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Road Rules
Hollywood Elsewhere —
Road Rules In serious artistic-cred terms (as opposed to counting hands in a high-school popularity contest), the Best Picture race has been radically altered by the arrival of Revolutionary Road . For me it is the new King Shit among the '08 real-life, this-could-be-about-you power-punchers. As I wrote last night , it's" the strongest heavyweight drama I've seen all year so far -- much more searing and moving than I expected, a corrosive and heartbreaking masterwork." As I also wrote yesterday, "A Best Picture winner has to be a manifestation of someone's idea of a great, drop-dead, grand-or-penetrating-theme art film or it has to get people ...
Another Angle on YouTube
Carpetbagger —
The Bagger was doing some idle, goofy surfing research (ED: Don’t you mean research of the deep, careful kind?) on YouTube and noticed that the presentation had been altered last week, from the traditional 4:3 aspect ration to the more cinematically friendly 16:9. Beyond being the wave of the future, it must makes previews look sweller. With the new wide-screen format, the official trailer for Revolutionary Road ...
"Revolutionary Road" Trailer - Kate & Leo!
Film Gecko —
Ooh, “Revolutionary Road” looks dramatic. How fun to see Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio on screen together again, and I love the music and 1950s stuff. This movie hits theaters in limited release Dec. 26, 2008. Rated R for language and some sexual content/nudity. ...
Trailers I Love
itsamadmadblog2 —
I haven't been a huge fan of Sam Mendes. While his films always seem to deal with 'heavy themes' that feel like an over-sized reach towards Oscar validation, his efforts do look technically classy. However, I still curl away at the pretentious, brow beating moments in his Hollywood calling card, "American Beauty" (it's only a floating paper bag, people, get over it!). There were some genuine and startingly great moments in "Road To Perdition" and "Jarhead", but both left me pretty empty. Yet, through all my ineffectual feelings towards his previous films, something looks and feels right about his latest trip through suburban malaise in "Revolutionary Road". Whether it's ...
RacsOview: "Revolutionary Road"
RacsO Ledger —
Seeing this movie once made me so overwhelmed with how strong Kate Winslet's and Leonardo DiCaprio's performances were. I think that was the main reason that got me saying that the movie was one of the year's bests. The movie made me depressed like I couldn't even function very much that I think was caused by April Wheeler's devastating breakdown. ...
New To Theatres This Weekend: Bride Wars, The Unborn, Not Easily Broken
Film Junk —
The New Year is getting off to a pretty slow start with only two major releases in theatres weekend: Bride Wars starring Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson, and David S. Goyer’s The Unborn. Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino is also finally in wide release, while both The Reader and Revolutionary Road expand ever so slightly. Sounds like a good week to curl up with a DVD at home. Will you be watching anything this weekend?
The Unborn
Bride Wars
Not Easily Broken
Just Another Love Story (limited)
Made in U.S.A. (limited)
Yonkers Joe ...
Clip joint: African-American cinema
Film | guardian.co.uk —
People have already begun to praise the first examples of "post-Obama" cinema, as if it comes with a shiny rosette slapped on by the president himself. Me, I'm not convinced. No one can doubt yesterday's blockbuster on Capitol Hill, the longed-for watershed moment, which popular entertainment in its own small way helped make conceivable. And you ...
The Road to Perdition (Revolutionary Road)
Last Night with Riviera —
In the capable hands of director Sam Mendes and screenwriter Justin Haythes, Richard Yates' powerful commentary on the way we lived then has become a powerful commentary on the way we live now. This story of a suburban couple imploding under the weight of conformity, expectations and shattered dreams may be set in the summer of 1955, but its ...
