Movies
Horse Feathers
THE IDES OF MARX Hello, I must be going because I dont know what The Marx Brothers were thinking when they conceived this exercise in higher-education hilarity, but whatever it is, Im against it.
Holy Motors
BEST FILM OF THE YEAR INDIEWIRE, FILM COMMENT, CAHIERS DU CINEMA The years biggest must-see/cant-comprehend movie “is weird and wonderful, rich and strange barking mad, in fact. It is wayward, kaleidoscopic, black comic and bizarre; there is in it a batsqueak of genius, dishevelment and derangement; it is
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
NOMINATED FOR THREE OSCARS Now we know why Hobbits eat all those extra meals to make it through the running time of Peter Jackson movies! Seriously though, this return to Middle Earth is everything you wished for a fantasy with the power to haunt your dreams. (Rolling Stone)
Duck Soup
THE IDES OF MARX It baffles me that everyone spends so much time praising Chaplins The Great Dictator when the Marx Brothers anarchic anti-fascist farce is so much more biting. Arguably the funniest movie ever made only Dr. Strangelove matches its audacity in sending up the follies of nationalism and
Django Unchained
The D may be silent, but the guns seldom are in Tarantinos epic antebellum revenge saga. See it with someone who wants to stick it to the man. The slave-sploitation classic Mandingo a key influence on Django plays Mar 30!
Clash of the Titans
HARRYHAUSEN IN THE HOUSE Forget that the bloated, tedious, overly-CGId remake ever happened and release the Kraken of your imagination with this grand and glorious romantic adventure (Roger Ebert) that finds equal magic in a titanic sea monster and a friendly clockwork owl.
Anna Karenina
NOMINATED FOR FOUR OSCARS In adapting Tolstoys timeless tale of destructive, forbidden love, director Wright (Atonement) and screenwriter Tom Stoppard (Shakespeare in Love) have bested the numerous film versions that came before, delivering an erotic charge and a deliberate artificiality that works a strange and marvelous spell. (Rolling Stone)
Animal Crackers
THE IDES OF MARX The New York Times said it all in their original review: The Marx Brothers are to be seen at the Rialto in a further example of amusing nonsense, this time the audible film of Animal Crackers. This mad affair suits the principals and its absurdities brought
Amour
NOMINATED FOR FIVE OSCARS, INCLUDING BEST MOTION PICTURE A tender love story from Michael Haneke?! Yes and no. Casting two icons of French cinema as an elderly couple facing the inevitable, Haneke achieves levels of intimacy previously unknown in his work [in a] unique and unforgettable film . [Jean-Louis Trintignant,
Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein
PRESENTED BY OTTAWAHORROR.COM Well, technically they meet Frankensteins monster but the titles inaccuracy is more than made up for by the fact that this monster-ous slapstick classic co-stars Bela Lugosi and Lon Chaney, Jr. reprising their most famous roles as Dracula and the Wolfman!