I'm looking forward to Hot Fuzz on Friday.

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Originally posted by Awesome Man:

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Originally posted by Ishmaels coffin:
Oh, come on, awesome man, what story?

bunch of soldiers go to beat up some other soldiers.

Anything I missed...

Yes, as a matter of fact.

*SPOILERS*

The stories of.....

-A woman struggling to fight within the judicial system to save the soldiers by any means necessary.
-A father living with the deep burden of never being able to tell his son that he loved him, creating a dark tale of anger and violence.
-A man shunned by his own kind, and forced to become something that he hates.
-A king given the fact that he may be only a mortal, and his fear of people relizing it themselves.
-The story of a couragious leader banning his men together for a fight to the death.

UPDATE: I liked 300, a lot actually, but you have to admit the dialogue wasn't perfect. And I heard a rumor that some of the big, inspirational speeches sounded like they were lifted from Braveheart, which I haven't seen.

Still, what 300 lacked in plot and dialogue, it basically made up for with exciting battle scenes and beautiful visuals. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the ENTIRE movie filmed in front of a green screen? That takes some skill to make it look as good as it did.


Only movie I'm looking forward to in the near future is Spider-man 3.

three words: across the universe

Besides "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," (July 13th), Hairspray (July 20th), the last half of 2007 has a number of intriguing movies worth considering:

July 11, 2007: Drama/Mex(Foreign, drama). A potentially, raw, gritty Latino "Babel" movie.

July 13, 2007: Interview (Drama). Actor/Director Steve Buscemi again tries at directing in this independent movie about a veteran reporter's attempt to interview of starlet with fascinating consequences. A potentially intimate and powerful movie.

July 20, 2007: Goya's Ghosts (Historical drama). An intense and lavish biodrama about the artist Goya during the Inquisition directed by Milos Forman

July 27, 2007: Camden 28 (Documentary). A timely documentary about 28 individuals who risked prison in protesting the Vietnam War.

July 27, 2007: Moliere (Bio-Comedy, foreign). A rich looking, French comedy about the dramatist of the 17th Century.

August 1, 2007: El Cantante (Biodrama). A Latino version of "Walk The Line" (2005) with Hector Lavoe, the inspiration behind Salsa as the center of attention.

August 3, 2007: Bourne Ultimatum (the third installment). The intelligent and sophisticated espionage franchise attempts to continue its good fortune.

August 3, 2007: The Ten (Drama). A quality production of ten contemporary vignettes based on biblical commandments. Could this movie be a "Crash" (2005) clone multiplied by 10?

August 10, 2007: Stardust (Fantasy). A lavish fantasy film with A-Class stars, including Peter O'Tooele, Robert DeNiro, and Michelle Pheiffer as well as special effects trying to combine both fantasy, action, adventure.

August 31, 2007: Wristcutters: A Love Story (fantasy, drama, comedy). A more focused independent whimsical, intimate fantasy dealing with suicide and the afterlife.

September 7, 2007: The Savages (Comedy/Drama). An independent movie that revolves around sister (Laura Linney) and brother (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) who find themselves having to deal with each other brought back together to take are of their father who is suffering from dementia.

September 21, 2007: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Western). A high quality, rich production bio-drama about the famous Western outlaw, starring Brad Pitt.

September 28, 2007: The Kingdom (Thriller). An big-picture action-thriller set in Saudi Arabia. Think an explosive "Syriana" (2005).

September 28, 2007: Across the Universe (musical). A contemporary version of "Moulin Rouge" just prior to and during the Vietnam War.

October 12, 2007: The Golden Age (historical drama). Another lavish historical drama/thriller set with Cate Blanchett Queen Elizabeth and Clive Owen as Sir Walter Raleigh.

October 12, 2007: Margot at the Wedding (Comedy Drama). A family drama starring Nicole Kidman directed by Noah Baumbach.

October 12, 2007: Rendition (Espionage thriller). A possibly controversial espionage drama dealing with the secret rendition activity by the CIA (something that closely parallels actual events in today's American intelligence services in dealing with terrorism) starring Academy Award winner, Reese Witherspoon.

October 26, 2007: The Martian Child. (Drama, Science Fiction theme). John Cusack plays an adopted father to a boy who believes he's from another planet. John's sister, Joan also stars in the movie along with Amanda Peet.

November 2, 2007: American Gangster (Crime). A likely Academy Award contender, this movie has an all-star cast based on a true story cult hero from 1970s Harlem.

