Adapting poetry to television or film is a formidable challenge; unlike prose or drama, poetry relies more heavily on form and syntax than description and plot. “The Song of Lunch,” however, deftly transforms those literary challenges into an engaging short film from the BBC. “The Song of Lunch,” a 50-minute film based on the poem [...]
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Reel Review: “The Song of Lunch”
Posted in Movies, Television, tagged Alan Rickman, BBC, Emma Thompson, Reel Review, The Song of Lunch on October 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Reel Review: “Easy A”
Posted in Movies, tagged Alyson Michalka, Amanda Bynes, Dan Byrd, Easy A, Emma Stone, Lisa Kudrow, Patricia Clarkson, Penn Badgley, Reel Review, Stanley Tucci, Thomas Hayden Church on September 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Easy A” is a clumsy but likable tribute to John Hughes’ ’80s teen flicks like “The Breakfast Club,” “Sixteen Candles,” and “Ferris Buehler’s Day Off.” Likable because it deftly updates Hughes’ themes for contemporary times; clumsy because it’s bold-faced enough to actually admit that’s what it’s doing. Emma Stone stars as Olive Penderghast, a witty [...]
Reel Review: “Single White Female”
Posted in Movies, tagged Reel Review, Single White Female, Bridget Fonda, Jenifer Jason Leigh on September 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“Single White Female” begins in a bathroom. Two twin girls, not older than eight, sit on a wide sink spread with Mommy’s makeup. They’re dressed in matching white dresses, wearing matching pearl earrings. They smile silently at each other as they apply red lipstick, suppressing giggles so they won’t get caught. It’s a private moment [...]
What NASA Can Learn From ‘Sunshine’
Posted in Movies, Science, tagged Cillian Murphy, NASA, Sunshine, The Sun on September 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
They’ve already blown up the moon, and now NASA wants to crash a spaceship into the sun. That’s right: the sun. By 2018 (they hope, but no one really believes the budget will let that happen), NASA wants to send a probe through the sun’s corona. Scientifically, it’s not as silly as it sounds. The [...]
Greg Glazier and the Lackluster Harry Potter Enthusiasm
Posted in Culture, Movies, tagged Harry Potter, Hufflepuff, Individuality, Trailers on September 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The trailer for “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” begins with the Warner Bros. insignia floating in a stormy sky. The camera flies low over a dark lake until we reach Lord Voldemort in conference with his Death Eaters. Harry arrives and He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named comments on the irony of the situation: “The boy who lived… come [...]
From the Cutting Room Floor: The Post-Modern Documentarian
Posted in Culture, Movies, Music, tagged Documentaries, Radiohead on September 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Please welcome to the blog contributor Chelsea Caumont. You can find out more about her at the About page. With so many ways to express our first amendment rights available to us today — blogs and websites, self-published books, videos and music — it’s no surprise that the majority of what’s out there (and by [...]
Reel Review: “I Am Love”
Posted in Movies, tagged Antonio Biscaglia, Italian cinematography, Reel Review, Tilda Swinton on August 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Please welcome to the ACG Blog contributor Greg Glazier. You can find out more about him at the About page. “I Am Love” may not have been the best movie to see with my mother. Starring Tilda Swinton (“The Chronicles of Narnia,” “Burn After Reading”) as Emma Recchi, a woman converted by love from brittle, [...]
The Best “Inception” Parodies
Posted in Movies, tagged Dumb and Dumber, Inception, Parody on August 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Inception — a truly mind-blowing film — had a very catchy, thrilling trailer. So catchy, any number of parodies have been created. Below, check out the original trailer, and then the best parodies and adaptations to other films. —– Inception (the original trailer) —– Inebriation “Drinks go down easy when we party; it’s only when [...]
