Archive for September, 2008
Movie Marketing Madness: Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist
Ahhh...the star-struck romance. It's such rich material for filmmakers when they're telling the story of two people who meet by happenstance and proceed, over the course of a short period of time, to fall in love. Before Sunrise covered this over a decade ago, tracing one night when Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy walked through Vienna, realizing they [...]
Review Wrap-Up for 9/26/08
I've put up a bunch of new DVD reviews over on CT that I now present to you in truncated form. Click through for the full write-ups. Bucket List, Bruce & Lloyd, Funny Games, Harold & Kumar 2 Bucket List: Still, the movie is more or less enjoyable if you expect from it no more than what it has to offer. The two lead actors make it [...]
Movie Marketing Madness: Blindness
The last few years have seen an uptick in the number of movies where there is one person trapped in a closed-off area amidst a population that's been quarantined or otherwise isolated for a number of reasons. Most often this sole individual is trying to survive or escape from zombies or some other horrific group that is out to get the lone person [...]
More soon
I was planning on writing a new MMM column today but have decided to suspend those efforts in order to focus on the financial crisis. </snark> Actually I'm here in Orlando for, natch, BlogOrlando and am going to be out and about. Today is a think-tank day for those leading sessions at the dont-call-it-a-conference. Tomorrow's a fun day [...]
Movie Marketing Madness: Eagle Eye
Mistaken identities and shadowy figures are often used as plot contrivances in movies and other stories. The example that springs to mind most regularly is Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest, where Cary Grant gets mixed up in a bit of intrigue and is sent around the country by characters mostly never seen but always lurking in the background. [...]
