http://thecineman.criticalblogs.com Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:22:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Note: There are no spoilers in this review. None at all. I promise. The other night, I had a discussion with a stage director about Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, and the effect it’s had on audiences since its release. Godot, for those outside of the theater ... http://thecineman.criticalblogs.com/2008/01/17/end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it/ 2006, Touchstone Pictures, Dir. Mel Gibson - Starring Rudy Youngblood, Dalia Hernandez, Jonathan Brewer, Morris Birdyellowhead, Carlos Emilio Baez, Ramirez Amilcar, Israel Contreras, Israel Rios, María Isabel Díaz, Raoul Trujillo, Rodolfo Palacios Note: This review is not going to be a diatribe against Mel Gibson’s ... http://thecineman.criticalblogs.com/2006/12/10/in-search-of-a-new-beginning/ 2006, New Line Cinema, Dir. Catherine Hardwicke - Starring Keisha Castle-Hughes, Oscar Isaac, Hiam Abbass, Shaun Toub, Ciarán Hinds, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Stanley Townshend, Alexander Siddig, Nadim Sawalha, Eriq Ebouaney, Stefan Kalipha, Alessandro Giuggioli Although it has visibly trailed off the coattails of Mel Gibson’s Passion ... http://thecineman.criticalblogs.com/2006/12/03/oh-come-all-ye-faithful/ 2006, Fox Atomic, Dir. John Stockwell - Starring Josh Duhamel, Melissa George, Olivia Wilde, Desmond Askew, Beau Garrett, Max Brown, Agles Steib, Miguel Lunardi, Jorge Só, Cristiani Aparecida, Lucy Ramos, Andréa Leal, Diego Santiago, Marcao, Miguelito Acosta When my second viewing of Borat was cut ... http://thecineman.criticalblogs.com/2006/11/29/grumbles-in-the-jungle/ 2006, Warner Brothers, Dir. Darren Aronofsky - Starring Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Ellen Burstyn, Mark Margolis, Stephen McHattie, Fernando Hernandez, Cliff Curtis, Sean Patrick Thomas, Donna Murphy, Ethan Suplee, Richard McMillian, Lorne Brass, Anish Majumdar Had The Fountain been released in the 60’s, ... http://thecineman.criticalblogs.com/2006/11/29/aronofskys-odyssey/ 2006, MGM/Columbia Pictures, Dir. Martin Campbell - Starring Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright, Giancarlo Giannini, Caterina Murino, Simon Abkarian, Isaach De Bankolé, Jesper Christensen, Ivana Milicevic, Tobias Menzies Not since 1989 when Licence to Kill premiered has James Bond appeared ... http://thecineman.criticalblogs.com/2006/11/29/you-know-his-name/ 2006, Columbia Pictures, Dir. Marc Forster - Starring Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Queen Latifah, Tony Hale, Tom Hulce, Linda Hunt, Denise Hughes, Andrew Rothenberg, Kristen Chenoweth, Keith Kupferer, Rengin Altay After Talladega Nights, I was worried whether Will Ferrell’s audience appeal ... http://thecineman.criticalblogs.com/2006/11/29/wills-whimsical-turn/ 2006, 20th Century Fox, Dir. Larry Charles - Starring Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian Where to start with this one….hmmm. If you haven’t turned on your TV recently, or just don’t know enough about the comedian himself, chances are you’ve never heard of Borat. He’s ... http://thecineman.criticalblogs.com/2006/11/01/i-likeees-nice/ 2006, Lionsgate/Twisted Pictures, Dir. Darren Lynn Bousman - Starring Tobin Bell, Shawnee Smith, Angus MacFadyen, Bahar Soomekh, Dina Meyer, J. LaRose, Debra Lynne McCabe, Kim Roberts, Dylan Trowbridge, Alan Van Sprang, Stefan Georgiou, Barry Flatman, Tim Burd While the horror genre has declined rapidly in the past ... http://thecineman.criticalblogs.com/2006/11/01/sharpening-its-blades/ 2006, Columbia Pictures, Dir. Sofia Coppola - Starring Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Marianne Faithfull, Steve Coogan, Judy Davis, Asia Argento, Rip Torn, Molly Shannon, Rose Byrne, Shirley Henderson, Jean-Christophe Bouvet, Al Weaver, James Lance Early critical reaction to Sofia Coppola’s latest work Marie Antoinette has led ... http://thecineman.criticalblogs.com/2006/10/20/sunshine-lollipops-and-revolution/