Posted by kittson on 19 Jan 2007 | Tagged as: Movies, Review, Friday Night In
Normally I resist labeling any film a “Chick Flick”, because it sounds condescending. However, this week’s Friday Night In pick, In Her Shoes, a movie adapted from a book by Jennifer Wiener, one of the grande dames of chick lit, in which men are either perfect or pigs, and the central issue is self-esteem, is […]
Posted by kittson on 12 Jan 2007 | Tagged as: Movies, Review, Friday Night In
If you’re like me, you’re preparing for the Golden Globe Awards (airing Monday on NBC) by watching as many of the nominated movies as possible. You could put on some shoes and go out in public to see The Pursuit of Happyness or Dreamgirls, or you could spend Friday night in and watch Chiwetel […]
Posted by kittson on 05 Jan 2007 | Tagged as: Movies, Review, Friday Night In
For all you folks out there who couldn’t afford the $500 ticket to see the Broadway show, this Friday night I give you the movie version of The Producers. A movie based on a play based on a movie, it’s the story of two Broadway producers (yes, there’s navel gazing here), Max Biolystock (Nathan […]
Posted by kittson on 29 Dec 2006 | Tagged as: Movies, Review, Friday Night In
If you’re thinking about watching My Summer of Love for the lesbian sex scenes, you’d be better off watching an L Word rerun on Showtime. If you’re interested in a sparse, languorous film about complex and bizarre relationships, then tune in. Set in the 1980’s Yorkshire countryside, My Summer of Love is the […]
Posted by kittson on 15 Dec 2006 | Tagged as: Movies, Review, Friday Night In
The 2004 critically-acclaimed Sideways has two identities: it’s a sophisticated, nearly poetic film about relationships and wine, but it’s also a juvenile sex comedy including naked dashes in the night and an obligatory car trashing. It’s the story of Miles (Paul Giamatti) and Jack (Thomas Haden Church), two men in their forties, who embark on […]