http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/12/17/invictus/ Just another kitsch-ka-blogs weblog Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:18:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/12/17/invictus/comment-page-1/#comment-17498 Win Win » Movie Monster Thu, 12 May 2011 20:17:21 +0000 http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/12/21/invictus/#comment-17498 [...] improve. The film’s problem-play mechanics, and the neorealist look and sensibility, outsmart the sports narrative beneath—and yet Win Win thrives on its residual inspiration. Cannavale seems at first to have the [...] [...] improve. The film’s problem-play mechanics, and the neorealist look and sensibility, outsmart the sports narrative beneath—and yet Win Win thrives on its residual inspiration. Cannavale seems at first to have the [...]

]]> http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/12/17/invictus/comment-page-1/#comment-14783 Howl » Movie Monster Sat, 02 Apr 2011 20:13:49 +0000 http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/12/21/invictus/#comment-14783 [...] have been harboring unrequited love for Spider-Man; it seemed only right for him to play gay in Milk (where he twerped too much like Tweety Bird), and gay-ish in Pineapple Express (in which his [...] [...] have been harboring unrequited love for Spider-Man; it seemed only right for him to play gay in Milk (where he twerped too much like Tweety Bird), and gay-ish in Pineapple Express (in which his [...]

]]> http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/12/17/invictus/comment-page-1/#comment-14782 A Single Man » Movie Monster Sat, 02 Apr 2011 20:12:26 +0000 http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/12/21/invictus/#comment-14782 [...] only a blessing for those of us who yawn through polemicals; it’s also quite progressive. Whereas Milk—a decent, all too relevant film that was nonetheless descended from a primeval gene pool of [...] [...] only a blessing for those of us who yawn through polemicals; it’s also quite progressive. Whereas Milk—a decent, all too relevant film that was nonetheless descended from a primeval gene pool of [...]

]]> http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/12/17/invictus/comment-page-1/#comment-10670 Hereafter » Movie Monster Sun, 26 Dec 2010 19:20:01 +0000 http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/12/21/invictus/#comment-10670 [...] all along, or made and starred in variations of Flags of Our Fathers (2006), Gran Torino (2008), Invictus (2009), and Hereafter for more than five decades—would he be considered a “great” filmmaker? [...] [...] all along, or made and starred in variations of Flags of Our Fathers (2006), Gran Torino (2008), Invictus (2009), and Hereafter for more than five decades—would he be considered a “great” filmmaker? [...]

]]> http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/12/17/invictus/comment-page-1/#comment-7905 Unstoppable » Movie Monster Mon, 22 Nov 2010 22:42:22 +0000 http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/12/21/invictus/#comment-7905 [...] zippy train, even after he’s already spent an hour martyring himself for the working class? Like Morgan Freeman, he chooses roles so circumspect it’s contemptible; but Washington’s gritty charm deserves a [...] [...] zippy train, even after he’s already spent an hour martyring himself for the working class? Like Morgan Freeman, he chooses roles so circumspect it’s contemptible; but Washington’s gritty charm deserves a [...]

]]> http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/12/17/invictus/comment-page-1/#comment-911 And the Winner for the Best Picture of 2009 is . . . » Movie Monster Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:18:21 +0000 http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/12/21/invictus/#comment-911 [...] mean I feel I’m missing out. If it makes you feel better, I’ll substitute my review of Invictus, another feel-good, family-friendly ravager of racism that—to my surprise—didn’t ravage the [...] [...] mean I feel I’m missing out. If it makes you feel better, I’ll substitute my review of Invictus, another feel-good, family-friendly ravager of racism that—to my surprise—didn’t ravage the [...]

]]> http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/12/17/invictus/comment-page-1/#comment-904 Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire » Movie Monster Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:50:31 +0000 http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/12/21/invictus/#comment-904 [...] indebted to Push, but it’s fluent and naturalistic; it doesn’t preserve epigrams in amber like Invictus did. But only Precious’s cast lives up to the hype. Sidibe’s affect sometimes seems flat, but [...] [...] indebted to Push, but it’s fluent and naturalistic; it doesn’t preserve epigrams in amber like Invictus did. But only Precious’s cast lives up to the hype. Sidibe’s affect sometimes seems flat, but [...]

]]> http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/12/17/invictus/comment-page-1/#comment-826 The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus » Movie Monster Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:24:20 +0000 http://blogs.kitschmag.com/movies/2009/12/21/invictus/#comment-826 [...] mob. And then, of course, there’s the devil (Tom Waits—who’s as suitable to play Satan as Morgan Freeman is God), who got the doctor—a montane monk-cum-slakeless gambler—into this mess. He granted Parnassus [...] [...] mob. And then, of course, there’s the devil (Tom Waits—who’s as suitable to play Satan as Morgan Freeman is God), who got the doctor—a montane monk-cum-slakeless gambler—into this mess. He granted Parnassus [...]

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