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Grizzly Velvet
Are Werner Herzog and David Lynch going to co-direct a film?
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First look: City of Ember
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Now that the shouting has died down (it has, hasn’t it?), maybe we’ll start to see some substantial, thoughtful, “balanced” assessments of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed. Perhaps we’ll read some perspectives that don’t stoop to cheap Michael-Moore distortions and antics.
Counterbalance has just posted a substantial contribution to the dialogue and debate. I recommend you check [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Adamson to Henley: “In the book, Lucy actually meets Aslan. But in the movie, well, that’s only a dream.”
When it comes to The Chronicles of Narnia films, well… I want them to be great. I want them to be entertaining, yes. But more than anything, I hope that the filmmakers finds ways to preserve the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Are you looking forward to the appearance of Bacchus in Prince Caspian?
Alas, you won’t see that scene.
That’s just the beginning of the cuts that concern Peter T. Chattaway in his review of the movie at Christianity Today.
Chattaway writes:
Posted in Uncategorized on May 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
One of the films at Cannes that I’m most eager to see is the latest from Nuri Bilge Ceylan… Three Monkeys. (No, it’s not a prequel to Twelve Monkeys.)
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This post will be regularly updated, so check back for new surveys of critics’ assessments of exciting new films at Cannes. (via the best film blog of all, GreenCine Daily)
Blindness
Four Nights with Anna
Hunger
Kung Fu Panda
Lions Den
Waltz with Bashir (trailer)
Posted in Uncategorized on May 15, 2008 | 3 Comments »
SPOILERS!!
This clip from Return of the Jedi is the culminating moment in the original Star Wars saga. And what a redemptive scene it is…
(via)
Posted in Uncategorized on May 15, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Aaaaaaaand they’re off!
The Cannes Film Festival has begun, which means Indiana Jones is suiting up for his first big-screen adventure in twenty years, and a crop of great works of art destined to be almost ignored in America are about to screen for very lucky audiences.
Sean Penn, president of this year’s Cannes Film Festival jury, [...]
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Meanwhile, want to ask Jackson or Del Toro a question about The Hobbit?
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Brooks on a new challenge for those who believe in a “personal God”
David Brooks talks about why believers’ debates with Richard Dawkins are “just a sideshow,” and that the real revolution is something like “neural Buddhism.”
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Who’s playing Donald Rumsfeld in Oliver Stone’s W?
Posted in Uncategorized on May 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Take the Prince Caspian quiz!
If you get a good score right, and prove you know the story well, that may make the movie difficult for you.
Then, you can fill out CTMovies new poll: What did you think of the first Narnia movie, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe?
Posted in Documentaries, Lord save us from your followers!, Uncategorized on May 13, 2008 | No Comments »
Comedy writer/filmmaker Dan Merchant wrote a book called Lord, Save Us from Your Followers, chronicling what happened when he journeyed across the U.S. and asked people questions about the divisiveness of religion.
Posted in Uncategorized on May 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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The trailer is out there.
Really? You haven’t seen this yet?
Posted in Uncategorized on May 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Image’s Gregory Wolfe, with a little help from Annie Dillard, starts Monday morning off right, asking, “Is the end near?”
I feel a responsibility to alert you whenever my favorite Annie Dillard book, For the Time Being, is quoted online.
Posted in Uncategorized on May 12, 2008 | 8 Comments »
This week’s blue-ribbon-winning letter from a reader comes in response to my review of No Country for Old Men, which was published at CTMovies.
The reader writes:
Posted in Uncategorized on May 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Yesterday, Kenneth Morefield posted comments on Lars and the Real Girl. He gets so much of what I love about this film. And his thoughts make me eager to rent it and see it again…
Posted in Uncategorized on May 11, 2008 | 9 Comments »
One week from today, I’ll be seeing Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Time for me to put aside the heavier viewing fare and relive the joys of being a wide-eyed teenager.
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The Hollywood Reporter has what appears to be the first full review of Prince Caspian.
Michael Rechtshaffen calls it:
Posted in Uncategorized on May 9, 2008 | No Comments »
It’s a sunny day, made even sunnier by the news that Auralia’s Colors has been nominated for the Clive Staples Award.
