From that very first shot... That sideways tracking shot across the vast second floor of the Bishop family house, I was grinning from ear to ear. We are firmly and beautifully implanted back inside the familiar surroundings of a great Wes Anderson film. Cue the Welcome Back, Kotter theme.
The plot follows two young lovers who run off into the woods together.
"It's about me."
There is a lie that people in their twenties learn about the hard way. It turns out that success in school does not guarantee success in career. Even after graduation, it takes hard work and an acceptance of reality in order to be able to move up the career totem pole. For Hannah, this is a lesson that she is slowly learning.
The bloody Bon Temp supernatural soap opera is back again for another season. True Blood opens their fifth year with a season premiere episode that had almost more story-lines than characters to fill them.
I want to start with this: I usually love the work of David Cronenberg.
When his newest, Django Unchained hits theaters this Christmas, it will have been three years since the words "Written and Directed by Quentin Tarantino" graced cinema screens. Each one of his films is so unique; spanning so many genres- that every new film's release becomes an event.
"I've never been this miserable in my life."
Marnie was still taking her break-up really badly, especially after she found out that her ex had now gone on vacation with the new girlfriend.
Top Fives: Box Office Bombs (That Were Actually AWESOME)
Posted by: Tony Hinds • June 2, 2012 @ 5:54pm
In the old days, news papers used to print something called the "Crix Picks", similar to what Rotten Tomatoes does. But when the blockbuster movie was born in the 1970's, everything changed. They ditched the "Crix" and started printing the Box Office Top 10, as is the standard today.
When a stranger brags, "I'm in a rock band," you can imagine their sound. Self-proclaimed rockers haven't had much allure this decade. They've become the excitable inappropriate uncles of the music industry. Sudbury, Ontario's Pistol George Warren are not rockers. But they have walked a mile in their shoes.
"This happened in two weeks?"
Girls returned to its regular New York setting this week, now that Hannah had come back from Michigan.
TV Rants & Raves: Game of Thrones VS. The Wire - "The King Stay The King"
Posted by: Tony Hinds • May 27, 2012 @ 3:15pm
I've heard many people say things like "Game of Thrones is the cooler/ better/ non-lame/ whatever version of Lord of the Rings." Their slightly inarticulate implication being that Thrones is a vastly superior take on the old medieval fantasy genre. I totally agree. But really, it is so much more than that.
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