Movie Lover’s Carnival 001
The first edition of our Movie Lover’s Carnival, serving up great links to movie-related blogposts. Reviews, features, lists — and even a little poem!
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english
Genova
The normal and the paranormal intertwine in Michael Winterbottom’s spellbinding tale of loss, love and a new, old city.
3 x 3 = 9
In 2009 three movies with the number 9 release. It’s no coincidence, but are these just gimmincks cashing in on a numerical coincidence, or movies really worth looking forward to?
Public Enemies
Michael Mann takes digital cameras & Johnny Depp to the 1930s in this interesting movie that tries to be both classic gangter romp and reinventive art film. But is it more like Collateral and less like Miami Vice?
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Can a frenzied blockbuster sequel about giant robots beating the scrap out of each other possibly be one of the most important movies of our times?
Fast & Furious
More pedal-to-the-metal street racing, car chases, Jordana Brewster, and Vin Diesel repeatedly making bad car/girl puns in his gravely voice? Yes please!
Rachel Getting Married
Anne Hathaway grabs an Academy Award nomination for her role in this Jonathan Demme masterpiece that perfectly captures families, weddings, and Life itself.
The International
Clive Owen & Naomi Watts team up with the director of Run Lola Run to make a movie about a crafty bank that releases during a financial crisis, and it isn’t about people running, explosions, or subprime lending? This I have to see!