Many thanks to Rebecca LuElla Miller for kicking this off. I’m honored to see Auralia’s Colors included in anything associated with the famous “C.S.”
(Stay tuned. I’m looking for more information on the award. So far, [...]
Posted in Film Forum, Uncategorized on May 9, 2008 | 3 Comments »
This is collection of reviews that I found interesting and helpful. The collection will be revised as I find more notable assessments online. Feel free to submit more reviews, or even your own, in the comments below.
Posted in Narnia, Uncategorized on May 9, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Boy, I don’t remember Prince Caspian ever doing THIS in the book, do you?
Thanks to CTMovies editor Mark Moring for passing along this link of pop-gladiator Ben “I’m Prince Caspian!” Barnes… “back in the day” when he was an aspiring pop star with a band called Hyrise.
And, from some of the rumblings I’m hearing, this [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Nonesuch had just announced a bunch of album-release parties at Borders bookstores, where Sam Phillips will perform songs from her new album Don’t Do Anything.
It’s a fairly short list, but perhaps you’ll find that one of these locations is within your reach…
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Do you have the equipment?
Flannery O’Connor blogged twice this week. That’s always worth a look. And what great quotes.
Posted in Uncategorized on May 8, 2008 | 11 Comments »
In my experience of discussing movies online, few people have challenged me to dig deeper and look closer at movies than Ken Morefield.
That’s why I’m enthusiastic about having his as a “guest reviewer” so often at Looking Closer.
So I am delighted to discover that…
Posted in Uncategorized on May 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Shar’s back!
UPDATE: You can hear the Son Lux remix of a track from this album at Pitchfork.
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… or at least a region very much like it.
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These pics promise a return to the wild and wacky side of the Coen Brothers’ world.
Posted in Uncategorized on May 1, 2008 | 6 Comments »
… here you go. It’s detailed. It’s hilarious.
And did I mention the cameo by ARAGORN?!
Posted in Uncategorized on April 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Here’s a Telegraph article on the new Coldplay album.
Posted in Uncategorized on April 30, 2008 | No Comments »
The 2002 Dogme flick Italian for Beginners is one of my favorite romantic comedies, one I watch again and again, and my DVD has been loaned out countless times. (It’s amazing I haven’t lost it, actually.)
So I’ve been eager to see something, anything, new from director Lone Scherfig.
Posted in Uncategorized on April 30, 2008 | 8 Comments »
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I’m grateful to Garrison Keillor for reminding all of us that…
Posted in Uncategorized on April 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It’s here, for now.
Posted in Uncategorized on April 29, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Edge of Darkness is about an angry man on a crusade against bad guys who killed one of his family members (his daughter, in this case).
Posted in Uncategorized on April 29, 2008 | 11 Comments »
It’s official today, so I can share the surprising news…
… and my thanks to the Christy Award Advisory board and the judges who enjoyed Auralia’s Colors. Wow… nominations in two categories? I’m really, really surprised and delighted. Thank you! It’s an honor to be nominated alongside these other writers… especially Stephen R. Lawhead, whose Pendragon [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
MTV has another interview with Guillermo Del Toro with even more intriguing hints and teasers about his journey into Middle-Earth.
Posted in Uncategorized on April 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
David Wainscott has just posted some interesting audio: An audio file of the prayer and blessing for U2’s 2001 Elevation tour.
And when you think about how that tour blessed so many, and about the ministry that the band had for those in New York after the attacks on September 11th… I don’t think it’s presumptuous [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Working on his adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, John Hillcoat has wrapped up filming in Pittsburgh and is moving on to Lake Erie, New Orleans, Mount St. Helens, and the Oregon coast.
“The book had a huge impact on me, it affected me more deeply and more profoundly than almost anything I’ve ever read,” Mr. [...]
And you're invited to an upcoming reading. Watch AuraliasColors.com and Auralia's Blog for details.
Order Auralia's Colors from: Amazon.com.
Visit Auralia here.
- *Starred Review* in Publisher's Weekly
"Inspirational. Sometimes all of us forget that love for movies, that internal spark inside us that movies lit, and [Overstreet's] book is going to remind many of us about it."- Darren Aronofsky, director of Requiem for a Dream and The Fountain
Order Through a Screen Darkly from: Amazon.com
or from Jeffrey himself (an autographed, personalized copy).
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