Author Archives: ethan
Review: Your Highness
To be straight-up, Your Highness, despite being about what i cheap cialis s frequently referred to (and played for comedy) as a “quest” is aggressively-episodic and thus feels like a 102-minute sketch. A Saturday Night Live sketch? An In Living … Continue reading
Review : Battle Los Angeles
Described ad nauseum as “BLACK HAWK DOWN WITH ALIENS” by bloggers and its own filmmakers, Battle Los Angeles arrives onscreen with a resounding lack of flair or passion. Being that the film's entire point seems only to evoke other pop-culture … Continue reading
Trailer for Kelly Reichardt's follow-up to Wendy & Lucy, Meek's Cutoff
Those who've seen 2008's utterly excellent Wendy & Lucy found it either a) An apt depiction of America's economic and social turmoil anchored by a stunning performance by Michelle Williams or b) BORING. If your answer was the latter, let's … Continue reading
8 James Franco Career Ideas
Actor, dreamboat, Oscar host, author, self-effacer, professor and now video artist. Is there anything James Franco can't do? Probably not, but here's a suggestion to what he at least should consider before becoming David Blaine's apprentice. Charlie Sheen's replacement on … Continue reading
Hack-extrodinare D.J. Caruso to direct "Preacher"
Straight from the mouth of Satan's Twitter account, we now know who will direct the development-hell friendly adaptation of Garth Ennis' Vertigo series, Preacher. In case you aren't familiar with it; I'll give you Wikipedia's (always the best source) description: … Continue reading
We’re through the looking glass here, people : Ethan’s Pre-Film School Top 100
Studies have shown that years of film academia being rammed down your skull will make you think that the greatest films ever made are in fact only made by Carl Theoder Dryer, Stan Brakhage, Howard Hawks and Max Ophuls. Okay, … Continue reading
ODDSAC (the Animal Collective movie) trailer hits the interwebs
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2H48VtETngA&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] Being at least somewhat of a hipster, I was legally obligated to post this trailer. This is not really a film but a “visual album” from the best band in the world, Animal Collective. Just judging by this if … Continue reading
Ten 2010 Movies that you *should* be looking forward to…because I really am
Before I get into this I should note that Shutter Island was on here for awhile but the whole delayed-to-February thing in combination with seeing the trailer so many times has given me a kind of blue balls effect. Still, … Continue reading
Why Avatar is indeed awesome
The people who complain about Avatar’s story being “Dances With Wolves meets Ferngully” are like people who claim they don’t like John Goodman because he’s overweight. Goodman’s weight serves his persona as the lovable and funny guy who could very … Continue reading
In which Ethan pimps his newly-formed Tumblr account
Yes, I decided to file this under cool stuff. Anywho, me and Dave had previously discussed the idea of me starting a Screen Geeks-sponsored blog that would contain my incoherent ramblings about movies. He had the idea of hosting a … Continue reading