Carnival of Cinema

Welcome to the March 14, 2008 edition of the Carnival of Cinema. A big thank you goes out to Scott at Good News Movie Reviews for allowing me to host this week’s carnival. We have some great movie links so, pull up a chair and surf away…

Manny the Movie Guy reviews, “10,000 B.C.” and “Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day.” He also presents MY POETIC REVIEW OF “HORTON HEARS A WHO!”. Take a few minutes to find out what Manny thought of these new releases.

Therapydoc at Everyone Needs Therapy also submits a review, this one is for the Academy Award winning (for best original screenplay) Juno. The review is a well written and thought out treatise for “The way adolescents are supposed to be.”

Gautam Valluri presents Post-Classical Hollywood, Male Bonding and LSD in Easy Rider posted at Broken Projector. I think the title of the post explains what it’s about. Check it out yourself and decided if you agree with Guatam.

Al Weisel presents Leonard Rosenman, Rebel Without a Cause Composer, 1924-2008 posted at Rebel Without a Cause – Live Fast, Die Young. Al says “Perhaps the most poignant memory that Lawrence Frascella and I have of researching our book Live Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Rebel Without a Cause, was the day we met the composer of the score of Rebel Without a Cause, Leonard Rosenman.”

MBB presents Movie Tickets Are Getting Very Expensive posted at Money Blue Book. Will increased prices, outdated technology and more satisfying home viewing experiences be the downfall of the movie theater?

Paul McElligott presents a review of In the Shadow of the Moon (2007) posted at Celluloid Heroes. Paul says the astronauts interviewed spoke “in a relaxed, unguarded manner, men like Buzz Aldrin, Jim Lovell and Alan Bean managed to convey an experience without parallel in our lives in terms that we can all appreciate.” I definitely want to see this one. McElligott also writes about Lust, Caution (2007). With statements like, “[t]his is literally one of those most beautiful movies I’ve seen recently, even when everybody keeps their clothes on. The performances, by both the leads and the large supporting cast, are also uniformly excellent []” how could you not want to add it to your rental queue.

Gracchi presents Garden State posted at Westminster Wisdom. “Garden State isn’t a major film but it defines the very essence of whimsy.” Also from Gracchi, Francesco, Giullare di Dio.

Nick presents The Beernut Gallery – Mr. Downs at the Movies: Martian Child posted at The Beernut Gallery saying, “It will be guaranteed to bring 3.5 tears to your eyes.” His humorous explanation of using tears as rating is worth the read, but I happen to agree with what he says about the movie. You definitely need to check this one out.

Scott from Movie Loner takes a brief respite from movies to talk about The Wire – 2002-2008 a “series [that] depicted life in America better than any ho-hum sitcom or recycled drama ever could.”

Miss O’Shea presents A review of Alfred Hitchcock’s underrated “I Confess” (1953) posted at The Roadshow Version. I admit I haven’t seen this one, but after reading this review I might give it a chance. On a side note, another underrated Hitchcock film is The Trouble With Harry. I definitely recommend it.

Steven Chang presents The Bank Job posted at Movie Review & Film Critique. “Based on a classified bank robbery that took place in 1971 London that resulted in no arrests and no money recovered.”

And of course, we can’t forget Scott. This week he presents Hot Rod (2007) posted at Good News Film Reviews. In truth, I had never heard of this one. From the tone of the review, that doesn’t seem to be a bad thing.

Alex M presents Moonlight TV Show posted at Videos and web TV. Alex’s take on the show is worth reading. I’d like to add, it is one of my favorites and even though its beginnings were a bit cheesy, it has grown into a compelling character study.

Jim Squires presents You got Iron Man in my Hulk! posted at fjetsam. Some tidbits about the upcoming Hulk movie.

Harrison presents Top 20 Most Expensive Celebrity Divorces posted at CustomizedGirl Blog. See which of these celebs had the most expensive divorce settlement.

Clay presents Howard the Duck posted at SingleSentenceMovieReview.com. Eloquence at its finest.

I hope you enjoy all the links. Remember to leave comments and let these folks know we appreciate their contributions.

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