For an issue that’s dominated U.S. foreign policy and the world stage for more than half a century and counting, the Israeli-Arab conflicts of the Middle East receive virtually no cinematic attention. Luckily, the last few years has seen an Israeli/Palestinian film renaissance in addressing various components of this conflict, ranging from Kippur‘s insight on the 1973 Yom Kippur War, Paradise Now‘s tense profile of a pair of suicide bombers and Waltz With Bashir‘s hazy pastiche of the Lebanon War. …
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The MTV Video Music Awards were televised yesterday, and, as always, the ceremony was quite the self-congratulatory spectacle and bastion of controversy, with the douchebaggery highlight of the evening going to Kanye West, as he confirmed to the world that he is an egocentric, dim-witted, poor-mannered loser when he upstaged Taylor Swift’s Best Female Video winner’s speech. Thankfully, West was booed out of the auditorium and received a glut of negative Tweets about his unsportsmanlike behavior, the best of which …
I absolutely loved Cormac McCarthy’s novel, The Road. Yes, it’s haunting, terrifying, disturbing and even a tad bit depressing, but it’s also full of love, care and hope. As a father, the story affected me greatly. Something about the innocence and optimism of youth buoyed in the unconditional love between a father and son and the sacrifices noble parents make to ensure their children are taught well, disciplined, safe and loved. At any rate, the film adaptation, directed by John …
My wife watched the trailer for The Fourth Kind with me and said, “That looks stupid.” After she left, I got on the ground and rocked back and forth in the fetal position out of sheer terror. I also went and changed into an adult diaper before I decided to watch the trailer again. I realize the prospect of aliens existing or being little green men (or owls) is remote, but still, like M. Night Shyamalan’s Signs, that doesn’t mean …
While its trailer is trying to sell a movie that its not, The Road remains one of my more anticipated Fall Movies. Dimension has released heapload of scenes from the film– scenes which try their damndest to relay the bleak tone that dominates the book. While film could never match the poetic images as inscribed in your brain by Cormac McCarthy’s haunting, grim (yet humanist) tale, it may come close. Below is a disturbing scene that’s also pretty arresting, so …
Way, way, way back in May my Trailer Tuesday pick was for a film called Agora (aka- titled for the old Greek word used to denote a place of assembly). Directed by Alejandro Amenábar (who did the spooky Nicole Kidman in a foggy house ghost story The Others) Agora‘s trailer was previously available only in some crazy language that wasn’t American. Since it’s an English-spoken movie, Agora has now received a trailer that good ol’ U.S. of A.-ians can finally …
The Men Who Stare At Goats has one of the best titles the known filmic universe may have ever dislodged. It’s also crowing a roster that reads like a who’s who of cinematically-adored man-men: George “I made love to your wife” Clooney, Kevin “I may or may not be interested in your wife” Spacey, Jeff “I got stoned with your wife” Bridges, J.K. “scoffed at your excuse for a wife” Simmons, Robert “I chased your wife into a dark alley …
This one-sheet for the Drew Barrymore directed roller derby-dream fulfillment comedrama Whip It answers a simple question: Is Ellen Page the cutest l’il actress working in Hollywood today? Yes. Yes she is. Of course, I’m sure that if she were standing here right now reading this over my shoulder, she’d be none-too-pleased with my paternal coddling. She’s a serious, emotion-filled actress, dammit!– not some cuddly member of the Innocent’s glass menagerie. Still, SO cute. (Click to embiggen the darlingness).
Here at AATM, every day is Trailer Tuesday… and that’s ok, because this is our site and we love both movies AND their advertisements. A pretty intriguing trailer was released a few days ago in the form of Inception. Christopher Nolan’s first film since The Dark Knight, Inception tells the story of… well, they’re trying to keep it under wraps. What’s not under wraps is that it’s a modern sci-fi tale taking place in the labyrinth of the human miiiiiiind. …
Love him or hate him, agree or disagree, one thing cannot be refused about Michael Moore – he is entertaining. He’s back pounding the pavement, in search of truth and justice, in his new documentary Capitalism: A Love Story, opening on October 2, 2009. Based on the sort of meh I felt after watching Moore wander the streets in his trademark cap and urban-hobo attire, I’m not entirely sure this movie will cause a stir and an impact like Fahrenheit …