Recommended Johann (Bobby Sommer) is a security guard in the Kunsthistorisches Art Museum in Vienna. Once a rock-and-roll tour manager, Johann has started to look for peace and quiet in his old age, and the museum provides everything he could want: an opportunity for serenity, an opportunity to observe the artwork, and an opportunity to observe the people who come in to do the same thing
Rent It THE MOVIE: Please Note: The stills used here are taken from promotional materials and other sources, not the Blu-ray edition under review. I’m a bit stymied how to even begin approaching this one
Rent It THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. Casey Affleck assumes the quiet, thoughtful demeanor of his cowardly killer in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford again in Director David Lowery’s Ain’t Them Bodies Saints . Less a coward than a lovesick ne’er-do-well, Affleck’s Bob Muldoon takes the blame for shooting a cop to save his …
Recommended Much like director Neil Blomkamp’s debut film, District 9 (2009), sophomore effort Elysium (2013) is anything but an exercise in subtlety. Both present a sci-fi facade that masks heavy undercurrents of timeless social and political commentary, including class warfare and the threat of oppressive authority. But unlike its bug-minded older brother, Elysium trades in apartheid for …
Recommended The Movie: Of all the filmed versions of Jack London’s novel The Call of the Wild , the rousing, slick 1935 version starring Clark Gable and Loretta Young may be considered the most memorable. That’s not due to anything that transpires in the film, however – nope, it’s because Clark and Loretta’s shacked up offscreen (resulting in a child whom Loretta claimed was adopted)
Recommended TheShow: In Japan, the government funded Young Animator Training Project grantsmoney to companies for the express purpose of passing on animationexpertise to the next generation through on-the-job training withnovice animators working with more experienced talent.
Recommended The Movie: A couple weeks ago, my girlfriend emailed me a link about a Finnish word, “my t h pe .” The website she linked to defined the word as “the feeling of shame you experience on behalf of another person or a character when they do something stupid or embarassing.” She sent me this because I frequently suffer from my t h pe when watching TV and movies.