Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 22, 2011 · Leave a Comment
“No, I am the vegetable crisper” With a literal translation of ‘Non-stop Shenanigans”, Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Micmacs à tire-larigot is definitely his return to high-style comedy and proof he may in fact belong in an insane asylum. His last film, A Very Long Engagement, was a fantastic wartime document shot in his signature aesthetic, but it’s […]
Category comedy, film reviews, foreign · Tags A Very Long Engagement, Alien: Resurrection, Amélie, André Dussollier, Dany Boon, Delicatessen, Dominique Pinon, French, Guillaume Laurant, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Julie Ferrier, Michel Crémadès, Micmacs, Micmacs à tire-larigot, Mission: Impossible, Nicolas Marié, Omar Sy, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Big Sleep, The City of Lost Children
Posted by Jared Mobarak on August 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment
“For a gunman, you’re one hell of a pessimist” Director George Roy Hill had a little success when working with Paul Newman: two Best Picture and Best Director nominees with classics The Sting and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid along with a cult classic in the hockey comedy Slap Shot. The Sting is one […]
Category comedy, film reviews, western · Tags Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Conrad L. Hall, George Roy Hill, Katharine Ross, Midnight Run, Once Upon a Time in the West, Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Roger Avary, Slap Shot, The Rules of Attraction, The Sting, Tommy Boy, William Goldman
Posted by Jared Mobarak on August 12, 2008 · Leave a Comment
“Watch those false notes” Never having watched many Westerns, I just know from what I have heard, that they are chock full of anti-heroes. Men who live conflicted lives and, while they may do the right thing, probably only help others when it ultimately serves their own purposes. These aren’t businessmen, but just plain men […]
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