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angelbeauty Coraline Jan 2, 2009 9:40 AM Starring: Robert Bailey Jr, Keith David, Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Dawn French Directed by: Henry Selick A young girl (Fanning) walks through a secret door in her new home and discovers an alternate version of her life. Although it seems, this parallel reality is very similar to her real life , it really is much better. But when her adventure turns dangerous, and her counterfeit parents (including Other Mother [Hatcher]) try to keep her forever, Coraline must rely on her resourcefulness, determination, and bravery to get back home to save her family.
tchan01 "Milk" Does a Body Good! Dec 17, 2008 7:50 PM It's been a long time since I last blogged (June to be exact!) I thank everyone who has read my blogs in the past. I feel like I have a great audience and friends here on the Sugar Network, to make me feel like it's worth while to write in the first place! I just looked through quickly some of the blogs I posted in the past, and because my memory fails me most of the time, I was going to write that this was my first blog specifically about a movie, but I was wrong! The last time I mentioned a movie was when I shared about how much I liked "Gone Baby Gone" (which I still think was an amazing movie). In any case, on Friday night I watched the movie "Milk." The movie moved me so much that I was still thinking about it the following day. "Milk" is a biopic about Harvey Milk (an openly gay man and his role in politics and gay rights) from the year he moved from NYC to San Francisco until his tragic death. There is also a documentary called "The Times of Harvey Milk" from 1984. After reading buzzsugar's review of "Milk" I want to check out this documentary. She recommends watching it because it has more live footage and probably goes into more detail on Dan White (the man who assassinated Milk and the mayor at that time). Unlike buzz, I'm not writing to give so much of a review of the movie but more of how the movie really moved and touched me. When you think of a movie about a man involved in the gay rights movement in San Fran in the 70's, I can't help but think more about the audience/movie goers than the movie itself. To me, it's one of those movies people will decide to see or not to see based on their feelings about homosexuality. To me that's just a big shame, because it was so much more than a movie about a homosexual man. The movie begins with some real footage of Dianne Feinstein (who would go on to become the Mayor of San Francisco and is now a California Senator) telling the media that Harvey Milk and major, George Moscone, were killed my city supervisor Dan White. By beginning the movie, at the end, the movie sets the stage for: 1) knowledge of his death, not being a mystery/unknown, and 2) a great lead in to a movie that really pays tribute to his life and work. Throughout the movie, the director does an incredible job of melding real footage with the dramatization of it; reinforcing that fact that this "story" is based on true events. Also early in the movie, we see Sean Penn on Castro Street (which is where he opens a camera store) looking around. When the camera pans away from Penn, you see live footage of what Castro Street looked at that time. Also mentioned in buzz's review, is footage of a woman named Anita Bryant who's entire role was shown through old television interviews of herself openly expressing her deeply held Christian views on homosexuality. I can't help but feel news channels today wouldn't allow someone like her to speak the way she did, but I can't help but also think, "You never know." At the very least, I would rarely see anyone speak so discrimatorily, and so overtly about their hatred and fears toward gays. Whenever I saw her in the movie, I thought if there's one thing we've improved on since then is that less people talk with such ignorance. However, as the movie unfolded and "Proposition 6" and "voting against it" were discussed, it made me realize how these issues are still with us and not just anachronisms of the 70's (as many of us know what happened to Prop 8 in Cali recently). The movie, thankfully doesn't make Milk out to be a flawless character and often makes references to more of his bio through the interactions he has with his friends and partners, particularly Scott Smith. Reading his bio on wikipedia, and alluded to in the movie, is that Milk in his earlier years was more conservative and "in the closet" about his sexuality. When he began in politics, he actually was a Republican. You can see his transformation in politics, as he fights for the Supervisor seat (he lost 2 times before getting it). It almost felt like he did it to prove a point. He stood up for the years in which he suppressed who he was. When talking to the young boy on the phone who called him about possibly committing suicide, it was almost as though he was talking to himself, back then. This story couldn't come at a better time, to express that even though we have made strides to address gay rights, we still have so much further to go. This movie, I felt, was not only a tribute to this man, and not only a tribute to the gay rights movement, but a tribute to people who stand up for equal rights, discrimination and prejudice - in general. As a person who is considered a "minority" based on my ethnicity, I watched this movie through those lenses.
