So far 2012 has had a lot of good movies, but few great ones (hence all the 3 star ratings here). But Jeff, Who Lives at Homeat least has given me something to think about. I have seen it twice now and I keep going back and pondering it. Maybe someday it will be a great film. I'd like to meet the people that think Will Ferrell's Casa de mi Padre is a great film right now; it's such a peculiar movie that most people won't come around to it for a while, if ever. On DVD, Steven Spielberg's Tintin was nearly a great film, and if nothing else, it was a pioneer in the field of animation. Some people think Melancholia was great, but I didn't. Scorsese's The Last Temptation of Christ is probably the closest thing to great we have this week, though goodness knows that's not an easy film to sit through, and to this day it has many enemies (most of whom have not seen it). I can say, though, that "The Guild" is a great... something. It's a comedy series created for the web, and the episodes run about 6-8 minutes each, proving that predetermined running times is a thing of the past. Meanwhile, please see my interview with Mr. Ferrell, who is most certainly a great movie comedian.
21 Jump Street ***
Boy ***
Casa de mi Padre ***
Detachment ***
Seeking Justice **1/2
NEW ON DVD & BLU-RAY:
The Adventures of Tintin ***1/2
Conversation Piece (Raro) ***1/2
The Descendants **1/2
The Guild: Season 5 (New Video) ***1/2
Happy Feet Two (Warner Home Video) ***1/2
The Last Temptation of Christ (Criterion) ****
Melancholia (Magnolia) ***
My Week with Marilyn (Anchor Bay) ***1/2
Young Adult **1/2
Young Violent Dangerous (Raro) ***
RECENT FEATURES:
Interview: Ewan McGregor [SF Examiner]
Interview: the 'Project X' stars [SF Examiner]
REFERENCES:
Reviews of Casa de mi Padre also appeared on Common Sense Media and in the Las Vegas Weekly.
Reviews of Jeff, Who Lives at Home also appeared on Common Sense Media and in the San Francisco Examiner.
A review of 21 Jump Street also appeared in the San Francisco Examiner.
A review of Detachment also appeared on Common Sense Media.
A review of Seeking Justice also appeared on Common Sense Media.
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MOVIE QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
"It's agony because he's a great actor who wants to be a film star, and you're a film star who wants to be a great actress. This film won't help either of you." - Eddie Redmayne as "Colin Clark," My Week with Marilyn
ALEX QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
"We ain't stuffin' any dreams into our mouth."
| DVD OF THE WEEK |
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| Cyrus (2010) Read Jeffrey's review Buy DVD |
[Note: Regarding DVD reviews, if I have placed the name of the distributor in parentheses after the link, that means I received a review copy of said DVD.]
Thanks and have a great weekend!
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