On Movies & Media Guess Why I Love This Trailer I'm rather excited about this. Anybody want to make a guess as to why I've watched this trailer several times?
On Movies & Media "Summer Hours": Juliette Binoche Returns. Is there any better big screen actress working today than Juliette Binoche? I'd like to hear your idea of who you think has a better record of great performances... in great films. Last year, she showed up in Hou Hsiao-Hsien's Flight of the Red Balloon and
On Movies & Media Velveteen Trouble You may remember my brief note about the direct-to-DVD adaptation of The Velveteen Rabbit, posted a while back. Now, my friend and colleague Greg Wright has seen the film, and turns in a very positive review. Wright writes that the movie I honestly recommend giving this gentle G-rated family film
The Auralia Thread "Raven's Ladder": An Update The new strand of The Auralia Thread will be called Raven's Ladder. I hope you like it. Tonight (all night) and tomorrow morning (all morning) I am packaging up my first draft for the editor. I have that familiar sensation of excitement and nerves and relief and apprehension.
On Movies & Media Is This Appealing? WARNING: This trailer pertains to a Quentin Tarantino film. That is to say, it's not for the squeamish. It is a marketer's job to make a product appealing, to cultivate an appetite for what they're selling. This leads me to some questions... 1. What
Trailers The highlight of the Super Bowl is already on YouTube. UPDATE: OKAY, OKAY... so the YouTube link is dead. Who cares? Now you can see it in HD on Apple's trailers page.
On Movies & Media Up! Up! And away we go in a... a balloonhouse. Buckle up. Pixar's going to lift your spirits.
On Movies & Media "Wall-E" has a Trailer And here it is. Wow. What a powerful little teaser. Gives me flashbacks to the '80s... Short Circuit and E.T., specifically. And this one's directed by Andrew Stanton, who gave us Finding Nemo. I can't wait. As I work on stories in The Auralia
On Movies & Media Sleepless in Seattle. (And a reunion with the Fellowship of the Ring) The rain continues. And the wind. The deadline for the novel has arrived. I'm not finished. Haven't slept. Car getting towed to the shop today. Haunted by Oscar nominations. Feeling feverish. Some think it's romantic, but I know the truth about being... Sleepless in
On Movies & Media The Narnia Trailer is Here! The wardrobe awaits... See Aslan. Hear Aslan Roar. My thoughts: Looks like the big, Lord of the Rings-style treatment, alright. And it'll make crowds happy. The crowd of fans who watched it with me at Biola a few weeks ago went berzerk and demanded an encore performance. So
On Movies & Media I Have Seen Aslan. Saw the first full-length trailer for The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe at Biola's Media Conference. Twice. That's how much the crowd loved it. Can't say more at this point, except that all of the main characters get their close-ups, and it'
On Movies & Media Best. Silent. Movie. Trailer. Ever. Dante's Inferno. Made in 1911. And it has better special effects than anything you'll see this year. You'll find it at Peter Chattaway's blog.
On Movies & Media Want to See the New Russell Crowe Film for Free? You could wait until next fall to see Ron Howard's new film, Cinderella Man, starring Russell Crowe. You could go to the theatre and pay nine bucks for the privilege. Or, you could see pretty much the whole thing here, for free, and it'll only take
On Books & Writing Awake, Fans of Middle Earth and Narnia! And Thanksgiving just keeps on going! Today, SIX MINUTES of footage from the Extended Edition of The Return of the King is online ... here. And your first glimpse of the enchanted Wardrobe from The Chronicles of Narnia is ... here.
On Movies & Media Trailer of the Moment: Wes Anderson's Bill Murray film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou is the strangest title of the year. It also has one of the most promising trailers. How is it that when Wes Anderson leaves his exquisitely decorated sets and starts filming outdoors, the result still looks like his exquisitely decorated sets?
On Movies & Media Most Exciting Film of the Week: A Trailer? Pixar is giving us an early peek at The Incredibles!
On Movies & Media Fans of 'Donnie Darko'... Want a glimpse of the next revelation from the director of Donnie Darko? Here's a maddeningly short teaser for what filmmaking genius Richard Kelly has in store for moviegoers...
