At last! After several pitiful weeks of dull, heartless movies, this week finally brings a handful of new must-sees. Of course, we still have the usual dull, heartless ones, like Flightplan, Proof and Thumbsucker, but we also have David Cronenberg's latest masterpiece A History of Violence, Tim Burton's Corpse Bride, a vast improvement over most of his recent works, documentarian Thomas Riedelsheimer's follow up to Rivers & Tides, Touch the Sound and Liev Schreiber's admirable attempt at adapting the very difficult novel Everything Is Illuminated. Additionally, I caught a late screening of Green Street Hooligans last night, and my review is not completed, but suffice to say -- you're not missing anything.
I also recently got to speak with Scrheiber about his new movie, and an interview with Cronenberg is pending, since the director has been sick in bed.
The new DVDs keep rolling in. I recently received two giant box sets, one containing ten Greta Garbo films and one containing 15 Alfred Hitchcock films, plus documentaries and extras. I guess I'll be sequestered in front of my TV this weekend. Meanwhile, I checked out Sony's spectacular restoration of Sam Peckinpah's Major Dundee, surely one of the year's best discs, plus Jia Zhang-ke's excellent Platform -- which never had a U.S. theatrical release -- and a new, extended version of Brian Helgeland's underrated A Knight's Tale. Also The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl came out this week, complete with four pairs of 3D glasses, as well as David Zucker's Scary Movie 3.5, extended by about one minute from the theatrical release.
I also recently got to speak with Scrheiber about his new movie, and an interview with Cronenberg is pending, since the director has been sick in bed.
The new DVDs keep rolling in. I recently received two giant box sets, one containing ten Greta Garbo films and one containing 15 Alfred Hitchcock films, plus documentaries and extras. I guess I'll be sequestered in front of my TV this weekend. Meanwhile, I checked out Sony's spectacular restoration of Sam Peckinpah's Major Dundee, surely one of the year's best discs, plus Jia Zhang-ke's excellent Platform -- which never had a U.S. theatrical release -- and a new, extended version of Brian Helgeland's underrated A Knight's Tale. Also The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl came out this week, complete with four pairs of 3D glasses, as well as David Zucker's Scary Movie 3.5, extended by about one minute from the theatrical release.
| :: posted by Jeffrey M. Anderson, 9/23/2005 | Comments (0) Links to this post |
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