09.15.08
Posted in Film, Week in Review tagged Week in Review at 6:38 am by Nick Plowman
- Review: “The Elite Squad” (C)
- Review: “Tropic Thunder” (B)
- Review: “Were The World Mine” (B)
- Seen but yet not reviewed: “Taken” (C)
- Weekend Attractions (12 – 14 September ‘08)
- SNL: Tina Fey as Sarah “MILF” Palin, Amy Poehler as Hillary “Flerg” Clinton
- Toronto ‘08: ‘Slumdog’ Wins People’s Choice Award, Poke Yourself In The Eye If You Didn’t See That Coming
- Toronto ‘08: ‘The Lucky Ones,’ ‘The Loss of a Tear Drop Diamond,’ ‘Adoration’ & ‘I’ve Loved You So Long’
- Toronto ‘08: ‘The Duchess,’ ‘Nothing But the Truth,’ ‘Che’
- Toronto ‘08: ‘Blindness,’ ‘Me and Orson Welles,’ ‘Miracle at St. Anna’ & ‘Religulous’
- Trailer: ‘Changeling,’ Angelina Wants Her Son, And An Oscar Too?
- Trailer: ‘The Soloist,’ RDJ To Scorch the Screen, Again?
- First Look: Terry Gilliam’s ‘The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus’ Teaser
- Trailer: ‘Doubt,’ Catholicism in the Bronx made to look Classy, Again
- Trailer: ‘Hunger,’ Steve McQueen’s Cannes-Polarising Debut
- IFC Nabs the Tweaked Soderbergh Two-Parter, ‘Che’
- ‘Howl’ Now A Full-Blown Biopic, With An All-Star Cast
- ‘Disturbia,’ A ‘Rear Window’ Knock Off: Old News, New Lawsuit
- First Listen: Bruce Springsteen’s Titular Track For “The Wrestler”
- Fox Searchlight Wins the Bidding War for “The Wrestler”
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J.D. said,
September 15, 2008 at 6:47 am
Question: Have you finished your Reprise review, Nick?
Nick Plowman said,
September 15, 2008 at 6:50 am
No because it is hard and I cannot rush myself :)
J.D. said,
September 15, 2008 at 6:53 am
Okay, fair enough. :)
I CANNOT wait for it when it’s ready, though. I loved it a lot, and while it’s definitely a hard film to tackle (that’s certainly undeniable), I’m absolutely sure you’ll do an amazing job, dude.
Sam Juliano said,
September 15, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Indeed, REPRISE is not something you can put together without maximum effort.
Like so many others I did see BURN AFTER READING and thought it a riveting, bizarre and marvelously acted drama, much typical for the nihilistic Coens. I also saw a Spanish language feature, AUGUST EVENING, which was patterned after Ozu’s TOKYO STORY, and yielded a deeply moving family drama in the barren southwest.
And I saw the superlative doc, UP THE YANGTZE, which Nick issued a spectacular piece of film criticism for several weeks ago. I completely agree with Nick. This was one of the best films of 2008.
E. Hill said,
September 16, 2008 at 12:03 am
I saw BAR too, good film. Loved it. I must check out August Evening soon.
Nick Plowman said,
September 16, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Thanks for the run down Sam! I cannot wait to see Burn After Reading and August Evening myself, I’ve heard great things about both of them.