Slog - Comments on This Weekend at the Movies http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/this_weekend_at_the_movies_67 Hello, friends and foes! Opening this week: I, for some reason, fail to hate sweaty Rainn Wilson vehicle The Rocker: "Like most films devoted to the absurd kickassedness of rock, it's hopelessly derivative, but I've sat through worse moviegoing experiences than a secondhand Spinal Tap." Andrew Wright mega-hearts Steve Coogan, but only kind of hearts Hamlet 2: "Even if the film's level of invention sputters here and there, its star is really something to see, creating a gurning, fearless portrayal of Americanus idiotus that even Chris Elliott might envy. (I can think of no higher praise.)" The love lives of... Copyright 2008 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:37:21 -0800 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:01:19 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by teve SEND THE FREAKIN TEXT MESSAGE ALREADY BARACK OBAMA!!!!

and don't you dare call this off topic because this will affect all of us

]]> teve http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/this_weekend_at_the_movies_67#c1111890 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/this_weekend_at_the_movies_67#c1111890 Film Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:50:53 -0800 Comment by cressona I got to see Transsiberian at SIFF, and I highly recommend it.

Yeah, the plot pushes plausibility in an effort to get the characters into dire situations, but what do you expect from a thriller, even a serious thriller? It does thrill and it's a real escape.

Oh, and the cast:

Emily Mortimer is just one big-time movie star. There's just an intimacy about her on the screen--here even more than in Match Point. Dear Hollywood, please, more films starring Emily Mortimer.

And yes, Ben Kingsley... Awesome. Of course.

]]> cressona http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/this_weekend_at_the_movies_67#c1112064 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/this_weekend_at_the_movies_67#c1112064 Film Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:01:19 -0800