Carly at the Movies: Hunger
“So what’s the big deal with The Hunger Games?” sez I to the handsome rascal in the mirror. No answer, just an admiring gaze as I finished shaving. Obviously I’d have to look into this Box Office phenomena myself; might actually have to go see the movie! The thought made me shudder. After all, the [...]
Carly at the Movies: Friends with Kids
“Friends with Kids” came flashing across American screens last month, barely made a dent at the Box Office, and disappeared. Luckily (and happily) I caught it just before it closed yesterday. The audience for this film has been split pretty evenly. Some folks hate it. Some folks love it. I sided with the latter group [...]
Carly at the Movies: Accidental Masterpiece
To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the release of “Casablanca,” Turner Classic Movies arranged a screening of the film recently – a one night only event – at selected theaters across America. I was only a lad when it premiered in 1942, and never got to see it on the big screen, although I’ve watched [...]
Carly at the Movies: The (Almost) Best (Probably) Films of Last Year
Award season is in full swing, and movie goers are busy wondering where all these strange, goofy, unseen nominees are coming from. Likw “We Need to Talk About Kevin” and “Shame” and “Albert Nobbs.” Well, for most of us, most of the more obscure films have played in larger cities, quietly, for Critics, Indy film [...]
Carly at the Movies: My Week with Marilyn
As Sir Laurence Olivier famously shouted, “Teaching acting to Marilyn Monroe is like teaching Urdu to a badger!” And while that may have been true for Marilyn, no acting lessons are needed for Michelle Williams who portrays her perfectly in “My Week with Marilyn.” What a fabulous pre-Christmas gift is this film, based Colin Clark’s [...]
Carly at the Movies: J. Edgar
Compared to the group of recent would-be Republican presidential candidates, the little monster depicted in Clint Eastwood’s new film, “J. Edgar,” could qualify as just another power-mad nutcase. But even though Eastwood low-balled the seedier aspects of the little guy’s life, you’ve got to give Hoover credit for collecting dirt and sweeping through Washington, D.C., [...]
Carly at the Movies: Reel fun at Halloween
Halloween is a real special time for us fans of old-timey monster flicks, horror films, and those beloved 1950′s science ficdtion schlockers. We drag out our dusty old VCR copies of classics like the original “Frankenstein,” “Dracula,” and Lon Chaney, Jr.’s portrayal of “The Wolf Man,” and spend the evening of October 31st salivating over [...]
Carly at the Movies: Show me the money(ball)
Arise, Computer Geeks! Your movie is here! After years of gradually replacing second bananas with Chubby Little Nerds, you’ve finally lured Brad Pitt to the cool side. From now on, the sky’s the limit in the new movie “Moneyball,” currently playing in neighborhood stadiums everywhere. Considering how many times baseball has come to bat in [...]
Carly at the Movies: Crazy, Stupid, Love
Remember the last time you left a theater so hopped up that you wanted to urge all your friends to see a particular movie instantly, but still not wanting to spill the beans about the plot because it was so rewarding? Like the first time you saw “Little Miss Sunshine” in 2007 or “Juno” in [...]
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