Here We Go

     So I haven't been able to sit down and review anything in my blog lately because I have been the victime of the reccession. Yes Ladies and Gentlemen I will no longer be able to review brand new DVD releases the weekend before anymore... of course right when I start to get this started. Go figure. Rather than complain and give up on trying, I will continue on. Maybe not brand new releases but maybe I can use this blog as a way to find the so called diamond in the rough of films.
     Unfortunately I haven't been able to see anything new or old for that matter. I have been watching my copies of all three Arrested Development seasons. I can watch those over and over and still find something new and they always remain hilarious.

And I've always had a bit of a crush on both Jason Bateman and Will Arnett. If you never had the chance to watch Arrested Development on Fox from 2003 to 2006 you can still watch the show on IMDB.com they have all of the episodes streaming or on the IFC channel. Unlike most shows that start on a high note but towards the end start to begin that downward spiral; for me that would be ER after Dr. Green died and when the John Carter came back from Africa, and when Rob Lowe left The West Wing, Arrested Development reminded consistent in their writing and always remained on that high point. However, thankfully we only have one more year to wait for the Arrested Development movie! It came out after the Writer's Strike back in 2007 that they were working on it and now it has been confirmed that all of the players will returned and we'll be able to find out what happened to the Bulth family. Kitty, Bob Loblaw, Lucille Austero, and everybody else.

So I will continue to stick around and keep on writing. I still have a lot of photography projects to work on and I've also joined a roller derby club. So while I may remained unemployed, I'm going to keep on working.

Besides season three of True Blood is coming soon!!
True Blood Season 3 teaser!!

Be Back Soon!!

quick notes

Okay guys I just watched 35 minutes of Cirque du Freak's Vampire Assistant and even though it boasts a great cast, John C. Reily, Willem DeFoe, Patrick Fugit, Orlando Jones, Ken Wantanabe, and Salem Hayek I could not get into it at all.

I also just watched the Informant with Matt Damon; Steven Soderberg's new film about price fixing at a the food corporation in Midwest Illinois and the United States high executive turned informant and while his information was true... there is definantly something more going on.

Watching Motherhood with Uma Thurman, Anthony Edwards and Minnie Driver... I am not a mother but this is definantly turning me on to the idea of becoming a nun... a quiet simple life... well at least if I can become a mother someday I will never move to a big city.

Something to inspire you by

Sometimes you just need to believe.... or some other sappy line.(Click on the title of this entry for something cool... but if you're a non stop You Tube Surfer like I am... then you've probably already seen it) Felt like posting that sometimes I can get a down on myself because I don't feel I am where I am in my life.. which is probaby one reason why I love film as part escapism but also to help inspire me to make the hard choices for mylife. I have a lot of hard work ahead of me and one of these is a goal to make this a thriving blog.

French Films and Grad School Applications

Lately everything has been so crazy I've been busy with work at the store and also filling out grad school applications.  I've barely had anytime to do anything else, not watch the Olympics (I'm kind of an Olympics junkie even though I don't really like sports all that much) I'd like to make this blog somewhat popular... at least have a couple of people read reguarly.. one thing that may help is if I write more!! If you're reading this and you'd like film, books anything really, let me know please in the comments! Tonight I am going to watch a movie the french film Love Me If You Dare with Marion Coitard in 2003 before she was famous in America at least. I saw part of this movie years ago on one of those independent film channels. Its about these two kids who begin a friendship by making each other dare each the other and as they get over they fall in love but the dares become more and more dangerous. I've heard it compared to Amelie at least stylistically I can see that's so... I'm going to have to finish the rest.. and be up early in the morning for work all day tomorrow!
Love Me If You Dare

Movie Review: Amelia

This movie has all the ingredients in it to make it a whirwind adventure like the real Amelia Earhart had. Unfortunately, the movie is incredibly choppy intergrating scenes from her final journey and scenes throughout her life; from her meeting her publisher turned husband George Putnam, played by Richard Gere. It doesn't seem to matter that the cinematography, costuming or the sets are stunning; the acting is wooden from all three main actors Swank, Gere and McGregor. There is no chemistry betweeen any of the actors and there is never any time to build up any remote feelings for the character(s) because it is continuly moving from one scene to the next never taking the time to build interest.
What should be a soaring epic about one of the interesting women of the earliest 20th century at a time when women had just been allowed to fly and women were being admitting into college but still being expected to be the model housewife and mother, to now in the modern age when anyone male or female have the power to be whatever we want to be where we can look back to once was this movie barely gets off the ground.

Inglourious Basterds

Yes, it's the correct spelling... at least for this movie.

