A while ago I posted a video of Schuyler Fisk performing "Hello" and "Lonely Again" at Center Staging in Burbank.
I've come across another piece of her beautiful music since then and I want to share it with you guys.
So enjoy Schuyler performing "From Where I'm Standing" from the movie "I'm Reed Fish", which I will hopefully see in the near future.
Samstag, 25. Oktober 2008
Sonntag, 12. Oktober 2008
#29
Wanted
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Cast: James McAvoy ("Wesley Gibson"), Angelina Jolie ("Fox"), Morgan Freeman ("Sloan"), Thomas Kretschmann ("Cross")
Review: Wesley Gibson is a loser. He hates his job, he hates his boss, he hates his best buddy because he screws his girlfriend and he hates everthing about himself.
But then he meets a woman at the supermarket who tells him that his father, whom he has never meet, died yesterday on top of the Metropolitan building. She tells him that his father was killer and that Wesley has the same abbilities. He can make his heart go 400 beats per minute and therefore slow everything down. After a wild and spectacular chase through the city, she takes him to "The Fraternity". The groups leader, Sloan, tells Wesley that his father left him $3.6m and that he (Sloan) wants him to join "The Fraternity" and kill his fathers killer Cross.
Wesley joins them and has to undertake a very hard training. When he is finally ready to face his father's killer there's a surprise waiting for him....
"Wanted" is a straight down action festival. The story is smart and thrilling. The cast is well chosen and very good. And the effects are as groundbreaking as "The Matrix".
When at first you feel sorry for Wesley's life you very soon start to envy him. But at any point of the movie you are totally sympathetic with him. Everybody seems to screw him, but he finally gets a chance to lead a life that he enjoys.
The effects are spectacular and at no point plate. It really is a lot of fun watching the movie. The idea of shooting in a curve is really cool even though it doesn't make a lot of sense, but "Wanted" is an action flick after all.
After "Gone in 60 Seconds" "Wanted is only the second film in which I can stand Angelina Jolie and even think she has certain qualities. Although she will never achieve the same level of hotness as does Natalie Portman or Kristen Bell.
There is however one thing that made me laugh in outrage: Why the hell do the assassination targets come from the "Loom of Fate"? This is bullshit and everybody knows it.
The Magical Loom of Fate? Come on! Hollywood can do better than that.
In spite of that "Wanted" is one of the most entertaining and best comic adaption of this year.
8.6 out of 10 curved shots
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Cast: James McAvoy ("Wesley Gibson"), Angelina Jolie ("Fox"), Morgan Freeman ("Sloan"), Thomas Kretschmann ("Cross")
Review: Wesley Gibson is a loser. He hates his job, he hates his boss, he hates his best buddy because he screws his girlfriend and he hates everthing about himself.
But then he meets a woman at the supermarket who tells him that his father, whom he has never meet, died yesterday on top of the Metropolitan building. She tells him that his father was killer and that Wesley has the same abbilities. He can make his heart go 400 beats per minute and therefore slow everything down. After a wild and spectacular chase through the city, she takes him to "The Fraternity". The groups leader, Sloan, tells Wesley that his father left him $3.6m and that he (Sloan) wants him to join "The Fraternity" and kill his fathers killer Cross.
Wesley joins them and has to undertake a very hard training. When he is finally ready to face his father's killer there's a surprise waiting for him....
"Wanted" is a straight down action festival. The story is smart and thrilling. The cast is well chosen and very good. And the effects are as groundbreaking as "The Matrix".
When at first you feel sorry for Wesley's life you very soon start to envy him. But at any point of the movie you are totally sympathetic with him. Everybody seems to screw him, but he finally gets a chance to lead a life that he enjoys.
The effects are spectacular and at no point plate. It really is a lot of fun watching the movie. The idea of shooting in a curve is really cool even though it doesn't make a lot of sense, but "Wanted" is an action flick after all.
After "Gone in 60 Seconds" "Wanted is only the second film in which I can stand Angelina Jolie and even think she has certain qualities. Although she will never achieve the same level of hotness as does Natalie Portman or Kristen Bell.
There is however one thing that made me laugh in outrage: Why the hell do the assassination targets come from the "Loom of Fate"? This is bullshit and everybody knows it.
The Magical Loom of Fate? Come on! Hollywood can do better than that.
