Tuesday February 9, 2010

Movies

Four films from the peak of his career show how strikingly modern the director remains — a half-century later. Screening this month at Trylon Microcinema.

Featured movies.

	Oscars 2010: You basterds! 10 random thoughts on the Oscar nominees.
	'Dear John' the not book "Dear John," the latest Nicholas Sparks tear-jerker, uses one too many twists. (view showtimes)
	Movie review: 'The Last Station' (view showtimes)
	Still breathless for Godard Trylon series shows how strikingly modern Jean-Luc Godard remains.
	Movie review: 'Frozen' (view showtimes)
	Movie review: 'That Evening Sun' (view showtimes)
	Mad Mel returns in 'Edge of Darkness' Mel Gibson is back and brutal as ever. Maybe that's not such a good thing. (view showtimes)
	'When in Rome' a roman folly Romcom-by-numbers flubs the recipe. (view showtimes)
	Omnifest returns to the Science Museum Omnifest returns to the Science Museum with two new Imax movies in tow. (view showtimes)
	Art/work in the documentary 'La Danse' Labor is transformed into magic in a documentary about the Paris Opera Ballet. (view showtimes)
	Bad seeds in 'The White Ribbon' A masterful parable of a German farm town plants the roots of the Third Reich. (view showtimes)
	Deep Blues Festival The Deep Blues Festival expands into a wintertime film event. (view showtimes)
	'Extraordinary Measures' In "Extraordinary Measures," an otherwise ordinary medical drama gets a dose of Ford toughness. (view showtimes)
	Girl in a cage in 'Pippa Lee' "The Private Lives of Pippa Lee" depicts a beautiful pawn in everyone else's game.
	Movie review: 'Bronson' If you're a movie fan, and not yet familiar with Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn's work, this needs to be remedied.
	The in-between with 'Lovely Bones' An intricate tale alternating between 1970s suburbia and the astral plane. (view showtimes)
	The bomb that is the 'Book of Eli' "The Book of Eli" is a triumph of visuals over common sense. (view showtimes)
	Who's Bad for 'Crazy Heart'? Bridges seizes momentum in a soulful role. (view showtimes)
	Family 'Spy' Chan faces his biggest adversary yet -- kids. (view showtimes)
	Movie review: 'The Room' (view showtimes)

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Recent discussions.

Oscars 2010
posted by martiwi in movies

The 2010 Oscar nominations were announced yesterday, now bigger and better(?) with 10 Best Picture contenders instead of five. It's cool to see some sci-fi love with "District 9," and nice to see a smaller film like "A Serious Man" get a nod, both of which would have probably been left out with only five nominations. [...]

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10 Worst Movies to Open at #1
posted by alexism in movies

In honor of "Jennifer's Body" coming out in theaters across the U.S. today, here's COED Magazine's list of The 10 Worst Movies to Open at #1: 10. Die Another Day 9. Pearl Harbor 8. The Village 7. Norbit 6. Batman and Robin 5. [...]

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'The Runaways' movie -fuckyeah- trailer
posted by sopheava in movies

Oh my, where do I pre-order the tix to see this? [...]

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"Paranormal Activity"
posted by alexism in movies

Apparently this is the one of the scariest movies in the history of scary movies. So far, it's only screening at AMC Rosedale and the only showtime is 11:00pm nightly. Anyone seen it yet? I feel like horror movies are getting more and more creative with their groundswell promotion ("Cloverfield," "District 9"), so I'm a little afraid of being disappointed. [...]

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Twilight Drinking Game (TM)
posted by sopheava in movies

It's true, it's a moral imperative that my friends and I see New Moon this weekend, and in the spirit of enjoying the Twilight Saga the way it's meant to be enjoyed we will be flasking the sh******t out of that movie. [...]