I have alway been a huge Tarantino fan and this movie is no exception. Ever since the first trailer came out last winter I have been extremely excited! I think we can all admit that after learning of the horrors of the German Occupation of Europe from the late 1930's to 1940's with the Jewish Extermination there is a part of all of us who'd like to do to the Nazi's what they did to six million Europeans even 60 years later. Even now there is a story out of Berlin, Germany of a man who is of being a Nazi that is being tried for war crimes. The story is here on AP.

The plot revolves around two separate groups that are determined to bring down the German High Command that will be attending the premier of Joseph Goebbels, who was the modern day equivalent of a Media Director of the Nazi Party, showing his latest propaganda film called, "Nation's Pride" which is the true story (at least in the film) about a Nazi sniper who killed countless of soldiers and civilian's in a tower. The film is being shown at a smaller Parisian cinema that is owned and operated by Emmanuelle Mimieux who is in reality Shoshanna Dreyfuss a young French Jew. She is blonde and blue eyed which enable her to hide in plain view. The star of Goebbels' propaganda film meets Dreyfuss and becomes enamored by her even though she rejects his advances, he also does not know of her Jewish heritage. He convinces Goebbel's to have the premier at her cinema in order to win her favor, she however concocts a plan to burn down the cinema during the showing.

At the same time we have the Basterds an American Army battalion of Jewish soldiers who's sole job is that of slaughtering as many Nazi soldiers' as possible. The battalion is lead by Lt. Aldo Raine, played by Brad Pitt (in a role that makes him as unattractive looking as possible). Raine is a character who is self described as a direct descendent of Jim Bridger and is called "Aldo the Apache" he has a southern accent and says that he is from Maynardville, Tennessee. He has what looks like a rope burn on his neck that is unexplained, it is said that in the script it is from surviving an attempted lynching, for what it is never mentioned. It is also never mentioned if Raine himself is Jewish although his hatred of the Nazi's is as equal to all others in his battalion, as evident by leaving one Nazi alive from their slaughter but carving a swastika into their foreheads to let people know once the war is over that they were once Nazi's. Through the British, the American battalion learns of the premier that Goebbel's is throwing and they to plan on attacking and destroying the theater there. It is assumed that neither the Basterds nor Shoshanna know of the either' plans of attacking the theater that not.

The movie runs at two and half hours long, the film is of course excellently shot and every detail is planned to its minute detail; never fault Tarantino on his anal retentive attention to detail. In this film he especially uses his skills in building up the tension in every scene. We've all seen Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, and Kill Bill we know his enjoyment of making the audience squirm with anticipation waiting at the edge of the seat just dying to know what is going to happen. Tarantino uses this skill to its zenith, while any other director would make certain scenes in this film run from about three to five minutes long, Tarantino draws them out making them twenty sometimes close to thirty minutes long. By no means does the film ever seem drawn out or boring instead you are biting your fingernails hanging on ever word or slight gesture. It is pure agonizing bliss.

New Release Tuesday!

Julie & Julia

coming to DVD on December 8, 2009

As a supposed blogger... I want to write about film but I only write about every six months! What's wrong with me! Watching this movie made me think about how like Julie (the modern day blogger who is stuck working in a cubicle all day who feels that she is out of place and unable to accomplish anything... crap that kinda sounds a lot like me!)

Julie is a woman who enjoys to cook as a hobby and after having a lunch with three of her fair-weather but very sucessful friends she decides to start writing a blog trying to cook her way through Julia Child's revolutionary cookbook "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" in 365 days.

At the same time we flip back and forth to Julia Child's becoming of the Julia Child that we used to watch on PBS. Apparently Julia Child was not one who began cooking at a young age... apparently she could barely boil an egg when she got married (which was around the age of 40 so far I can not find any information backing that up) While living with her husband Paul played by the formidable Stanley Tucci (which I have to add I'm not sure of another actor in that role would work nearly as well he has lovely subitably to Meryl's Julia who is just adorable with her giant exuberant personality)

Honestly I was more interested in watching Meryl and Stanley in '50s Paris. Amy Adam's Julie seems self-involved; by becoming obssessed with Julia and cooking beginning to ignore her husband and complains constantly how she is not a writer and how much she hates Queens. (not to give too much a way since this is Rom/Com of course she is going to learn her lesson)

Ultimately this movie is about two people through their mutual hobby they begin to find themselves and find their way.

Also coming from a person who can barely boil an egg herself, Hamburger Helper is a delicacy for me. I'm also considering getting Julia Child's book and maybe at least attempt to learn how to cook...