Jun 12 2009 Will You Watch Eddie Murphy and His Magic Daughter, or Something Else?
Forget that number you call to find out what movies are playing (I've already forgotten it)--HERE are the new releases this weekend. I guess you'll still have to call for showtimes, but whatevs.
Imagine That
Director: Karey Kirkpatrick
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Yara Shahidi, Thomas Haden Church
Good if you want to see: the notable rarity of a single Eddie Murphy; something where a girl experiences financial premonitions through elaborate, metaphorical fairy tale hallucinations? Honestly, who approved this as a concept?
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Director: Tony Scott
Starring: Denzel Washington, John Travolta
Good if you want to see: Sleepless in Seattle reworked into a subway-hijacking film; John Travolta chew the scenery so hard it will give you TMJ syndrome.
Moon
Director: Douglas Jones
Starring: Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey's voice
Good if you want to see: a small-scale sci-fi film that relies more on ideas than flashy effects; the sights of New York or LA, because I'm pretty sure those are the only places it's playing.
Food, Inc.
Director: Robert Kenner
Starring: Talking heads, cattle
Good if you want to see: why you should feel crippling guilt about buying food from anyone but farmer's market people and relatives; an audience full of the kind of people who make it a point to mention they don't watch television.
Jun 2 2009 See How the Moon Factors Into 'Moon'
In this new clip from Moon, you'll briefly learn how, in Duncan Jones's futuristic sci-fi tale, technologies allow massive amounts of energy to be harvested and used to supply power to Earth's many plug-innable things. As the title implies, the moon is involved.
It's more interesting than it sounds:
Apr 30 2009 'Moon' Gets Harder to See
Ut oh, would-be Moon viewers. Io9 is saying Douglas Jones's sleek, promising sci-fi film will only be playing in New York and L.A., leaving the rest of America only a Star Trek to sate their summertime space travel cravings. So if you're not in New York or Los Angeles, and you want to see Sam Rockwell contract the space madness before the DVD comes out, time to start electro-petitioning Sony Pictures Classics. (I don't know how to go about that. Someone should set that up though.)
Apr 10 2009 Amazing 'Moon' Poster Ruined by Horrible 'Moon' Tagline
"950,000 miles from home, the hardest thing to face... is yourself"? That's terrible. From the trailer, I can piece together what they're going for, but still, unacceptable. A stylish, moody, sci-fi film shouldn't have a tagline that cues Kelly Clarkson's Breakaway to play in your head.
Apr 10 2009 'Moon' Trailer: Space Madness Done the Right Way
Has there ever been a time when a small or solo crew of workers sent into a close-quarters space vessel has not started experiencing terrifying, unexplainable phenomena that's either all in their head or real, crazy alien stuff? Even Ren and Stimpy could not escape the inevitable mind-horrors of deep space. You'd think it would be part of fictional NASA's training by now. Moon, starring Sam Rockwell, revisits the concept yet again, but luckily steers its lunar excursion vehicle closer to the elegant Solaris model than the Event Horizon/Whater-That-New-One-With-Dennis-Quaid-Is-Called bullshit model. Or at least it seems to from the trailer:
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Nov 20 2008 'Moon' Poster is a Huge Spoilers
Yes, that's right: the moon is actually a microchip--one that controls our brain. AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS KNOWN ABOUT IT FOR YEARS!
PS: In case you missed it, Moon looks really good.
Moon Poster [IMPA]
Nov 18 2008 This 'Moon' Movie Looks Pretty Good
Bloody Disgusting has posted 18 eye-pleasing images from the upcoming Sam Rockwell-starring sci-fi film, Moon. As they describe it, Rockwell plays an astronaut named Bel, who "has a quintessentially personal encounter while stranded on the moon for a three-year period." There may never be a complete return to the dark, thoughtful, elegantly shot sci-fi filmmaking of something like the original Solaris and 2001, but this sounds and looks like the next best thing. After this, of course:
Giant snow tiger cub perched on the moon is always the best thing. It basically invented science fiction. You wouldn't know what a light saber was if this guy hadn't slumped over those craters during an eclipse.
(Thanks, Matt.)
