Posts Tagged ‘Johnny Depp’
Under the Radar | River Phoenix
This is a column that will focus on little known films, directors, writers, and actors. The column does not exist to tell you what to watch, but to simply help raise interest in the great art and talent that goes unseen year by year. So let’s begin. In this edition I will be spotlighting River Phoenix.
On August 23, River Phoenix would have been forty years old with a list of film credits a mile long. Unfortunately his life had another path and although he left the world to soon, after an accidental overdoes on Halloween in 1993, he crafted a legacy of an actor whose film choices dared to be courageous. His talent showed both the brilliant actor he was and the charismatic movie star he would have become. Continue on for six films I recommend you see in honor of River Phoenix. Read the rest of this entry »
The Filmdogs Podcast: Episode 18 – The Revenge of Podcast Galore
The 18th Episode of The Filmdogs Podcast has finally arrived. Listen in as this week as we discuss all the happenings at Comic Con 2010 in an extended news segment. Then in our Featured Topic we dicsect a statement made by Movieline writer Stephanie Zacharek in her controversial review of Inception. Can movies still be great? Or only “awesome”? To conclude, we tear apart Halle Berry’s infamously bad zinger from X-Men in our One-Liner of the Week. Why go to fan conventions when you have The Filmdogs Podcast?
Email us with you podcast feedback or segment suggestions at filmdogspodcast@gmail.com. Subscribe to the podcast here, or listen in you browser. Also, you may download an enhanced AAC feed with chapter markers and artwork from iTunes on your computer or straight to your iPhone/iPod touches now! If you like what you hear be sure to write a quick review on iTunes as well. It helps us out. Thanks!
Under the Radar | Dead Man
This is a column that will focus on little known films, directors, writers, and actors. The column does not exist to tell you what to watch, but to simply help raise interest in the great art and talent that goes unseen year by year. So let’s begin. The film I will be spotlighting is Jim Jarmusch’s unique western, Dead Man starring Johnny Depp. Read the rest of this entry »
The Filmdogs Podcast: Episode 13 – Podcast Forever After
You’ve got a friend in the newest epic episode of The Filmdogs Podcast. We talk about the bomb that is Jonah Hex and Pirates 4 in the news while Wall-e and Up go head to head in VS. It’s all Pixar all the time as we dissect each film from the best studio today, and get the word on their latest, Toy Story 3, from host Mr Jason in our Featured Topic. Then to wrap it Up (pun intended) we celebrate the 35th Anniversary of Steven Speilberg’s classic thriller Jaws in our One Liner of the Week.
Email us with you podcast feedback or segment suggestions at filmdogspodcast@gmail.com. Subscribe to the podcast here, or listen in you browser. Also, you may download an enhanced AAC feed with chapter markers and artwork from iTunes on your computer or straight to your iPhone/iPod touches now! If you like what you hear be sure to write a quick review on iTunes as well. It helps us out. Thanks!
Rental Review and/or NO EXCUSES | Alice in Wonderland
No Excuses is a column that picks apart the reasons why a film failed and really why there is no EXCUSE for such a piece of garbage to be made.
This installment features Alice in Wonderland and it is without a doubt, the worst film I have seen since Transformers 2. Read on…if you dare!
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David Fincher to direct 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea!
And the 8 year old inside me smiled, and all was right with the world...
The 1954 Disney classic 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea was always a childhood favorite of mine. So imagine the pain I endured hearing that hack director McG (Charlie’s Angels, Terminator: Salvation) was helming the remake with Will Smith of all people as Captain Nemo. Well, thankfully that project sunk a few months back, but now it’s seems as if the adventure will be sailing into good hands. Read the rest of this entry »
Across the Pond | France’s: Le samouraï
When people think of foreign films they often simply pass them off as being too pretentious and experimental for their liking. Yet, one of the things I’ve discovered about films from oversees is how their main influence is often American. Which makes sense when you think about it, Hollywood is in the U.S. after all. Such is the case with director Jean-Pierre Melville and his 1967 hitman masterpiece Le samouraï. Read the rest of this entry »
A Date To Miss | Review of “Alice in Wonderland”
Alice in Wonderland has had various film incarnations over the years. From the classic Disney tale to the 1985 television broadcast that successfully sacred the hell out of me. It is a story people connect with. The magic and whimsy of a new world. The journey of a young girl growing up right before our eyes. The story is timeless. Every generation could find something to latch onto. That said, the most recent endeavor directed by Tim Burton is one giant mess.
To cap this batch of negativity off, the opening moments of this film were so flat that I could almost hear Burton saying, “Let’s hurry up and get through this people. Then we can get to the fun stuff.” I understand that the opening of this film is not why the audience is going to the picture, but I need something to latch onto. The dialogue and acting was stilted, and one could argue that doesn’t matter in a movie like this. Well… it does to me. So Alice is being forced into marriage and decides to run off, falls into a hole, and we are in Wonderland. Read the rest of this entry »
Curioser and Curioser- A review of “Alice in Wonderland”
There is a “that’s what she said” moment in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland. And it’s a good one. Alice (Mia Wasikowska) has fallen down the rabbit hole and has just drunk a potion that made her very tiny. She needs to grow again, however, and luckily she notices a tiny cake on the floor. What does said cake command? “Eat Me”. Yep. Classic.
As for the rest of the movie, it has its classic moments too. Classic Alice In Wonderland (which I will admit is one of my least favorite stories), and classic Tim Burton. The story has all the traditional Wonderland elements- disappearing Cheshire Cat, talking flowers, flamingo croquet mallets, and a rabbit with a pocket watch. Surprisingly Burton doesn’t stray far from tradition on these small but important details…they look similar to the characters one may remember from childhood. When we get to the main characters, however, is when we land in a new Wonderland.
