Movies Worth Watching
Only Lovers Left Alive : Written and directed by Jim Jarmusch. Stars Tilda Swinton, and Tim Hiddleston, as two inhumanly pretty vampires who have been married for centuries. Eve is a lover of literature and knowledge living in Tangiers, while Adam is a tortured musician in dilapidated Detroit. Eve undertakes a difficult journey to console Adam when she notices that ennui and boredom are starting to overwhelm him. They're interrupted by Eve's sister, played by Mia Wasikowska, whose appetite for blood seems more like a drug addiction. While they do their best to make Ava welcome, things go downhill rapidly, and soon their comfortable world starts falling apart.
Also stars John Hurt as Kit Marlowe. Yes, that Kit Marlowe. Highly recommended - Purrdence and I enjoyed it immensely.
Snowpiercer : directed by South Korean director Bong Joon-Ho. Tilda and John again! Also Chris Evans, so naturally Purrdence HAD to see it :)
In the near future, a attempt to combat global warming works too well and kills nearly everyone on Earth. 17 years later, in 2031, the only place where humanity survives is on the Snowpiercer, a massive train which circles around the globe, running on perpetual motion. The movie traces an attempt to take the train by the passengers living in the cargo car. Highly enjoyable, but I advise going into it knowing that it's more allegory than post-apocalyptic film.
Kill Your Darlings : Biographical Drama directed, co-written, and co-produced by John Krokidas. The story covers the murder of David Kammerer, and Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William S. Burroughs before they were famous. Ginsberg is played - and played amazingly well, by Daniel Radcliffe.
Purrdence: This isn't going to end well, is it?
Me: *somewhat incredulous* You saw the opening shot - you read me the synopsis! How can you possibly think this is going to end well?
Also stars John Hurt as Kit Marlowe. Yes, that Kit Marlowe. Highly recommended - Purrdence and I enjoyed it immensely.
Snowpiercer : directed by South Korean director Bong Joon-Ho. Tilda and John again! Also Chris Evans, so naturally Purrdence HAD to see it :)
In the near future, a attempt to combat global warming works too well and kills nearly everyone on Earth. 17 years later, in 2031, the only place where humanity survives is on the Snowpiercer, a massive train which circles around the globe, running on perpetual motion. The movie traces an attempt to take the train by the passengers living in the cargo car. Highly enjoyable, but I advise going into it knowing that it's more allegory than post-apocalyptic film.
Kill Your Darlings : Biographical Drama directed, co-written, and co-produced by John Krokidas. The story covers the murder of David Kammerer, and Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William S. Burroughs before they were famous. Ginsberg is played - and played amazingly well, by Daniel Radcliffe.
Purrdence: This isn't going to end well, is it?
Me: *somewhat incredulous* You saw the opening shot - you read me the synopsis! How can you possibly think this is going to end well?