LolaDub The Best Films of 2008 (According to Time Magazine) Dec 15, 2008 9:47 AM This week’s Time cover story is “The List Issue”. The Time editors and writers rank the top ten everything of 2008 - top ten break-ups, top ten books, top ten scandals, top ten animal stories, under-reported stories, songs, slogans etc. The only list they forgot was the one I was really looking forward to (that they had last year) - top ten magazine covers. Oh, well. So Time’s resident movie critic Richard Corliss ranks the top ten movies of 2008. I have no idea who Corliss is, how old he is or why he’s so cranky. In my mind he’s a bitter old coot with a shotgun, yelling at the docudramas to get off his lawn. This image of Corliss has been formed mainly by his recent rave review of Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino. Only coots truly appreciate other coots. Here’s Corliss’s top ten list, with my descriptions: 1. WALL-E Film critics always do this. They list an animated film as number one to try to prove they’re not cranky old bastards, but kids at heart. 2. Synecdoche, New York Oscar-winning screenwriter Charlie Kaufman’s directorial debut, starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Michelle Williams. I haven’t seen it, but I seem to remember everyone hating it. 3. My Winnipeg Obscure Canadian film. Corliss calls it “docufantasia”. *headdesk* 4. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days This is that Romanian film (with subtitles) about a young girl trying to get an abortion in Communist-era Romania. It’s won a ton of film festival awards and it looks really interesting. . Milk Everybody thinks Sean Penn will win his second Oscar for playing gay icon Harvey Milk. Gus Van Sant directs, also starring Josh Brolin and James Franco. 6. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett star, David Fincher directs. This will probably sweep the technical Oscars - Best Make-up, etc. 7. Slumdog Millionaire Everybody’s talking about this British/Indian film about a an Indian teenager trying to win the heart of his true love. Danny Boyle directs, set on location in India. 8. Iron Man Like the shark in Jaws, you can feel Gwyneth’s dark presence on the list. 9. Speed Racer Ugh. Seriously? 10. Encounters at the End of the World Werner Herzog’s documentary about Antarctica. My guess for the film’s tagline is “It’s Really F@#king Cold.” Here’s a link to Corliss’s descriptions of the films. You can read Time’s “The List Issue” online on their website http://www.celebitchy.com/26454/the_best_films_of_2008_according_to_time_magazine/
LolaDub Rob Pattinson In Little Ashes Dec 4, 2008 9:24 AM Hollywood 'It' boy Rob Pattinson is going to be back on the big screen but there aren't going to be any vampires around this time. In his new flick Little Ashes, Rob portrays eccentric artist Salvador Dalí. In the midst of the repression and political unrest of pre-Spanish Civil War, eccentric artist Salvador Dalí (Rob Pattinson) and renowned poet and revolutionary Federico García Lorca (Javier Beltran), find their artistic and sexual freedom in each other. The two form a bond challenged by their fierce ambitions, the struggle between a love for Spain and a love for each other. Check out the trailer for the movie below, which opens nationwide on March 27, 2009. Rob is almost unrecognizable as Dalí, but it looks like it’s going to be an amazing movie. http://movies.hollyscoop.com/rob-pattinson/rob-pattinson-in-little-ashes_1188.aspx
LolaDub Julia Roberts And Clive Owen Reunite For Duplicity Dec 2, 2008 6:42 AM It's about time these two reunited! Julia Roberts and Clive Owen are co-starring in a new movie called Duplicity. They play two ex-spies who join forces to try and pull off a huge heist. They also have a love story which will definitely keep us all glued to the screen! Tom Wilkinson and Paul Giamatti co-star in the Universal Pictures production. Check out the trailer! http://movies.hollyscoop.com/julia-roberts/julia-roberts-and-clive-owen-reunite-for-duplicity_1180.aspx

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