Sunday, January 2, 2011

Your street is ugly... bitch.

This film is actually a sequel to L'Auberge Espagnole, but I saw Russian Dolls first. They're both brilliant films. Not sure what more to say about them besides they're remarkably enjoyable. Both are mostly French-language films but have a lot of Spanish, English, and Russian thrown in too. These two are a good stepping off point if you haven't seen a lot of contemporary foreign films.

Thursday, December 23, 2010

I am Iron Man... WahNahNahNahNaNaNa Nah Nah Nah!

This one expires in a few days, so check it out. I don't know about the 2nd installment of this, but Robert Downey Jr. pretty much totally killed it in Iron Man.

Jon Favreau at his best, too. Frankly, I'm a little worried about Cowboys and Aliens

Saturday, November 13, 2010

Rock me, Amadeus

Milos Forman's 1984 film Amadeus won the 1985 Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor (F. Murray Abraham). It also won for Costume Design, Makeup, Sound, Writing (Adapted Screenplay), and Art Direction. It was also nominated for Best Cinematography and Editing and Tom Hulce was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his extremely memorable role as the great Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Now, I hate on the academy awards as much as anybody, but it's rare that a film can clean up like that if it doesn't legitimately kick ass. Amadeus does not disappoint. The story of the prodigious and irreverant young musician and composer is told through the last confession of inferior composer Antonio Salieri, his greatest enemy and the perpetrator of Herr Mozart's early demise. This film is incredibly enjoyable for anyone, but for lovers of opera, it is truly marvelous.