One to Watch – Attack the Block

This potential little Indie gem of a genre film has been thrilling audiences for several months, and now with the backing of Sony’s Screen Gems production company, Attack the Block stands as good a chance as any of getting somewhat of a wide release here in the States. Though, to start out it is only …

So you want to watch an Oscar nominee?

Just in time for the upcoming Oscars, shocking I know, several theatres here in the Twin Cities have decided to host some movie marathons of films nominated for this year’s Oscars, from Live Action and Animated short films, to Documentary to every Best Picture nominee, you can find them somewhere in the Cities this weekend …

Avatar, I wish I could quit you!

So the big news today is that the Avatar trailer was finally released. Its a decent enough trailer, the various aliens and their world certainly look pretty cool, but the CGI clearly isn’t finished yet. With the release of District 9 this past week the bar has clearly been raised and I’m sure those wonderful …

10 quick thoughts on District 9

I finally got a chance to watch District 9 at the early show yesterday morning. Would have posted something about it then but I had to go straight to work and spent that whole shift attempting to talk everyone into watching it. [gap][/gap] 1- The documentary style is fantastic. It effectively creates a very lived …