In spite of that "Wanted" is one of the most entertaining and best comic adaption of this year.
8.6 out of 10 curved shots
#28
Burn After Reading
Director: Ethan and Joel Coen
Cast: Geroge Clooney ("Harry Pfarrer"), Francis McDormand ("Linda Litzke"), John Malkovich ("Osbourne Cox"), Tilda Swinton ("Katie Cox"), Brad Pitt ("Chad Feldheimer")
Review: Osbourne Cox, a CIA analyst, gets fired because he has a drinking problem. His wife, Katie, is secretly cheating on him with Harry Pfarrer, a guy he hates. Mrs. cox has been unhappy in her marriage for a long time and so she goes to a divorce lawyer who tells her to find out how much money her husband has, because he doesn't want to go into divorce unprepared. Katie sends most of her husband's files to her lawyer's secretary who looses the disk at Hardbodies, her gym. That's were Linda Litzke and Chad Feldheimer find the disk and want to blackmail Osbourne Cox. His reaction is a little different than they expected because instead of being afraid of waht might happen if Linda and Chad sell the disk, he yells and screams and tells them to go fuck themselves. He nevertheless agress to meet with them only to scream at Chad again and to hit him in the face. Linda then wants to sell the files to the Russians, but they don't seem to be interested in them. When Chad goes to Osbourne's house to steal some more files he is surprised by Harry who came to the house to take a shower. Unfortunately for Chad Harry has a gun...
"Burn After Reading" is a Coen classic. It's funny in a very weird way, extremely clever and with some amazing plot twists and it has a spectacular cast. Pitt's portrayal of Chad, a slightly metrosexual and out-of -his-mind crazy fitness coach is both hilarious and outstanding.
All the other cast members do a terrific job as well and there is nothing to critize about the acting.
Unfortunately my expectations were slightly different. I don't really know what I hoped for, but I certainly was disapointed when I left the cinema. The story is funny and entertaining and there are no flaws in it whatsoever. I did laugh a lot and I also enjoyed the dialogue.
But it still felt like there was something missing. I had the same feeling when I watched "Oh Brother, where art thou?". I didn't really like it for no apparent reason.
I'm sorry that I cannot put my dislikes into words.
7.8 out of 10 weird espionage movies
Director: Ethan and Joel Coen
Cast: Geroge Clooney ("Harry Pfarrer"), Francis McDormand ("Linda Litzke"), John Malkovich ("Osbourne Cox"), Tilda Swinton ("Katie Cox"), Brad Pitt ("Chad Feldheimer")
Review: Osbourne Cox, a CIA analyst, gets fired because he has a drinking problem. His wife, Katie, is secretly cheating on him with Harry Pfarrer, a guy he hates. Mrs. cox has been unhappy in her marriage for a long time and so she goes to a divorce lawyer who tells her to find out how much money her husband has, because he doesn't want to go into divorce unprepared. Katie sends most of her husband's files to her lawyer's secretary who looses the disk at Hardbodies, her gym. That's were Linda Litzke and Chad Feldheimer find the disk and want to blackmail Osbourne Cox. His reaction is a little different than they expected because instead of being afraid of waht might happen if Linda and Chad sell the disk, he yells and screams and tells them to go fuck themselves. He nevertheless agress to meet with them only to scream at Chad again and to hit him in the face. Linda then wants to sell the files to the Russians, but they don't seem to be interested in them. When Chad goes to Osbourne's house to steal some more files he is surprised by Harry who came to the house to take a shower. Unfortunately for Chad Harry has a gun...
"Burn After Reading" is a Coen classic. It's funny in a very weird way, extremely clever and with some amazing plot twists and it has a spectacular cast. Pitt's portrayal of Chad, a slightly metrosexual and out-of -his-mind crazy fitness coach is both hilarious and outstanding.
All the other cast members do a terrific job as well and there is nothing to critize about the acting.
Unfortunately my expectations were slightly different. I don't really know what I hoped for, but I certainly was disapointed when I left the cinema. The story is funny and entertaining and there are no flaws in it whatsoever. I did laugh a lot and I also enjoyed the dialogue.
But it still felt like there was something missing. I had the same feeling when I watched "Oh Brother, where art thou?". I didn't really like it for no apparent reason.
I'm sorry that I cannot put my dislikes into words.
7.8 out of 10 weird espionage movies
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