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http://filmbabble.blogspot.com/ - "A film is a film but when it is shown in theaters it becomes a movie" - Willis Drummond
AN EDUCATION (Dir. Lone Scherfig, 2009) It certainly isn’t a “meet cute” when 16 year old school girl Carey Mulligan is offered a ride home from Peter Sarsgaard in his snazzy sports car, but it isn’t exactly a “meet creep” either. Though Sarsgaard has a creepy reputation (his ...
Drama
An Education
Peter Sarsgaard
Alfred Molina
This Friday, the 27th, the Varsity Theater in downtown Chapel Hill is officially reopening (there was a sneak preview showing of THE WIZARD OF OZ on Sunday night, the 22nd). The theater, which closed last June, has been undergoing heavy renovations so I thought I'd visit and check out just ...
Action
The Wizard of Oz
Susan Sarandon
Star Wars
PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE BOOK PUSH BY SAPPHIRE (Dir. Lee Daniels, 2009) The title may be as hard to swallow as some of the harrowing events on display in this movie, but apparently the film makers thought it was a necessity to avoid confusion with another film titled PUSH that came out ...
Sci-Fi
Mo'Nique
Push
Everybody knows M*A*S*H , Buffy The Vampire Slayer , and Alice (based on Martin Scorsese’s ALICE DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE ) were successful long-running TV series based on popular movies but there have been dozens of other adaptations that didn’t make the grade and are largely ...
Comedy
Blazing Saddles
ABEL RAISES CAIN (Dirs. Jenny Abel & Jeff Hocket, 2008) Alan Abel is not a household name but because that makes it so he can still pull off elaborate pranks on the media he would probably prefers it that way. For well over 50 years Abel has employed many different ...
Drama
Buck Henry
THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS (Dir. Grant Heslov, 2009) "More of this is true than you would believe" so says a disclaimer of sorts at the beginning of this film. Also the film isn't "based on" it's "inspired by the book" which is another nifty indicator that this is as loosely based on ...
Comedy
George Clooney
Ewan McGregor
Jeff Bridges
Kevin Spacey
Hugh Grant
A SERIOUS MAN (Dirs. Joel & Ethan Coen, 2009) "No Jews were harmed in the making of this motion picture." - Disclaimer in the end credits. In the 25 years since they burst on the indie movie scene with the stellar BLOOD SIMPLE , the Coen Brothers have hit many cinematic ...
Comedy
A Serious Man
Coen Brothers
It's 4 days after Halloween but I'm still horror movie minded - especially since this was just released on DVD: DRAG ME TO HELL (Dir. Sam Raimi, 2009) There's a not-so-inside joke not too far into this mo vie that fan s of Raimi's past work will definitely appreciate. Bank loan ...
Horror
Drag Me to Hell
Sam Raimi
Justin Long
David Paymer
Alison Lohman
THE ACHIEVERS: THE STORY OF LEBOWSKI FANS (Dir. Eddie Chung, 2009) "Friday we watch the movie, on Saturday we become the movie." - Will Russell (Founding Dude, Lebowski Fest) First released to bad box office and mostly critical indifference, over the last 11 years THE BIG LEBOWSKI has ...
