Category: Film

“Rabbit Hole”

Filed under Film on September 16th, 2010

I usually do not post videos, but I am really looking forward to seeing the motion picture adaptation of Rabbit Hole, with Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart, Dianne Wiest, and, you know, others. Update: Lionsgate pulled the YouTube video, so here’s the link to the trailer.

Film ratings [17]: It’s Not Complicated

Filed under Film ratings on March 17th, 2010

The return of Film Ratings! Unfortunately, because a lot of films had to be skipped, I was left with a lot of mediocre films. Terminator Salvation, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and It’s Complicated are just three major disappointments on schedule here.

2009 in Film: The Best-of Edition

Filed under 82nd Academy Awards, Film ratings on March 8th, 2010

A year ago, if you had asked me which film would win the 82nd Academy Awards top-prize, I would have answered that Nine was most definitely one of the contenders. The Weinstein Company had a sure-fire winner on their release schedule. An Academy Award-winning director with a Best Picture musical in his name; a cast [...]

Academy Award nominations

Filed under 82nd Academy Awards on February 2nd, 2010

That wonderful time of year has arrived again, when the Academy announces the highest nomination honour in the motion picture industry. Taking into account the rule-book changes they introduced this year, you could say that the nominations are more exciting than last years—however, let’s not stress those changes, and rather focus on the actual nominations. [...]

Film ratings [15/16]

Filed under Film ratings on June 28th, 2009

“You! Yeah, you in the suit! Take a shower, hippie!”— Carl Fredricksen Carl Fredricksen is one of the most endearing characters in recent film history. He’s a grumpy old and eccentric man who loved his wife beyond everything. And he hates people who bother him. (Who doesn’t?) It also helps that Fredricksen was partly based [...]

How Can Nothing Be Something? “Zero”

Filed under Film on June 26th, 2009

“Born into a world of numbers, an oppressed zero discovers that through determination, courage, and love, nothing can be truly something. Zero is a 12’47 stop motion animation written and directed by Christopher Kezelos and produced by Christine Kezelos. For more information, visit zeroshortfilm.com.”