Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Dec 3, 2009, 1:22 pm
... , surely, but pretty entertaining. The story delves more into Harry's parents' past, which is cool, and everyone gets better at acting, and Harry and Ron seem less collectively idiotic. A...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Dec 2, 2009, 8:00 am
Continuing our goal of finally seeing all of the Alien movies, a good buddy and I settled down for two late night viewings this weekend. Aliens picks up 57 years after the first film, with Ripley (Sig...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Dec 1, 2009, 8:00 am
When I'm visiting home I often find myself watching the VHS tapes I used to love as a kid, enjoying a nostalgic familiarity. Anastasia is just such a movie. Adding a magical spin to the mystery of...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Nov 29, 2009, 8:00 am
Well I guess I'm still feeling the effects of the Harry Potter exhibition, since while home for Thanksgiving break I found myself watching three more of the movies with some overly-enthusiastic fr...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Nov 28, 2009, 6:38 pm
I'm working my way through Park Chan-Wook's "Revenge Trilogy" after being wowed by Oldboy a few months ago. Sympathy for Mr Vengeance, the first in the series, tells two connected revenge tale...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Nov 27, 2009, 6:35 pm
To contribute to the guilty romantic comedies series in which my housemate and I have been indulging (see the first two), she suggested Save the Last Dance, which I'd never seen, somehow. After he...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Nov 25, 2009, 8:42 pm
After reading about the only other two women with Best Director Oscar nominations, I realized how little I knew about Sofia Coppola, and that I had been putting off The Virgin Suicides for (literally)...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Nov 24, 2009, 8:00 am
After reading about its Amelie-esque qualities, I immediately wanted to check out Citizen Dog from Thai director Wisit Sasanatieng, an adaptation of a book by his wife, Koynuch. Shy country boy Pod (M...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Nov 22, 2009, 3:23 pm
A comedy about contemporary art? My goodness, that is an exciting prospect. (Untitled) stars Adam Goldberg as misunderstood sound artist Adrian Jacobs, whose bizarre atonal music alienates his peers. ...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Nov 21, 2009, 12:54 pm
Seeing how much I enjoy movies about ladies and movies about road trips, I figured the rare combination of those two would be perfect for me. In Thelma & Louise, the eponymous duo are best friends att...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Nov 19, 2009, 11:36 pm
I saw the Harry Potter exhibition at Boston's Museum of Science this weekend, and afterward all my mom, grandma, and I wanted to do was hang out and watch the movies. We sat down for Harry Potter ...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Nov 18, 2009, 12:20 pm
I guess this movie is based on a true story. Huh. After his wife leaves him, small-town journalist Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) decides to go to Iraq to report from the front, with the hope he'll pr...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Nov 15, 2009, 8:23 pm
Next up in our "fluffy romantic comedies" marathon was Bridget Jones's Diary, because we love England, Colin Firth, and Jane Austen. Bridget (Renée Zellweger) is a thirtysomething "singleton" who...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Nov 14, 2009, 11:34 am
When Hitler came to power, he sought to reclaim truly "Germanic" art, as well as masterpieces of previous centuries, for an elaborate museum in his hometown of Linzt. He called upon experts to compile...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Nov 12, 2009, 6:54 pm
My housemate and I have recently admitted our deep-seated guilty love of all things romantic comedy. I am well aware of their many stereotypical and often sexist problems, but I can't it: sometime...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Nov 11, 2009, 11:00 am
Despite the disappointment of the first Mad Max, I was ready to give the second one a chance. These movies have to be famous for a reason, right? Set in a dystopian Australia that's fleshed out be...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Nov 8, 2009, 2:30 pm
Excuse my cussing, but Holy Shit, Sunset Blvd is phenomenal. I can't believe it took me this long to see it, because if I had watched it years ago I could have seen it 20 times by now. Failing scr...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Nov 7, 2009, 12:15 pm
A neo-noir about privileged high schoolers? Assassination of a High School President's set-up is appealing, but also impossible to watch and not compare to the near-perfect Brick. Aspiring young j...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Nov 6, 2009, 11:52 am
Come Halloween time, my housemates and I were for some reason really in the mood for Hocus Pocus, which held fond memories for us of younger, carefree days. In the much-mythologized, colonial Salem, M...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Nov 5, 2009, 5:44 pm
Just in time for Halloween, I got to see the creatively terrifying Pontypool. Set in a basement radio station during a heavy snowstorm, the story examines how formerly-big-time talk radio personality ...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Nov 5, 2009, 8:00 am
... a gentlemanly baron to be married, the determined Coco injects herself into the life and mansion of millionaire Balsan (Benoît Poelvoorde), ... really hated both of the male characters, and ...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Nov 3, 2009, 11:43 pm
After seeing Taken, I checked out Pierre Morel's other film District B13, which was highly recommended by my associate. Set in a not-so-distant future in which certain areas of Paris have been sea...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Nov 3, 2009, 4:21 pm
Hey guys, I am pausing the movie conversations for a moment to advocate my boyfriend's website The Daily Robot. He is a fantastic artist and his specialty is drawing robots in a range of media. La...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Nov 3, 2009, 12:06 am
I'm wrapping up the recent "movies I missed while abroad in Germany" posts with Adventureland. After graduating college, James (Jesse Eisenberg) learns that his parents won't be able to afford...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Nov 1, 2009, 12:59 pm
As previously posted, the 'Thon started off strong with its first 3 films primarily focusing on the darker side of vampirism. It got a bit more upbeat with its next offering, The Lost Boys, but to...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Oct 31, 2009, 9:30 pm
