Happy Thanksgiving! This is one of my favorite times of the year because it means fun parties, delicious food, and, of course, lots of new movies! Here's a gathering of some interesting articles, interviews, and other links inspired by films in theaters this week...
According to this article from the L.A. Times, Disney plans to say “the end” to animated fairy tales after the release of Tangled this week. I will admit to being disappointed, but as an adult, I am also no longer the target audience for these films. Who am I to judge today’s youth for their apparent dislike of classic stories and desire for cartoons about video games?
Now that At the Movies has permanently closed the balcony, it seems that A.O. Scott has more time to…go to the movies...and to write a reflective essay for the New York Times about Megamind, Unstoppable, and the very nature of movie-going.
And with the release of Made in Dagenham, IFC has provided a handy chart to help you decide if this is the “feel-good British film” for you, or if you should just re-watch The Full Monty.
From Fresh Air, a nice interview with Tom Hooper, director of John Adams, The Damned United, and the new film The King’s Speech.
The latest Tron: Legacy trailer, which I saw before a screening of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, heavily features a disturbing, computer-generated “young” Jeff Bridges which creeped me out even more than Voldemort's nose-slits. See, the problem with digital Jeff is that I already know what young Jeff Bridges looks like, and it’s not “old Jeff Bridges with the wrinkles removed.” If you, too, have been scarred by the wrongness of Tron: Legacy, watch this True Grit trailer to see Bridges looking suitably grizzled as one-eyed bounty hunter Rooster Cogburn.
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