The Lovely Bones sucks, made all the worse by HEAVENLY CREATURES (1994)
Dir. Peter Jackson
Alamo Drafthouse Ritz, 1/19/10, 7:00pm
When I first saw the travesty that is The Lovely Bones, my reaction was one of confusion. Why on Earth did someone as respected as Peter Jackson feel compelled to make this movie? The story is lame, idiotic, and barely worthy of anyone but a lowly schlock-meister. [...]
I’d much rather UP IN THE AIR (2009) win an Oscar than PRECIOUS…
Dir. Jason Reitman
Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, 12/31/09, 1:40pm
You know its Oscar season when you go to see a movie because it got a lot of buzz at Toronto. Well this George Clooney vehicle is being talked about probably much more than it is being seen, so I braved the cold Texas air to ride [...]
One last thought on THE ROAD (2009)
Yesterday while I saw Up in the Air (review forthcoming above), they ran a trailer for Crazy Heart which features Robert Duvall in a supporting role. That reminded me of the character Duvall played in The Road. He was a traveling old man, similar in his positive morality to the two heroes of [...]