Well, maybe you've noticed that it is nearing Halloween time. This means the Boston Horror 'Thon is on at the historic Somerville Theatre! It's 12 straight hours of horror movie goodness, ...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Oct 31, 2009, 11:51 am
In preparation for The Road, I was shown John Hillcoat's prior film The Proposition, a quiet and intriguing Australian western set in the 1880's outback. Local lawman Captain Stanley (Ray Wins...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Oct 29, 2009, 10:40 pm
Taken came out right before I went abroad, and man am I glad I didn't see it then because I would have been way paranoid of getting abducted by some Eastern European sex traffickers when I visited...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Oct 29, 2009, 11:00 am
Anvil is probably the most important metal band you've never heard of. Formed by childhood friends guitarist/vocalist Steve "Lips" Kudlow and drummer Robb Reiner as the core, they've released ...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Oct 27, 2009, 12:38 am
The inspirational trailer and promise of tempur-pedic seats were certainly abundant reasons to get me out to Jordan's Furniture (an amazing place involving trapeze artists, jelly bean sculptures, ...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Oct 24, 2009, 11:41 am
Here's another movie that didn't make it to Germany, and I was pretty bummed that I missed out on Sam Raimi's apparent return to making awesome movies. Now that I've seen Drag Me to He...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Oct 22, 2009, 6:26 pm
With lots of buzz about a Best Actress nomination and a Nick Hornby screenplay, An Education certainly piqued my interest. Based on Lynn Barber's memoir, the film follows 16-year-old Jenny (Carey ...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Oct 20, 2009, 10:58 pm
The only other Francis Ford Coppola film I've seen is The Godfather, which I didn't really like, but I've been meaning to check out his other works for a while, and I know someone who'...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Oct 19, 2009, 3:14 pm
With recent decades' influx of computer-generated animation and (ugh) the recent surge in CG 3-D films, I thought I'd take some time to discuss my favorite non-CG (and non-anime) animated film...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Oct 18, 2009, 5:48 pm
Man, France has been letting me down lately. I'll have to watch Amelie or something soon. The operatic The Umbrellas of Cherbourg covers the lives of a mother, Madame Emery (Ann Vernon), and her 1...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Oct 17, 2009, 5:05 pm
I walked into this unsure if it could live up to its consistently amazing and oddly quotable trailer, but by jove, it totally does! A Serious Man comes to us from those lovable scamps Joel and Ethan C...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Oct 16, 2009, 3:00 pm
A lot of the movies I missed while in Germany (most of the smaller-release ones either don't come out there at all or take many months to arrive) are starting to come to DVD, which is exciting for...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Oct 15, 2009, 11:52 pm
I finally saw Tron! Took me long enough, I know, especially with all the geek hullabaloo about the reboot/sequel. Inside the realm of computerworld, the malicious Master Control Program is trying to t...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Oct 14, 2009, 1:46 pm
I guess some Australians just really know how to crash about a hundred cars for the sake of entertainment, and I respect that. Set in a sparse futuristic Australia with lots of violence and fast drivi...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Oct 12, 2009, 12:52 pm
In the alternate universe of The Invention of Lying, the concept of lying is unknown, resulting in a very different kind of culture from our own. There's no fiction because no one has imagination-...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Oct 11, 2009, 1:13 pm
I'm writing this one out of order since I'd like to include it in the Billy Wilder Blogathon at the LAMB. I think I've seen a good amount of Wilder films, especially in high school when I ...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Oct 10, 2009, 12:01 pm
Woody Harrelson should just star in every movie. What on earth is stopping this from happening? Brought to you by the writers of The Joe Schmo Show, Zombieland is an immensely entertaining zombie come...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Oct 8, 2009, 8:00 am
Hey, a horror-comedy with Dave Foley in it! I guess I will watch it. Netherbeast Incorporated primarily takes place within an office building populated by "netherbeasts" who live fairly ordinary lives...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Oct 7, 2009, 1:49 pm
A movie made by ladies with a predominately female cast about a contact sport and featuring little reliance on romance? And the protagonist wears glasses? Aw shucks, count me in. Drew Barrymore's ...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Oct 5, 2009, 11:58 pm
Why has it taken me so damn long to see this movie? Oh my god. I remember years ago when I was working at Barnes and Noble, one of my coworkers told me the entire plot of this movie, since at the time...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Oct 5, 2009, 1:02 pm
I am constantly frustrated with myself for not watching more anime, so I am pretty happy I got to see Tekkonkinkreet recently (on a big screen, no less!). It's the first major anime studio film to...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Oct 3, 2009, 11:06 am
Yeah, I'm sucker for Bruce Willis and a future involving robots, so what? Surrogates envisions a not-too-distant future in which the majority of people live their lives through better-looking robo...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Oct 2, 2009, 5:25 pm
I guess someone watched Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains and caught onto Diane Lane's great stage presence, because Streets of Fire is bookended with great sequences of her performing. La...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Oct 2, 2009, 8:00 am
I'm not sure why Diablo Cody is getting so much shit for this movie. It's not such a big deal, you guys. Teenage nerd (indicated by the glasses) Needy (Amanda Seyfried) and the eponymous hotti...
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Alex K. posted an article on Film Forager - Oct 1, 2009, 5:14 pm
Wow, I have been waiting about three and a half years to see this movie. I found its trailer when looking for more movies with Patrick Warburton in a live-action role, and just instantly felt like it&...
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