Reeling: Get Him To The Greek
Posted by Simon in Reeling on 14. Jun, 2010 | 3 Comments
Remember when acting meant convincing the audience that you were somebody else? When being in a movie or television show implied that you were able to portray yourself as a character different from your real-life identity? Get Him To The Greek really makes me long for those days.
Reeling: “The Trotsky”
Posted by Jef in Film, Reeling on 18. May, 2010 | 2 Comments
Two early references in writer/director Jacob Tierney’s The Trotsky are to Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, when star Jay Baruchel for a split-second seems like he’s breaking the fourth wall in the principle’s office (he’s not, though the implication is enough to do it for him), and The Battleship Potemkin, where a dream sequence reenacts the [...]
Reeling: A Small Act
Posted by Simon in Film, Reeling on 10. May, 2010 | 0 Comments
“A Small Act” is a documentary attempting to accomplish no small feat. It does so with no attempt to hide its agenda nor any conceit towards compromising function for form. Make no mistake, Jennifer Arnold’s tearjerking tale has a singular purpose: to spread kindness like a zombie apocalypse — but, you know, the type of [...]
Reeling: I’m Here
Posted by Simon in Film, Internet, Reeling on 21. Mar, 2010 | 0 Comments
Debuting earlier this year at Sundance, Spike Jonze’s short film I’m Here was produced in behest of clubbing staple Absolut Vodka. Why Absolut funded Jonze to make this film is beyond me, as is the real purpose of debuting it at an actual film festival. Regardless, Jonze’s short format robot love story is now available [...]
Reeling: A Prophet
Posted by Simon in Film on 10. Mar, 2010 | 4 Comments
Listen, I saw The Hurt Locker. It was amazing and totally worthy of winning that best picture Oscar. Moreover, I’m sure El Secreto de Sus Ojos is a great movie too, although I have yet to personally see it. But, in my mind, if Kanye had walked up during Kathryn Bigelow’s acceptance speech and pushed [...]
