I have to admit, I love this movie pretty shamelessly, so everything I'm about to say will likely carry a certain amount of bias ( Read more... )

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I think I was too young the first time I saw Edward Scissorhands.

Here is a movie full of tenderness and ambiguity, not to mention a gaudy, surreal interpretation of suburban culture that is very unsettling. And here I am, thinking Why would you build a guy without hands? And for the love of God, even if hands are really, really hard to make- ( Read more... )

To me, the most interesting aspect of the film Chocolat is the way in which human desire is externalized-a thing you can pick up and eat ( Read more... )

The best thing about the movie Chocolat as a work of literature is that every time I watch the smallest clip I desperately want to eat chocolate (and Johnny Depp). But especially chili-pepper truffles and melted dark chocolate.


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Besides Tilda Swinton and other demony-goodness (badness?), I liked "Constantine" for the magic ( Read more... )

In the form of a heartfelt missive (from my heart).

Dear Major Motion Picture ConstantineI realize that you have taken Jamie Delano's vision of John Constantine into a dark alley, brutalized him in some undisclosed way (possibly involving fifty dollars in quarters and a sock) and sent Keanu Reeves back out in his place-I get this. I am not a fool ( Read more... )

Although Tessa has already said it best, I'll second her and say that the nature of truth is what fascinates me most about the movie Big FishThe main thing I've taken from this story is that there are a lot of different kinds of truth, and that the truth of something is very much dependent upon a specific person looking at a specific situation ( Read more... )

When we first went live, back in May, I said that I write because I'm a liar. Stories are better than the truth - and they TELL the truth better than even the straight-up truth does itself. That philosophy is why I love Tim Burton's BIG FISH. (Not to mention Jessica Lange's grace, Ewan McGregor's accent and my unholy attraction to Billy Crudup ( Read more... )