-
PFF & Cinefest09- Day 7
As per PFF & Cinefest09- Day 2 Post, learning Visual Basic is ruining my life! Normally during the festival I like to average at least two films a day, but with my semester drawing to a close, I unfortunately have to balance my movie viewing and reviewing with coding and pulling out of hair! So my one movie pick for Day 7 was I Sell the Dead (USA), highly recommended by Danger After Dark festival curator, Lewis Tice. This story of 18th Century grave robbers features Dominic Monahan (Lost, Lord of the Rings) always a perfect choice for anything otherworldly. I’ve always imagined grave robbing had to do with stealing…
-
Graphic Novel to Movie Adaptation: WATCHMEN
I'm deliberately not going to write an intellectual review on The Watchmen, because personally, I'm a little sick of all the "Holy Grail" of Graphic Novels talk that preceded this movie's release. Perhaps it is the most outstanding concept and artwork the Comic Book world has ever seen, perhaps those that feel that way, have a right to feel it should not have been made into a film. I don't know...
You May Also Like
SIFTMedia 215 MEMBER’S UPDATES (Black & Latinx Women Filmmakers Collective of Philadelphia)
Movies Extravaganza 14 : NO HARD FEELINGS, THE BLACKENING, SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE, THE LITTLE MERMAID, THE MOTHER, GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Vol. 3
Movies Extravaganza 22: FLY ME TO THE MOON, A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE, KINDS OF KINDNESS, THE BIKERIDERS, TUESDAY, BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE
-
OSCAR ROUNDUP 2009
Tinsel & Tine's (in 2009 named Suck My Pretty Toes) quick thoughts, highlights, red carpet looks for the 81st Academy Awards, Oscars 2009 Ceremony...
-
The Reader
The love story between Hanna and 15 year old Michael (David Kross) is neither heart wrenching true love, nor seedy, illicit sex. There coming together seems organic and idyllic. Eagerly, he comes to her after school, excited to please her with a new novel and energetic love-making...
-
Frost/Nixon
But it's the Frost part of Frost/Nixon that gives the story tension and someone to root for. David Frost (Michael Sheen) is a personable, charming, rather self-effacing talk show host in Britain and Australia. His New York show having recently bombed...
