| in the next couple of months, i will have some spare time on my hands. so stay tuned - i'm gonna revamp this sucker.
oddly enough, i think the two best date movies (notwithstanding the obvious Date Movie) are documentaries. i would pick March of the Penguins and Mad Hot Ballroom as the two best films to see with your significant other.
maybe it's because i've grown more realistic in my view of love. or maybe it's because romantic comedies released in recent memory, have simply stunk. |
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| what's your favourite book to film adaptation and why? |
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| Michael Kang's film, The Motel, opens Toronto's Reel Asian Film Festival on Wednesday November 23rd.
The script, adapted by director Kang from a novel by Ed Lin, breathes new life into the coming-of-age story. The motel setting provides glimpses of a number of marginalized people, and a plot line about an autobiographical story Ernest has written is deftly interwoven without being precious.
Kang finds an eerie, banal beauty in the anonymous small town. Best of all, he knows that smart filmgoers don't need a lot of explanation or backstory. Images suffice.
Wednesday (November 23) at the Bloor Cinema.
Read the full review. |
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| Check out The Envelope at the LATimes for a preliminary look at the Academy Awards race.
At this early stage, which film do you think will win Best Picture? Which film would you like to see win Best Picture? Don't think. Just answer...quickly...off the top of your head. Those are always the most interesting answers.
I think it will be a tight race between Munich and Memoirs of a Geisha. Brokeback Mountain will definitely be a major contender, but I somehow can't visualize The Academy being overly fond of a gay cowboy movie. |
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| David Cronenberg will develop a new series for HBO based on his film, Dead Ringers.
I wonder what the target audience will be for a series about twin gynecologists anyhow? |
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