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Movie Review: ‘The Book of Eli’ (2010)

Posted on Monday, June 28, 2010 at 4:57 pm by Danny King in the Reviews category

The only thing in The Book of Eli that should cause controversy among viewers is the ending. Some will buy it, others will not. People will surely argue its plausibility, but I accepted the ending because it reinforces the fact … Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Toy Story 3′ (2010)

Posted on Sunday, June 27, 2010 at 2:59 am by Danny King in the Reviews category

Toy Story 3 succeeds not because it tries to outperform its two predecessors, but because it realizes how good those two films are, and makes a conscious decision to follow the same general formula. Like Toy Story and Toy Story 2, … Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Ondine’ (2010)

Posted on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 2:25 am by Danny King in the Reviews category

There is an odd charm to the romantic fantasy Ondine that makes it watchable for about half of its running time. Established writer-director Neil Jordan (The Crying Game) is able to work well with cinematographer Christopher Doyle to create a … Continue reading

Trailer for Mark Romanek’s ‘Never Let Me Go’

Posted on Tuesday, June 15, 2010 at 8:26 pm by Danny King in the Videos category

Yet another trailer has been released for a potential Oscar contender; this time, it is Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go. The screenplay was adapted by Alex Garland (Sunshine) from Kazuo Ishiguro’s celebrated 2005 novel. The central trio will be … Continue reading

Trailer for Sofia Coppola’s ‘Somewhere’

Posted on Monday, June 14, 2010 at 10:39 pm by Danny King in the Videos category

Sofia Coppola, best known for writing and directing Lost in Translation, will have her next film, Somewhere, released on December 22 by Focus Features. A trailer has been released, which can be found embedded below or over at Apple. Stephen … Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Get Him to the Greek’ (2010)

Posted on Wednesday, June 9, 2010 at 1:09 am by Danny King in the Reviews category

Get Him to the Greek is the second film by Nicholas Stoller, a sort of spin-off of his first film, Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Like that film, Get Him to the Greek is able to deliver a steady amount of laughs … Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Splice’ (2010)

Posted on Saturday, June 5, 2010 at 1:29 pm by Danny King in the Reviews category

Splice begins with Clive (Adrien Brody) and Elsa (Sarah Polley) successfully commingling the DNA of several different animals. The result is a creature with proteins that have the potential to cure a good number of today’s most widespread diseases. When they … Continue reading

Movie Review: ‘Please Give’ (2010)

Posted on Friday, June 4, 2010 at 2:45 am by Danny King in the Reviews category

Please Give, the fourth film by writer-director Nicole Holofcener, is one of those movies which uses flawed, and at times, unlikeable characters to try and make moral and philosophical statements. The central couple of the film, played exquisitely by Catherine … Continue reading