THE AVENGERS (Dir. Joss Whedon, 2012) After years of baiting fans with cameos, visual nods, and Easter Eggs embedded in their movies, Marvel Studios puts them all together in this masterful smash-up/mash-up assemblage of their major comic book characters, which starts the summer movie season off right. Joss Whedon’s snappy screenplay and energetic direction really delivers [...]
THE RAVEN (Dir. James McTeigue, 2012) The questionable casting of John Cusack as Edgar Allan Poe is the least of this film’s problems. Basically what director McTeigue (V FOR VENDETTA), along with screen-writers Ben Livingston and Hannah Shakespeare (that’s right), have done here is just like what Roland Emmerich and co. did in last year’s [...]
As I said at the start of this 5-part series, there are tons of movies that are completely set in Las Vegas, but here, inspired by wife’s trip to Vegas this week, I’m talking about those scenes in cross-country road-trip movies in which the Nevada gambling mecca makes a brief cameo appearance. We’re now down [...]
It’s now time for #2 in my 5-part series focusing on those scenes in cross-country road-trip movies in which Las Vegas makes a brief cameo appearance. This series was inspired by my wife Jill’s trip to the Nevade gambling mecca over the last week for the NAB Show. Obligatory Road Trip Scene #2: HARRY & [...]
We’re down to #3 in my 5-part series focusing on those scenes in cross-country road-trip movies in which Las Vegas makes a brief cameo appearance. So here’s Obligatory Road Trip Scene #3: BEAVIS & BUTTHEAD DO AMERICA (Dir. Mike Judge, Mike de Seve, Yvette Kaplan, & Brian Mulroney, 1996) It’s not a very significant scene (is [...]
We’re down to #3 in my 5-part series focusing on those scenes in cross-country road-trip movies in which Las Vegas makes a brief cameo appearance. So here’s Obligatory Road Trip Scene #3: BEAVIS & BUTTHEAD DO AMERICA (Dir. Mike Judge, Mike de Seve, Yvette Kaplan, & Brian Mulroney, 1996) It’s not a very significant scene (is [...]
As my wife is in Las Vegas right now for the NAB Show, in this 5-part series I’m taking a look at those scenes in cross-country road-trip movies in which the Nevada gambling mecca makes a brief cameo appearance. Because of scenes like these, when I was a kid I never thought anybody actually lived [...]
There was a lot more hustlin’ and bustlin’ about for the second day of Full Frame 2012, which is always the case because of the bigger Friday crowds. I made my way through them to see: MR. CAO GOES TO WASHINGTON (Dir. S. Leo Chiang, 2012) Well, I’ll be! An actual likable Republican congressman! Serving from [...]
Just got home from the 1st day of the 15th Annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival at the Carolina Theatre (and a few accompanying venues) in Downtown Durham. I’m getting up early and going again tomorrow for day 2 of 4 of jam-packed infotainment, so I’ll get right to what I saw today: THE BLACK [...]
Of course, there are tons of movies that are completely set in Las Vegas, but in this 5-part mini-series (inspired by wife’s trip to Vegas this week) I’m talking about those scenes in cross-country road-trip movies in which the Nevada gambling mecca makes a brief cameo appearance. Because of such scenes, when I was a [...]