br />So, there we are.<br /><br />I saw <span style="font-style: italic;">Young @ Heart </span>today. Olders' chorus sings rock and soul standards (from after their time as youth, which is kind of the interesting part) and some new material e.g. Coldplay numbers. I choose not to think about my being closer in age to hoary choristers than to members of Coldplay; movie actually very engaging, not esp icky.annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665642556175447893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767820193737682086.post-68387418943242311512008-05-14T12:55:00.000-07:002008-05-14T15:02:42.664-07:00May 18 possibilities<span style="font-style: italic;">The Visitor </span>(see May 11 entry below) will still be here. That looks good!<br /><br />Other possibilities...<br /><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class="down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);"></span></span><br />It's an urban gang! It's a crowd of avid surfers! It's two, two, two tribes in one in <a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/04/11/movies/11bra.html">Australian docu Bra Boys</a>. That also looks pretty appealing.<br /><br />If surfing and gangbanging are a different kind of juxtapositioning, how bout mixed martial arts in a David Mamet play?? That would be <a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/05/02/movies/02belt.html?partner=RRCOLUMBUS">Redbelt</a>. Not something I'd specially seek out, but if others like, who am I to be wet blanket?<br /><a href="http://movies.com/where-in-the-world-is-osama-bin-laden/r937872/documentary"><br />Where In the World Is Osama Bin Laden </a> seems like a wait-for-dvd/cable type selection.annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665642556175447893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767820193737682086.post-38091946958904209342008-05-09T08:00:00.002-07:002008-05-09T08:14:00.365-07:00Trying again for May 11Grrrr. Blogger didn't save my post before.<br /><br />OK, we got the aforementioned <span style="font-style: italic;">In Bruges </span>see entry below. The new entries are (very well received at festivals and in reviews) <a href="http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20190169,00.html">The Visitor</a><br /><br />Then there's the mixed-reception arty reverie <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/my_blueberry_nights/">My Blueberry Nights.</a><br /><br />Any interest?<a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/my_blueberry_nights/"></a><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class="" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);"></span></span>annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665642556175447893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767820193737682086.post-39421585452257202162008-04-23T20:33:00.000-07:002008-04-23T20:40:04.964-07:00Choices getting whittled down...It looks as though the list of eligibles is getting thinner. I saw <span style="font-style: italic;">Snow Angels; </span>it's one of those movies whose lengthy review would turn into a class assignment centering on the Kate Beckinsdale character's motivations, so I'll refrain. Definitely a sad movie, but not unrelievedly grim, and I found it emotionally involving.<br /><br />As to what's left, we've still got <span style="font-style: italic;">In Bruges, Shine a Light, </span>and<span style="font-style: italic;"> Run, Fat Boy, Run, </span>links for all below in earlier blog entries. I'll check again tomorrow to see if anything else has turned up.annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665642556175447893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767820193737682086.post-50321180221761295562008-04-22T17:47:00.000-07:002008-04-22T17:54:00.488-07:00Smart People well receivedExquisite Snob George G. of Orange Park had this to say about <span style="font-style: italic;">Smart People:</span><br /><br />I really liked it. It was like Squid and the Whale. Quaid looked like he was<br />channeling Jack Nicholson sometimes, but it was good.annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665642556175447893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767820193737682086.post-60351916582519825362008-04-17T07:11:00.000-07:002008-04-17T07:36:35.584-07:00April 20, approaching nirvana for Jax anyhowNot only are the aforementioned (please page down <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">cuz</span> I'm too lazy to make an extra link!) <span style="font-style: italic;">Run, Fat Boy Run </span>and<span style="font-style: italic;"> Persepolis </span>still around or back, but we also have <a href="http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20182342,00.html">Snow Angels</a> (depressing doings in a small New England town; I thought the trailer looked pretty interesting, depressing or no)<br /><br />There's quirky <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">brit</span>/<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">continential</span> hit man comedy <a href="www.rottentomatoes.com/m/in_bruges/">In <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Bruges</span> </a>not to mention heavily promoted <a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/04/11/movies/11smar.html?ref=movies">Smart People</a>, which reviewers think is either semi-fabulous or highly forgettable. Also presented for patronage or disdain is period noirish dramedy <a href="http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080313/REVIEWS/946422508/1023">Married Life</a><br />and...men over sixty cavorting around in tiny skinny stage trousers... Rolling Stones performance film <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/shine_a_light/">Shine a Light</a>.