I saw The Science of Sleep this afternoon. Very interesting and fanciful movie. Also, a sort of rebuttal to all those crazy-freespirited-chick-teaches-male-lead-how-to-live-and-love movies. I loved the stop motion dream sequences.
'Bring On The Night'
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Oh, I've seen trailers for that movie on tv -- it looks like fun.
I really should remember not to rewatch the Misadventures of Margaret when it comes on. I normally adore Parker Posey, but in that movie her character's desperate quest to find someone, anyone with whom she can cheat on Jeremy Northam's devoted husband character makes me want to knock the stupid right out of her. And I don't know if they make sledgehammers big enough for the job.
Michael Bay's production company, Platinum Dunes, has made a three-year, first-look deal with Rogue Pictures to develop horror films, including a remake of the 1987 vampire movie Near Dark, Variety reported.
I want someone to make a horror movie in which Michael Bay is devoured by his awful remakes.
made a three-year, first-look deal with Rogue Pictures to develop horror films, including a remake of the 1987 vampire movie Near Dark
Noooo! Near Dark does NOT need to be re-made.
Was Near Dark the one in the desert?
Was Near Dark the one in the desert?
Yep. Adrian Pasdar (Profit). Jeanette Goldstein and Lance Henriksen and Bill Paxton (Aliens). And that girl.
The Departed -- very good, not great. (Not as good as the original, and an hour longer. Excellent performances all around, but not much going on beneath the surface.)
Man of the Year -- sucktastic. The only laughs (and they are few and far betwen) come from Robin Williams recycling his old stand up material. The script is spectacularly dense when it comes to satirizing both politics and media. I'm honestly not sure what planet Levinson was living on when he wrote this.
I've always thought that DiCaprio looked like Jack Nicholson, and my husband can't keep Matt Damon and Mark Wahlberg straight, so I'm amused that they are all cast together.
I really don't want to imagine a Bay remake of Near Dark. Will no one think of the children?!?!
So I guess in this version there will be lots of exploding oil wells in Texas?
You just know Bay's going to cast some vapid model-actress that couldn't convincingly intimidate a toddler in the Jenette Goldstein role. And one of those cutesy sitcom kids from Everybody Loves Raymond as Homer.