THIS WEEK IN THEATRES...
* The Nanny Diaries, a thoroughly average but inoffensive new movie in which Scarlett Johansson proves her muscle, but the American Splendor directors don't match her (or their) potential.
THIS WEEK IN DVD REVIEWS...
* As You Like It, Kenneth Branagh's latest Shakespeare adaptation.
* House of Games - Criterion Collection, David Mamet's hardboiled, intellectual take on the con man genre.
* The Milky Way - Criterion Collection pits Luis Bunuel against religious dogma in a giddy celebration of heresy.
* Popeye the Sailor, 1933-1938: Volume One, a marvelous collection of symphonies of violence and the triumph of the little guy.
* Spring in a Small Town, a terrible DVD of an otherwise excellent Chinese film from 1948.
Current Soundtrack: Carla Thomas, Stax Profiles - Carla Thomas
Current Mood: annoyed (with my own bad handwriting)
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5 comments:
As You Like It is my favorite Shakespeare play (all plot advancement for two acts, then no plot and just wonderful character interactions for the other three and a neat bow to wrap it up in the final scene), so to say that I'm really excited about this is more than a bit of an understatement.
Woohoo!
As You Like It is one I've never read. You'll have to let me know how it holds up for a fan. If it turns out to be terrible to those who know the play, I get some kind of pass for being a newbie, yeah?
I've been waiting weeks for the House of Games DVD.
I [heart] Ricky Jay. There's a cool CD/DVD package available that Jay put out with poker songs on the album and the DVD is Jay showing off a bunch of card tricks to a celebrity group of buddies.
Mamet makes him plug that compilation on the commentary. He mentions the fact that Saint Etienne had sampled dialogue from the movie (and I guess their song is on the comp), sending me scrambling to my CD shelf.
I saw some old Popeye cartoons from the same era (maybe some on the DVD?), and was surprised at how funny they are - Popeye was mumbling some pretty funny shit under his breath.
wallflower
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