holiday movies
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jfbSo of course the Times's center of gravity for me this week is the Holiday Movies section.
A. O. Scott presents "A Unified Theory of Nicole Kidman", in which he talks a bit about how we as moviegoers are always thinking about Nicole Kidman's real life when we watch her play a role. I guess I don't do this. I'd agree, though, about her "astonishing appetite for misery". (I just watched The Portrait of a Lady on DVD.)
Sarah Lyall on the ongoing collaboration of Richard Curtis and Hugh Grant.
Slate's David Edelstein makes the new Looney Tunes movie sound surprisingly promising, by focusing on director Joe Dante and his understanding of the old cartoons.
Revisit the Alamo. Interesting not because of the Alamo but because of the author's description of her maturing view of history.
A new spate of Amnesia Movies. They're remaking The Manchurian Candidate! Why! Also, it turns out that cinematic treatments of amnesia are not always scientifically accurate.
New York Times critics pick their favorite holiday movies. I have to go with Stephen Holden and pick The Ref.
Short pieces on five actors to watch this season. Charlize Theron, who fascinated me for a while because she was so visibly improving in each new movie, is now doing the dressed-down take-me-seriously role that actors who are fun to watch all end up doing. Maybe it'll be really good.
A. O. Scott presents "A Unified Theory of Nicole Kidman", in which he talks a bit about how we as moviegoers are always thinking about Nicole Kidman's real life when we watch her play a role. I guess I don't do this. I'd agree, though, about her "astonishing appetite for misery". (I just watched The Portrait of a Lady on DVD.)
Sarah Lyall on the ongoing collaboration of Richard Curtis and Hugh Grant.
"He is the most disrespectful actor in the world about his acting. I remember on `Four Weddings' [Curtis] said, `I can only do three things: normal; sexy, which is down an octave; and serious, which is up an octave.' "
"That's pushing it," Mr. Grant said.
Slate's David Edelstein makes the new Looney Tunes movie sound surprisingly promising, by focusing on director Joe Dante and his understanding of the old cartoons.
Revisit the Alamo. Interesting not because of the Alamo but because of the author's description of her maturing view of history.
A new spate of Amnesia Movies. They're remaking The Manchurian Candidate! Why! Also, it turns out that cinematic treatments of amnesia are not always scientifically accurate.
New York Times critics pick their favorite holiday movies. I have to go with Stephen Holden and pick The Ref.
Short pieces on five actors to watch this season. Charlize Theron, who fascinated me for a while because she was so visibly improving in each new movie, is now doing the dressed-down take-me-seriously role that actors who are fun to watch all end up doing. Maybe it'll be really good.
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Scary Movie 4
Date: 2003-11-03 04:54 pm (UTC)I saw a preview on the airplane, and the fish might be good. The theater stand-up greets me in the movie theater a lot, and I am really not looking forward to that one.
Re: Scary Movie 4
Date: 2003-11-03 06:02 pm (UTC)