2009 ACADEMY AWARDS: THE ONLY WEIRD THING ABOUT THEM IS THAT PEOPLE WILL WATCH THE 8 HOUR BROADCAST

The 2009 Academy Awards nominations are out, and they are every bit as tepid and conventional as we would have predicted.  The small sliver of hope is that, by expanding the field to 10 nominations, one mildly weird film did manage to worm it’s way into Best Picture contention: the Coen brothers’ A Serious Man, … Continue reading 2009 ACADEMY AWARDS: THE ONLY WEIRD THING ABOUT THEM IS THAT PEOPLE WILL WATCH THE 8 HOUR BROADCAST

WEIRD HORIZON FOR THE WEEK OF 12/11/09

A look at what’s weird in theaters, on hot-off-the-presses DVDs, and on more distant horizons… Trailers of new release movies are generally available on the official site links. IN THEATERS (LIMITED RELEASE): The Lovely Bones:  Visionary, and sentimental looking, tale about a little murdered girl who watches over her family from the afterlife.  Once weird … Continue reading WEIRD HORIZON FOR THE WEEK OF 12/11/09

CAPSULE: 9 (2009)

DIRECTED BY: Shane Acker FEATURING: Voices of Elijah Wood, Christopher Plummer PLOT:  Nine robotic ragdolls fight killer machines in a post-human, post-apocalyptic world. WHY IT WON’T MAKE THE LIST: 9 is a visually thrilling movie set in a unique, humanless universe; with a more careful and detailed exploration of that world, the flick could have … Continue reading CAPSULE: 9 (2009)

WEIRD HORIZON FOR THE WEEK OF 7/24/09

A look at what’s weird in theaters, on hot-off-the-presses DVDs, and on more distant horizons… Trailers of new release movies are generally available on the official site links. IN THEATERS (LIMITED RELEASE): Loren Cass (2006):  Merely going off the film’s own press release, it’s difficult to discern what this movie is, although we learn a … Continue reading WEIRD HORIZON FOR THE WEEK OF 7/24/09