Since his debut feature, Primer, hit theaters eight years ago, Shane Carruth has been a quiet presence in the world of cinema– threatening to make new pictures, always backing away from them due to lack of funding. Turns out he’s been making a movie behind our backs: last week he announced that he’d be showing his next film, Upstream Color, at Sundance this January. Exciting! Of course, we’re talking about the man behind Primer, which is to say that the film we get will be complex, layered, and demanding. The trailer, which premiered today, seems to support this suspicion: Honestly? I have no idea what to make of this. I think it looks…
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Ohhh, Look…Awesome Super Hero Silhouette Artwork
This week we see the Blu-Ray release of the final chapter in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy. 2012 has been a really great year for comics/super hero films. While The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises won over fans worldwide and joined the billionaire’s club, that Marvel reboot of questionable necessity (aka The Amazing Spider-Man) was no slouch either. So now that the box office battle is over, we fans can return to waiting for the next installment of our favorite franchises (sorry Nolan Batman fans, doesn’t look like we’ll see Bale take up the cowl again) and, if it suits your fancy, dressing up like your favorite heroes. Well even if you don’t do the latter, the kid…
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Off the Shelf…’Finding Nemo 3D’
Finding Nemo is essentially a family drama combined with a new spin on an Abbott & Costello road movie. It’s also deep, affecting and a story about a father getting to know his son, and vice versa (even though they are apart for the whole movie). As Pixar religiously puts story ahead of the effects, what’s on display here is a very touching family element that proves more impacting with each viewing. Sure everyone gets emotionally invested in these characters but it’s chalked up to three factors; lovable design, top notch voice acting and finally Thomas Newman’s brilliant score. Newman (who would work together with Stanton again on WALL-E) creates a theme that is so finely tailored and…
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Off the Shelf…’The Odd Life of Timothy Green’
If you stop and think about the impact that Disney has had on all of our lives, it’s simply staggering. It would be almost impossible to find someone you know who has never seen a Disney film or TV show. Disney’s formula for success is often imitated, but there is only one Disney. With The Odd Life of Timothy Green, you have a Mary Poppins tale of sorts. You understand it’s a Disney family film and you suspend disbelief, just long enough to allow yourself to get sucked into the movie. You put the Disney name on a film and it’s almost guaranteed to make a profit. But, does Odd Life this compare to the…