Trailer Time: Shame

Shame from UK director Steve McQueen is about to be released through FoxSearchLight in a few months, and I can't be more excited. Particularly after the release of the second trailer, and it is tasty.

It isn't that much different from the first trailer which contains much of the same images and clips (considering all the talk about the amount of daring frontal nudity and sexuality, I'm surprised they've gathered THAT much preview-friendly material). But the second trailer features less dialogue, and is instead played to Carey Mulligan's character singing a rendition of "New York, New York." And it's pretty heart-breaking.

Review: Mean Streets (5/5*)



How have I never seen this before?

Review: La piel que habito (3.8/5*)

Pedro Almodovar is known for his uses of various genres within a single film. His latest film La piel que habito (The Skin I Live In) is no different, if not slightly less effective than his previous works.

In this case, Almodovar is up to the same old tricks but in less familiar territory - horror. It is horror without the gore and violence, but still quite disturbing. The film begins in the year 2012 in Toledo, a quiet town outside of Madrid. In a country house, Vera (Elena Anaya) is secretly held captive and watched over by the dutiful housemaid Marilia (Marisa Paredes) while surgeon Robert Ledgard (Antonio Banderas) continues to conduct years-long research and procedures on Vera, in hopes of reconstructing a "perfect" human skin graft. Unusual though the set up may already be, things take a turn for the worst once Marilia receives an unexpected visit from her son Zeca who discovers Vera.

Things and Thangs, and Adorable Movie-geek babies

Yet another post filled with random links. I will actually get to writing things - I promise!!

Trailer Time: J. Edgar, The Swell Season, The Pig w/ the Froggy Tattoo

J. Edgar is the latest film from Clint Eastwood. He's not a personal favorite of mine; while deliberate and at a controlled pace, I can find his films to be sometimes painstakingly slow, overly serious, and damn despressing (honestly, I watched Million Dollar Baby with high hopes and end it wanting someone to pull the plug on me - not a way to win the Fave Film position in my heart). But I will admit that his films are almost always the work of someone who knows what he's doing. Here's his next entry for the upcoming award season.

J. Edgar trailer at Apple Trailers.