<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"></span>annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665642556175447893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767820193737682086.post-31561289015452353162008-03-26T12:48:00.000-07:002008-03-26T13:00:38.709-07:00March goes out like a lamb? A lion? An extinct carnivorous marsupial?Hard to say, but it does look as if there are a couple of interesting movie choices.<br /><br />There's <a href="http://www.sonyclassics.com/thecounterfeiters/">The Counterfeiters,</a> <a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/movies/22coun.html">a well received</a> Austrian movie about dark times in the mid-twentieth century.<div><br /><br />In less grim vein, we have <a href="http://www.runfatboyrunmovie.com/">Run, Fat Boy, Run</a> which is meeting with a <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10008621-run_fat_boy_run/">mixed reception</a>.</div>annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665642556175447893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767820193737682086.post-39013009677185589482008-03-02T11:43:00.000-08:002008-03-02T11:45:33.995-08:00For There WIll Be Blood fans...<a href="http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/#mea=221737">SNL's take </a>on Daniel Planview and the drinking of milkshakes.annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665642556175447893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767820193737682086.post-58168576441052492962008-02-27T07:38:00.000-08:002008-02-27T09:16:18.611-08:00March comes in like a lion!From the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Gondry">director of Eternal Sunshine, who is also auteur of The Science of Sleep</a>, we get an auteur outing, <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/be_kind_rewind/">Be Kind, Rewind</a>.<br /><br />Reviewer <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/charlie_bartlett/">sentiment is v mixed on Charlie Bartlett</a> but it looks kind of fun.<br /><br />This brings us to my personal choice, <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/persepolis/">Persepolis, which is loved by pretty much all critics</a> It's only at Regency, which is kind of a neutral factor for me.<br /><br />Actually, I guess I have two personal choices, seeing as how <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/diving_bell_and_the_butterfly/">The Diving Bell and the Butterfly </a> has finally showed up right here in River City.annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665642556175447893noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767820193737682086.post-70552979620153737232008-02-06T09:57:00.000-08:002008-02-06T09:58:53.424-08:00Big screen choice for second weekend in FebGotta be <a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/2007/12/21/movies/21stee.html">Steep</a>, docu about extreme skiing. At Regal.annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665642556175447893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767820193737682086.post-59324970716546681122008-02-04T22:12:00.000-08:002008-02-04T22:14:48.807-08:00There Will Be Blood has spawned a meme, or at leasta catchphrase.<br /><br />Seems as tho "I will drink your milkshake" has <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2008-02-03-blood-milkshake_N.htm">caught the popular imagination</a> in a big way!annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665642556175447893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767820193737682086.post-61995877137799478052008-02-04T09:58:00.000-08:002008-02-04T22:17:04.476-08:00Won't try for a full post mortem on I'm Not Thereexcept to say that since so many screenplays have been radically slicing and splicing timelines and point of view, how could they not try persona? <br /><br />I thought the real show stealer was "Woody." Here's a youtube <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB4uTYpjXjw&feature=related">interview with the actor</a> He's not as adobable cuz he's a full blown teen instead of being poised (gracefully!) on the cusp between childhood and adolescence as in the movie, but he's still got the charisma thing going on.annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665642556175447893noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767820193737682086.post-53031321664735427052008-01-30T15:24:00.000-08:002008-01-30T15:34:00.943-08:00Many who heart it, a few who hate it,but it seems like the obvious choice as an actual attempt to do something different, which also sounds pretty interesting and accessible. I'm talking bout<a href="http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/imnotthere?q=I'm%20not%20there"> I'm Not There</a>.<br /><br />As of today, looks as if it's just at Regency but I'll check again tomorrow.<br /><br />Reactions?annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665642556175447893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767820193737682086.post-54791890133654119852008-01-29T15:59:00.000-08:002008-01-29T16:03:53.289-08:00There was blood! It was awesome!The music score was really memorable, but it turns out that even tho critics loved it, it was <a href="http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/movies/14125996.html">ineligible for Oscar consideration</a> cuz the proportion of outside music (nothing shady, nothing unattributed, just in there) was over the official percentage criterion.