How odd that we would go to the movie house two days in a row to watch two spy films. It is even odder that the two films could not be more different. Forgive me if I call Mission Impossible: The Ghost Protocol a stupid… Read More
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
I remember the paperback on my father’s nightstand, binding bent back, pages frayed. He loved to read, and especially he loved to read these spy novels. We ventured out to see the film adaptation this afternoon. The first thing I noticed was the colour and… Read More
Little Miss….
Little Miss Sunshine was on TV tonight, so we watched it, even though we’ve seen it before. Seeing it again, I was reminded of three things: Just how very very funny that movie really is Just how much accordion is in the soundtrack (I bet… Read More
Mine
Last night I broke my own rule. I watched a movie involving dogs. I knew better but I did it anyway. Tuffy P came home with the film on DVD. What could I do? Mine is a documentary about animals stranded, and rescued, after Katrina.… Read More
Edwin Boyd #tiff
Edwin Boyd is the title of a new film by Nathan Morlando. It’s also the name of a notorious Canadian bank robber. The film tells the story, set in post-war Toronto. We attended the gala premier of this movie at TIFF this evening at the… Read More
Drunken Angel vs Drunken Angel
It made my day when I stumbled into this gem on YouTube thinking about song should be Drinking Song #20 on our little list. This video features scenes from the 1948 Kurosawa film Drunken Angel set to the song Drunken Angel by Lucinda Williams. Very… Read More
The Cave of Forgotten Dreams
We met up with Candy and Stagg tonight to watch Werner Herzog’s Cave of Forgotten Dreams at the TIFF Bell Lightbox. This 2010 film is a 3-D documentary about an expedition to document the nearly inaccessible Chauvet Cave in France. This cave is special not… Read More
Super 8
*spoiler alert* On the strength of mostly excellent reviews, we trundled off to our local movie house to see Super 8. There are some positives. The kids were well cast, and the first half hour or so of the film was nicely done. Beyond that,… Read More
Hey, let’s watch an old movie tonight…
Remember Red Rock West, the Jon Dahl film from the early 90s? It stars Nicolas Cage as Michael, Dennis Hopper as Lyle from Dallas, J.T. Walsh as Wayne and Lara Flynn Boyle as the lovely evil Suzanne. Out of work Michael drives from Texas to… Read More
Limitless
We went to see Limitless tonight on the strength of a review we heard on the radio. Actually, Lincoln Lawyer was our first choice but it was full, but we were prepared with Limitless as a backup. I’m going to call it a fun actioner… Read More
27th Street 