"When I do not want to say things in real life I often say them here." — Mimi Smartypants
“And will you, for the love of God, put on a fucking shirt?” — Steve Carell as Phil Foster in Date Night. Whiteout (2009) A cheesy movie with a made-for-TV feel. Two of its central gimmicks, in fact, are lifted directly from popular TV shows. From Law & Order: the cop characters, a US marshal […]
“You failed to maintain your weapon, son.” — Michael Caine as Harry Brown in Harry Brown. The Last Station (2009) Confession time: I never read War and Peace, or Anna Karenina. I knew nothing about Tolstoy. Now I know something, and what I learned was interesting enough to make me want to know more. There […]
“Forty thousand years of human language, and there’s no word to describe our relationship. It was doomed.” — Ewan McGregor as The Ghost in The Ghost Writer. Green Zone (2010) Green Zone is a good war movie, a good thriller, and a great action film. And it tells some important truths about the liars who […]
“What has happened to you? How did you turn out this way? You know everything about me. I don’t know shit about you. Not a damn thing.” “That’s the way it is.” — Michael Nyqvist (as Mikael Blomkvist) and Noomi Rapace (as Lisbeth Salander) in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Shutter Island (2010) I […]
“If I were God, I would have made the world just so and no different. And so I have you . . . I have you.” — Viggo Mortensen as The Man in The Road (2009). Yes, I’m still trying to catch up with my backlogged cache of rental DVD reviews. The good news is, […]
“Son, I’ve played sick, drunk, divorced, and on the run. Bad Blake hasn’t missed a goddamn show in his whole fucking life.” — Jeff Bridges as Bad Blake in Crazy Heart (2009). If you think I’ve been posting a lot of DVD reviews lately, you’re right. I’m doubling the frequency of DVD review posts in […]
“Never get behind old people. Their bodies are littered with hidden metal and they never seem to appreciate how little time they have left. Bingo, Asians. They pack light, travel efficiently, and they have a thing for slip on shoes. Gotta love ’em. ” — George Clooney as Ryan Bingham Up in the Air (2009). […]
“Time to nut up or shut up!” — Woody Harrelson as Tallahassee in Zombieland (2009). If you think I’ve been posting a lot of DVD reviews lately, you’re right. I’m doubling the frequency of DVD review posts in an effort to catch up with movies I’ve watched, cataloged, and previously reviewed on Facebook. Trouble is, […]