Has Meirelles come full circle yet? 360 Plot Summary: Several disparate lives come crashing together. Release Date: August 3, 2012 Poster Trailer Rating: B- Commentary: The criss-cross-diagonal pattern is frequently used these days. This one doesn’t do much that’s different, but the various hues chosen make it pleasing enough. Rating: B Commentary: How does a…
Every week, we’ll pose a new “five favorites” question. You just list your five favorites that fit in that category (preferably in preference order) and you’re welcome to discuss and debate the selections and see just how much you do or do not have in common with others. If you want to take a look…
New This Week When I lived in Manhattan in the 1970s I attended many films on their opening day, often spotting celebrities in the crowd. Only once, however, did I attend a premiere with the star of the film sitting to the left behind me and commenting on the film for its entire running time.…
Return Link Now That You’ve Seen… Poll Archive Now That You’ve Seen Rock of Ages… Cinema Sight Asks: Now that you’ve seen Rock of Ages, what’s your favorite broadway-to-screen adaptation of the last twenty years? Public OpinionPoll Results
We had one film releasing this weekend with the potential for Oscar nominations. Your Sister’s Sister After the disappointing performance of Rock of Ages pretty much assured the film wouldn’t get a Sound Mixing nomination, we were left with only one film that could have a shot at Oscar attention (that’s not including the documentaries,…
Welcome to The Morning After, where I share with you what I’ve seen over the past week either in film or television. On the film side, if I have written a full length review already, I will post a link to that review. Otherwise, I’ll give a brief snippet of my thoughts on the film…
I don’t often have the privilege of reading the novel upon which a successful adaptation is based, better yet two such film representations. I first sat down to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with the David Fincher film late last year and have since taken up the novel and the original Swedish adaptation before…
Every week, I get several press releases, screening invitations and other notifications from a handful of studio contacts. While I won’t be sharing any information regarding my screening invites, some of the press releases might be of interest to my readers, so I thought I’d start sharing them in toto with all of you. These…
