Again, my sense of timing has been chucked to the wind and
I'm sitting here at eleven 'o' clock on a Thursday just
imagining my dear friend John Laird shaking his head in
silent, but loving, rage.
Johnny Boy, you know I love you, I just get a little
distracted sometimes.
Onwards, upwards, inwards: it's movie time.
Hitting Theaters This Weekend:
OBSESSED
Director:
Steve Shill
Cast:
Ali Larter, Beyonce Knowles
Summary:
A business fellow with a sultry lady friend becomes the
victim of a stalker.
Thoughts:
I saw stills from this online and it looks like the aborted
fetus of a Hallmark straight-to-video film. I literally
thought Ali Larter had fallen off the flat side of the
planet, but I guess she's been kicking around the old
"casting couch" to land a sweet film like this. Also, this
is a Beyonce film with no singing. Thus, it's just two
hours of Beyonce acting. It makes the pain come back.
EARTH
Director:
Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield
Cast:
Patrick Stewart
Summary:
Earth is beautiful. More directors decide to showcase why
it's so beautiful.
Thoughts:
Total sucker for even the shittiest video about animals.
Thus, a high budget film that follows a bunch of beautiful
creatures frolicking through the wilderness gets my Sanders
Stamp of Approval undoubtedly. Unfortunately, the scene
where Patrick Stewart is mauled by baby elephant was cut so
the film could make the G rating line.
FIGHTING
Director:
Dito Montiel
Cast:
Channing Tatum, Luiz Guzman, Terrance Howard
Summary:
A street tough is lured in to the world of underground
fighting in New York city.
Thoughts:
Dito Montiel made A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints
which wasn't half bad. Unfortunately my bag got stolen with
it in it, and it was my friends copy and he's still bitching
about getting it back. This, for some reason, creates a
negative air to my pre-reception of this film. Nonetheless
I like watching people beat on each other, and Terrance
Howard and Luis Guzman are like peanut butter and honey,
delicious but infrequent.
THE
SOLOIST
Director:
Joe Wright
Cast:
Robert Downey Jr., Jamie Foxx, Catherine Keener
Summary:
Based on a true story, a down on his luck news reporter
discovers a homeless man who's actually a world class cello
player. Tears are shed.
Thoughts:
The idea that an Oscar bait picture this big was dumped in
the early months of summer blockbuster hell doesn't bode
well for the film, but it does have Robert Downey Jr. and
I'd watch that man snort coke off a corpse. Nonetheless,
this film looks like the kind of dreck I don't see in
December, thus I won't be seeing this film in April.
Final Thoughts:
No Limited Release pick this week. I say go with Earth
'cause fuzzy wuzzy animals make my tender parts soft.
Goooooo planet!
Noah Sanders is the blog/news editor at Light In The
Attic and a contributor at Sound On The Sound and
the KEXP blog. He also has his own
Criterion-based film site, Criterion Quest.
If you'd like to contact Noah in regards to his
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