http://movies.sophonax.net Movie Reviews Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:28:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Director Anton Corbjin has enough visual talent to make a film set in drab, waterlogged Macclesfield, England (post-punk biopic Control) one of the great cinematographic achievements of the past decade. You can imagine, then, what he does with Southern Italy. In strictly pictorial terms, Corbjin's new thriller "The American" is ... http://movies.sophonax.net/?p=152 Universal Law of Cinema #436 states that the most satisfying part of any film including in its cast the actor Bill Murray will be the actor Bill Murray. In this regard, the debut film from director Aaron Schneider, Get Low (trailer), does not disappoint (Universal Law of Cinema #437 states, ... http://movies.sophonax.net/?p=151 Overflow of Genius: A Modest Film Discussion with Fareed and Raj - Episode #3: Answering Your Questions (mp3) 0:00-1:57 - Intro (Music: "Looking Down the Barrel of a Gun" - The Beastie Boys) 1:58-6:23 - The Expendables (2010) - Which action star in the cast would most interest you on the marquee? 6:24-13:04 ... http://movies.sophonax.net/?p=150 The opening credits of Solitary Man are set to a cover of the song “Solitary Man” by Johnny Cash, which is the kind of ominous decision that suggest many further on-the-nose groaners are on the way (and yes, he is dressed all in black). The trailer certainly doesn’t help matters ... http://movies.sophonax.net/?p=149 Are you ready to rumble (in a manufactured marketing-ploy kind of way)? Studio wonks have been spinning this weekend's release of chick flick "Eat Pray Love" and 80s-action-hero-reunion "The Expendables" into an epic battle of the sexes faster than you can say "limp attempt to conjure publicity out of nothingness". ... http://movies.sophonax.net/?p=148 In the Golden Age of Hollywood, the term “black-and-white” referred not only to the colors possible on screen but to the moral complexity that was permissible. The Hays Code, the censorship guidelines that ruled Hollywood from 1930 to 1968, decreed that “No picture shall be produced that will lower the ... http://movies.sophonax.net/?p=147 Overflow of Genius: A Modest Film Discussion with Fareed and Raj - Episode #2: Salt (mp3) 0:00-2:01 - Intro (Music: "Pillar of Salt" - The Thermals) 2:01-18:36 - Review: "Salt" 18:36-19:51 - Info on the 'You-Choose-Next-Week's-Topic Contest' 19:51-20:14 - Outro (Music: "The Ocean Breathes Salty" - Modest Mouse) Notes: You can hear how Angelina's Evelyn Salt ... http://movies.sophonax.net/?p=146 Overflow of Genius: A Modest Film Discussion with Fareed and Raj - Episode #1: Inception (mp3) 0:00-2:01 - Intro (Music: "Walking on a Dream" - Empire of the Sun) 2:01-34:12 - Review: "Inception" 34:12-35:18 - Outro (Music: "Juicy" - Notorious B.I.G.) Notes: You can see our written takes on Nicolas Winding Refn's "Bronson", the movie ... http://movies.sophonax.net/?p=145 Playtime (1967, dir. by Jacques Tati) I've harped on in the past about movies that attempt to explain the workings of the entire world in two hours, but if anyone could do it, it's Jacques Tati. And "Playtime" does seem to contain nearly everything - potent thoughts on urban disconnection and ... http://movies.sophonax.net/?p=144 A few final thoughts for my last entry on Cannes: - The general consensus among critics seems to be that the 2010 was one of the worst years in recent memory for the Cannes Film Festival. The consensus has also said that there were at least a few masterpieces at the ... http://movies.sophonax.net/?p=143