[3] December 20, 2012
It’s a testament to the evenhandedness of The Queen of Versailles [4] that you don’t end up hating its money-centric subjects. But it does raise a troubling question: Does having too much money make you dumb?
[3] It’s a testament to the evenhandedness of The Queen of Versailles [4] that you don’t end up hating its money-centric subjects. But it does raise a troubling question: Does having too much money make you dumb?
[6] Is Scrooged [7] (1988) a Dickens movie or a Bill Murray movie? A bit of both, actually. If the tale’s overall arc is familiar, some of the details are delightfully oddball.
[9] The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel [10] is as comfortable as an old pair of shoes and about as surprising. An adaptation of Deborah Moggach’s novel, it's been carefully calculated to please the over-50 demographic.
[12] It seems a strange thing to say about one of the most depressing films ever offered, but The Road [13] is beautiful in its depiction of parent/child love that transcends the worst the world can throw at us.
[15] There are a few moments in the computer-animated A Christmas Carol [16] when it seems bent on re-imagining the yarn as a theme park thrill ride. But despite these lapses, it delivers. And Jim Carrey gets most of the credit.
Links:
[1] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/Film+Blog/feed
[2] http://drupal.org/node/11816
[3] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/new-dvd-queen-versailles-2012
[4] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Lauren+Greenfield%22+title:%22Queen+of+Versailles%22
[5] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/19141#comment-form
[6] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-scrooged-1988
[7] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Bill+Murray%22+title:%22Scrooged%22
[8] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/19047#comment-form
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/new-dvd-best-exotic-marigold-hotel-2011
[10] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Judi+Dench%22+title:%22Best+Exotic+Marigold+Hotel%22
[11] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/19017#comment-form
[12] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-road-2009
[13] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22John+Hillcoat%22+title:%22Road%22
[14] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/19016#comment-form
[15] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-christmas-carol-2009
[16] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Jim+Carrey%22+title:%22Christmas+Carol%22
[17] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/18998#comment-form
[18] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312
[19] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=9
[20] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=6
[21] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=7
[22] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=8
[23] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=11
[24] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=12
[25] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=13
[26] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=14
[27] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=62