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(09/30/15 9:11pm)
Walking into DanDan around dinnertime,
I was impressed by the décor but struck by how tight the space was. With only
55 seats in the restaurant, getting a table after 6pm is a challenge. What
DanDan sacrifices in capacity it makes up for in atmosphere, featuring enormous
lanterns dangling from the high ceilings above the bar next to the small
balcony area where most tables are situated.
(04/23/15 4:00am)
Fans of Diana Rigg’s Olenna Tyrell, Game of Thrones’ Queen of Thorns, should not be surprised to know that this razor–sharp matriarch was once the only Bond girl to make the spy settle down in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. OHMSS features some bizarre digressions, but is never better then when Rigg’s Tracy di Vincenzo shares the screen with one–and–done Bond George Lazenby in 1969. Ultimately, the massive action climax on a Swiss mountaintop lair puts this movie in Bond’s top tier. Lazenby and Rigg have tremendous chemistry throughout, but the film’s last sequence is a game changer. Olenna Tyrell sometimes waxes on about her brilliant time at court when she was young. Turns out the Queen of Thorns is probably referring to her time as a Bond girl.
(03/19/15 4:51pm)
Se7en, Usual Suspects, LA Confidential
(11/22/13 5:00pm)
"Nebraska" commences with Woody Grant, a senile, drunken old Montana man (fully-embodied by an exceptional Bruce Dern) being stopped by the police on his doomed mission to walk to Nebraska and collect the millions of dollars he supposedly won from a clear scam. Shooting the film in black and white, director Alexander Payne trades the lush Hawaiian backdrop of "The Descendants" for a subdued, idyllic vision of the American Midwest, successfully capturing the absurd but heartfelt tone of Bob Nelson’s witty, nostalgic script. Woody doesn’t say much, but Dern makes his lines count, with his crazy looks and brusque gestures truly fleshing out the deranged character and his antics. Opposite Dern is a reserved David (Will Forte), Woody’s grown son who ends up being the only one to help his father travel to Nebraska just so that Woody can learn that there is no prize. David simply wishes to do something nice for his dad, but an extended pit stop in Woody’s hometown, where his old friends actually believe his delusional story, allows his son to understand how his parents’ history with this strange place has shaped their family.
(04/18/13 10:57am)
“42” is a solid contribution to the legacy of Jackie Robinson and the sports–movie genre, though the film fails to explore the icon's human side. The film is never better than when it focuses in on Robinson’s (Chadwick Boseman) first season, showing how he managed to overcome his club’s initial resistance and be embraced by his teammates as a true Dodger. Off the field, however, the story of newlywed parents Jackie and Rachel is underdeveloped, failing to give us any insight into the man behind the legend. “42” does not try to sterilize the horrible racism that Robinson faced, but it seems uninterested in examining exactly how the couple withstood it.
(04/04/13 3:00pm)
There’s no denying that “Trance” is stylish — after all, it is directed by Danny Boyle, of “Slumdog Millionaire” and the London Olympics Opening Ceremony fame. Boyle was able to effortlessly wring suspense, drama and intrigue out of a lone performance by James Franco for “127 Hours.” So it’s no shocker that Boyle is able to open his film with an expertly crafted, good-old fashioned heist scene at a Modern art gallery. The robbery is casually narrated by our inside-man and auctioneer, Simon (James McAvoy). He manages to hide the stolen painting before being knocked out by Franck (Vincent Cassel), his high-ranking mob accomplice. This is the first of many double-crosses that drive the film’s winding, often incomprehensible plot. Franck enlists hypnotist Elizabeth (Rosario Dawson) to help them get into Simon’s amnesiac psyche and locate the missing painting.