This is a still from the upcoming adaptation of The Great Gatsby.
Tobey Maguire is Nick, Leo is Gatsby, Carey Mulligan is Daisy
This is a still from the upcoming adaptation of The Great Gatsby.
Tobey Maguire is Nick, Leo is Gatsby, Carey Mulligan is Daisy
The Quick Brown Fox Jumps Over the Lazy Dog.
(Source: theamericankid, via louisecantdance)
No, Mad Men’s Megan Draper wasn’t wearing Warby Parker x SUNO sunglasses on last night’s episode, but you can get the same look with our circular, patterned Wendel shades.
Reader Submission: “I feel so enlightened.”
The Cabin in the Woods.
I saw this Friday night with Gingifer. As probably the most creative horror film I’ve ever seen, I loved every minute. It reminded me in ways of Tucker and Dale, because it points at the silly things horror movies do. Tucker and Dale laughed at those silly things. The Cabin in the Woods smiled at them, but it also asked why studios make the same horror movies again and again, and why people keep seeing them. There were a few very chilling moments when the filmmakers were clearly scolding audiences for finding pleasure in watching people suffer. And on top of that it was one of the scarier movies I’ve ever seen. It was a lot of fun, and it also really made me think.
“It really was such a shame, the way you could be so careful, and for so long, and then go ahead and undo it all in the end, as though nothing had ever been held together by anything at all.”
—Johanna Skibsrud, This Will Be Difficult to Explain: And Other Stories
Titanic.
I never watched this when I was a kid, but I finally saw it the other day with my wife…in 3D. It was very cheesy in places, which was expected, but overall I thought it was very good. Much better than Avatar, in my opinion. What I didn’t expect was the boat crash to be quite so disturbing. Parts of it were very unsettling. That’s probably one reason I wasn’t allowed to watch it when it came out.
But I feel like a normal American now that I’ve finally experienced it. The fact that I hadn’t seen it was my dirty secret for a while, but now I can hide no more.
Kill Bill, Volume II.
We watched both, back to back. Once she finds Bill, it basically becomes a different movie, which I think is the film’s greatest strength. It’s a ton of fun, then it has an ending that is touching and redemptive. And it spends time there. Similar films have tried adding a five-minute punch of drama, but in Kill Bill, the entire last thirty minutes changes your whole perception of the protagonist, and thus your perception of both films.
Kill Bill, Volume I.
I hadn’t seen this for three years until last night. I forgot just how visually stunning it is, and also how wonderfully the plot unfolds. The chronology of it is handled as flawlessly as any epic. It was Tarantino’s finest when it came out.
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil.
At the raving of a friend, I watched this with Gingifer the other night. It was hilarious. As horror comedy goes, it’s up there with Shaun of the Dead and Zombieland. It could have very easily been one-dimensional and no one would have cared, but it went for drama, and almost parodied that as well. Whereas the above mentioned zom-coms are a parody of horror, Tucker and Dale seemed to parody other horror parodies, in the sort of meta way that I love. It was much funnier than I expected.
Thank You For Smoking.
I watched this again last night. It had been a few years and I honestly expected to enjoy it less this time, but I found the opposite to be true. I forgot just how smart and quippy it is, and how much it made me think about the nature of argument and even of democracy.
I’m adding the novel to my list.
Since Otar Left
Since Otar Left.
I watched this for my film class last week. It’s a French/Belgian film set in Georgia about a Grandmother whose daughter and granddaughter lie to her about the death of her son Otar. They forge letters from him so she won’t know he’s died, and this creates incredible tension and irony as the Grandmother keeps trying to get in touch with Otar in increasingly touching ways, culminating with a trip to go see him.
As you can see, the Grandmother (Eka) is one of the cutest old women that has ever existed, so your heart really breaks for her. This film also plays strongly on the divide between the three generations and there are some thought-provoking conversations between characters of traditional, modern, and post-modern ideologies.
Overall, I highly recommend it.
The Final Countdown
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