<br /><br />Alas! But soundtrack is selling well.annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665642556175447893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767820193737682086.post-59020194972036756602008-01-25T09:52:00.000-08:002008-01-25T09:54:40.411-08:00There Will Be Blood!I'm obsessed with seeing this. Not sure why, but I don't think I'm leading others astray. It's even in Orange Park, not that I'm particularly advocating taking things in that direction.annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665642556175447893noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767820193737682086.post-24327884680720681012008-01-18T09:34:00.000-08:002008-01-18T10:06:54.730-08:00Choices for 1-20The <a href="http://www.rottentomatoes.com/movie/showtimes/theaters.php?zipcode=32211&x=&y=&date=20080120">Rotten Tomatoes showclock</a> seems like the best thing since sliced bread if you don't count ipods and antilock brakes and bagged salads and various other innovations I enjoy. Anyhow it's good! Every theater and critical concensus right there.<br /><br />I've already seen The Savages, Into the WIld, and Atonement, all v.g., as well as some of the bigger releases. Seems to me this week comes down to Juno, No Country for Old Men, The Orphanage, and The Kite Runner, altho Cloverfield is a dark horse. I'm willing to see Juno, but if I had my personal druthers I'd just wait for the DVD cuz I've seen so many clips that I feel as if I've already had the experience, plus seems like this year's Little Miss Sunshine, i.e. indie flick that gets so much publicity that seeing it is anticlimactic. Also, others on the list beg more for the big screen, and this movie clearly does not need support of counter box office pretentious elitists like us cuz it's a huge box office hit. But that's just me.annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665642556175447893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767820193737682086.post-78566008929616474912008-01-11T08:32:00.000-08:002008-01-11T08:37:01.437-08:00It turns out Margot at the Wedding is back, but...I saw it Thursday. I thought it was better than reviews, at least as good as T<span style="font-style:italic;">he Squid and the Whale.</span> Nicole Kidman and Jennifer Jason Leigh were v.g. and I even liked Jack Black's performance, which is saying a lot since he usually makes me want to go onto the screen in the manner of <span style="font-style:italic;">The Purple Rose of Cairo</span> and annihilate him, and I'm not a violent person.annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665642556175447893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767820193737682086.post-34553088102806448362008-01-09T06:01:00.000-08:002008-01-09T06:03:33.530-08:00Late Breaking news!<span style="font-style:italic;">The Orphanage</span>, link to reviews at the right, has come to Jax. It will probably be around more than one week, but definitely seems like a big screen experience, and it's foreign and kinda arty so fits our criteria.annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665642556175447893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767820193737682086.post-39465956734637239642008-01-08T21:10:00.000-08:002008-01-08T21:26:12.840-08:00OK, how bout the second Sunday...I've already seen <span style="font-style:italic;">Charlie Wilson's War</span> and <span style="font-style:italic;">Atonement</span> which are both big budget flicks with major backing anyhow, altho aimed at the upper bourgeoisie more than the lumpenproles. Both very good, actually, esp. recommend <span style="font-style:italic;">Atonement</span> as a big screen experience.<br /><br />Anyhow, T<span style="font-style:italic;">he Kite Runner</span> will join <span style="font-style:italic;">Juno</span> in Jax the coming weekend. Secondary choice <span style="font-style:italic;">Walk Hard</span> is still around; that's kind of indie-ish.<br /><br />I suspect <span style="font-style:italic;">Margot at the Wedding</span> is going away Friday, and since I have some kind of weird fixation with seeing it on the big screen, I'm going to try for that tomorrow, i.e. Thursday. <br /><br />The two movies all the critics were talking about in December, <span style="font-style:italic;">The Savages</span> and <span style="font-style:italic;">The Diving Bell and the Butterfly</span>, may NEVER get to Jax, alack. I saw <span style="font-style:italic;">The Savages</span> in NYC, good but not transcendently fabulous, basically above-average dysfunctional family fare.annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665642556175447893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-767820193737682086.post-21128929336705233072008-01-04T07:05:00.000-08:002008-01-04T07:11:16.410-08:00FIrst Sunday of 2008!A one page view of all the movies, how bout that! <br /><br />http://www.rottentomatoes.com/showtimes/theaters.php?zipcode=32246&x=16&y=6&date=20080106<br /><br />My votes are for Juno, which of course has caught on and looks kind of like an indie phenom, and secondarily, Margot at the Wedding, by The Squid and the Whale guy. I think the reason I want to see it despite iffy reviews is just that the trailer got pounded into my head so long, and then it came out but not to Jax, etc. Needless to say, I can see it on my own if it's not a group choice. What say you? Who's in town?annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03665642556175447893noreply@blogger.com0