November 16, 2007: Beowolf (Historical Animation Fantasy). All star cast in this animated classic.

November 21, 2007: Enchanted (Fantasy). An animated, live-action fantasy.

December 7, 2007: The Golden Compass (fantasy) with Nicole Kidman.

December 12, 2007: Nanking (Documentary History). Woody Harrelson helps in this movie about Japan's invasion of Naking, China, a dark episode in Japan's history, possibly an Asian Schindler's List version as documentary.

December 21, 2007: P.S. I Love You (Comedy Romance). A movie about a grieving widow who gets a list of ten activities to do from her late husband.

December 25, 2007: Charlie Wilson's War (War, Action). Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman involve themselves in roles about the arming of Afghan rebels by CIA.

I hope a couple of those will be worth watching.

Live Free of Die Hard.
I know it's bordering on who cares territory but Bruce Willis is so good as John Mclaine. One more spin around the block with him is going to be fun.

Harry Potter 5

Opening June 22nd A Mighty Heart starring Angelina Jolie as the wife of the Wall Street Journal kidnapped in Pakistan and opening June 29th Evening starring Vanessa Redgrave and Meryl Streep about an aging woman's revelations about her past bring June to a close with some likely solid movie performances and serious drama that may translate into award nominations next year.

Looking forward to a double feature of Away From Her and Offside coming to an independent theater here.

"Live Free or Die Hard" will be out next wednesday!!! Then "Transformers" comes out the week after that! Woo-Hoo!

Yeah, I can't wait to see A Mighty Heart this weekend, it looks really good. I found these clips on IFilm and I really want to see it now.


http://www.ifilm.com/video/2857698
http://www.ifilm.com/video/2857699
http://www.ifilm.com/video/2857700
http://www.ifilm.com/video/2857701

Obviously, Ratatouille and The Simpsons Movie.

With a huge grin on my face...I second mr.f

In Bloom
His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass
Ratatouille- ONLY 1 MORE DAY!
That's all I have right now

Ratatouille today! And Once and Paprika next month!

Across The Universe which apparently opens in only one theater this week which happens to be ArcLight Hollywood in Hollywood California is one of my most highly anticipated movie this year. Can Across the Universe register as strong an impact as Moulin Rouge (2001) or Chicago (2002). The timely topic of societal turmoil of the sixties during which the Vietnam War was tearing the Country apart and the Beatles (whose music will feature prominently in this movie) became one of the biggest musical hits of the decade all suggest that Across The Universe can continue the musical movie genre breakthrough this year. The movie's trailers are suggestive more of a combination of Moulin Rouge with its innovative artistic and photographic special effects along with a much more contemporary and serious Chicago presentation of the times of the sixties. While Hairspray has been a solid hit, its subject matter and presentation remain pretty conservative by today's standards. It's my hope that Across the Universe will shoot up like a brilliant firework display and out into the stratosphere like its more recent musical predecessors.

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Originally posted by tabuno:
Across The Universe which apparently opens in only one theater this week which happens to be ArcLight Hollywood in Hollywood California is one of my most highly anticipated movie this year. Can Across the Universe register as strong an impact as Moulin Rouge (2001) or Chicago (2002). The timely topic of societal turmoil of the sixties during which the Vietnam War was tearing the Country apart and the Beatles (whose music will feature prominently in this movie) became one of the biggest musical hits of the decade all suggest that Across The Universe can continue the musical movie genre breakthrough this year. The movie's trailers are suggestive more of a combination of Moulin Rouge with its innovative artistic and photographic special effects along with a much more contemporary and serious Chicago presentation of the times of the sixties. While Hairspray has been a solid hit, its subject matter and presentation remain pretty conservative by today's standards. It's my hope that Across the Universe will shoot up like a brilliant firework display and out into the stratosphere like its more recent musical predecessors.

This may be the only musical I'll ever watch.

Well, I am looking forward to Michael Clayton should it come out around here this weekend. Also, the DVD or US release of El Bufalo de La Noche which reminds me I need to finish reading the book. Another one a little further down the road is Be Kind, Rewind which will technically be an early 2008 release.

No Country For Old Men may be my most anticipated movie ever. Coen brothers + Cormac McCarthy = best thing ever?

Looking forward to see Southland Tales - a sci-fi drama movie starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Justin Timberlake..It's interesting to see The Rock in a different role