MAN ON WIRE

what a film... the documentary of the guy who strung a high-wire across the twin towers and danced on it for 45 minutes in the 1970's.

this was RottenTomatoes' #1 overall film of 2008, receiving a 100%.

we couldn't find it anywhere except netflix (thanks mollie!), but if you can find it it's a great ride.

The Visitor

we watched a really good movie last night: The Visitor. it sounds like a horror flick, but it's nothing close to that. Richard Jenkins is great, and quickly turning into one of my favorites (Burn After Reading, Six Feet Under, I Heart Huckabees).

spreading the word

UPDATE, 8/9/08 @ 1:22pm:
Here is a preview of the video.

so this pretty good band, the David Crowder Band, recently did a club tour for their new album, "Remedy," through all the cool places... the Houses of Blues, etc... and they made a live dvd of one of their shows.

on the evening of August 18th, this dvd will be shown in select theaters across the country... pretty impressive... edwardsville is not on the list yet, but it says that it's constantly being updated. you can see the list of theaters (there are several in IL) on their website. spread the word and go see it!

the dark knight

UPDATE 7/25, 11:54pm:
after finally seeing it, i have to agree that it is an awesome film! i'm already looking forward to the next one (hopefully)....

UPDATE 7/25, 12:50am:
just finished Batman Begins... pretty good stuff...

i can't remember the last time i heard this much buzz about a movie... and i literally haven't heard one person say the movie was anything less than amazing. lyndsey and i are usually perfectly content to wait until a movie comes out on dvd and rent (we call it the $1 club), but this one is tempting us to pay up and see it now...

top gun

new top gun movie...?

chronic-WHAT-les of narnia...

we watched narnia (the first time for me) tonight, and it was pretty good... now i'm ready when the next one comes out to rent...

burn after reading

Clooney. Pitt. Add John Malkovich to the fun. Then you've got Burn After Reading, a new film by the Coen Brothers (No Country for Old Men, O Brother Where Art Thou, Fargo, etc...). It opens September 12th. Clooney and Pitt were classic together in the Oceans movies... and John Malkovich is simply amazing (he is from Christopher, IL, if you didn't know).

Judging by the trailers, it seems to have a bit of the Oceans feel to it... good humor and chasing after money.

into the wild

we watched "Into the Wild" tonight; pretty good flick. very moving and introspective, questioning the society that we live in and the need to have any material possessions or wealth to be fulfilled; in fact, proposing that having such things prohibits one from living life to the fullest. this struggle is vividly portrayed as it ensues in the mind of the character... good film-making.

ONCE, The Frames, The Swell Season

Great night. Lyndsey and I just watched a great movie called "Once." It's halfway a musical, with some great original music... set in Ireland, and two musicians meet and make beautiful music together... the lead guy is Irishman Glen Hansard (lead singer of The Frames) and the gal is Czech Marketa Irglova. Great movie, up for a couple Oscar nom's, only drawback is a lot of language that is inappropriate for the kiddos.

This also opened the door to me for the band The Frames... why didn't anyone tell me about these guys! Awesome! If I formed a band and wrote music, this is what it would sound like.

The duo from the movie also does a side project called The Swell Season... sounds a bit more mellow, I am a fan as well...

Be sure to check out these pieces of work... you're in for a treat.