Posts Tagged ‘John Goodman’
Author: James
Picturenose abides
How quickly the years roll by. Picturenose began, officially, on 15 August 2007, and here we are, two superb hook-ups with Expatica.com and European Film Awards Reviews and 400 posts later, still loving what we do. It all started, has as already been well documented, with two film heads, Colin Moors (CM) and myself, James Drew (JD), deciding to turn their seemingly incessant public-bars film chats into something more lasting, yet it has been some time (apart from our recent interview with Alex Cox) since we collaborated on an actual review. And what better film is there, both to mark our fourth century and a return to side-by-side reviewing, than Joel and Ethan Coen’s sublime mixture of Chandler and ten-pin bowling, The Big Lebowski (1998)? Those who know anything about this greatest of films (and ‘sports’) may point out that this appreciation should in fact have been our 300th post, and well done, but be warned – you’re in for the long haul with this one. Of all the films we’ve ever discussed, this takes the prize for being the most eminently quotable and, perhaps, the funniest. To all our faithful readers, with thanks – we only hope it’s a strike.
Author: Colin
Fink’s a lot
Saturday afternoon, nothing worth watching on telly, so what better than to slip a silver disc into the player and enjoy an hour or two of cinematic wonder. That’s what I thought, anyway. The chosen movie (Barton Fink (1991)) divided the camp somewhat. I found it a thought-provoking, gorgeous piece of cinema. The Divine P (my good lady) thought it was ‘a bloody weird movie’. She has a point, although were I to use her critique, it wouldn’t occupy a lot of space.
Author: James
Digging in the dirt
Tommy Lee Jones would appear to have all the right moves at the moment – his recent performances (In the Valley of Elah (2007), No Country for Old Men (2007) and The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)) are absolutely representative of an actor at the peak of his game, a player who’s ageing with grace, dignity and a seemingly unerring instinct for the right script.
- Colin: Mike: the Matrix was utter toss. Don’t go there. Anyhow, I’m right with you on Aliens –...
- Colin: James: Why not do ten more and see if you can avoid putting the god-awful travesty that is Independence Day in...
- CD: The Day the Earth Stood Still (it’s about an alien who is Jesus…but better than ET) Soylent Green...
- James: Hello Chris, and welcome to Picturenose!
Many thanks for your comment – I thought, in fact, that... - James: Colin, good points, both on Westworld (which should really have been included, I know, I know) and otters.