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Friday, May 1, 2009

Film This Week's Mercury Film Section.

Posted by Erik Henriksen on Fri, May 1, 2009 at 8:15 PM

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Thinking about seeing X-Men Origins: Wolverine this weekend? Don't. Do this instead.

Or go see Sugar, which Ezra swears is better than Mr. Baseball (though there is NO WAY it's better than this, and I'm only partly saying that because of my man-crush on Robert Redford). Or there's Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, a film about what happens when Matthew McConaughey tells his agent, "Naw, fuck it, broseph. Let's just take the easy money, know what I'm sayin'?"

Two solid film festivals start up this week too: the PDX Fest at the Clinton Street Theater and a Jim Henson retrospective at the Northwest Film Center. And don't forget to check out the Mercury interview with Gonzo the Great!

Other film events this week include Battle for Terra, The Betrayal, and Is There Anybody There? There's also one of my favorites, Battle Royale, as well as a double feature of Cowboy Bebop and Appleseed, the Oregon Sesquicentennial Film Festival, and Spike & Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation. And if you really want to punish yourself, there's the Sing-Along Sound of Music—but goddamn, I wouldn't wish that upon anyone. Not even those responsible for Wolverine.

Movie Times, as always, can be found here.

 

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The inability of this paper to recommend "The Earrings of Madame de..." (even after a Criterion endorsement) really makes me question their film department.
Posted by PeretDesnos on May 1, 2009 at 10:10 PM · Report
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Yeah, Erik. You should be more considerate of the pompous douche community among your readers.
Posted by Marq on May 3, 2009 at 3:39 PM · Report
3
pot... kettle.
Posted by A CAT, probably on May 3, 2009 at 6:06 PM · Report
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"Earrings..." isn't a great film because pompous douches declare it so. Pompous douches declare it so because it is a great film. There is no causality between the merits of the film and my collection of tweed jackets.

My point is that if we're listing the best tickets in town, Jim Henson's giant cube, murderous Japanese schoolgirls AND Ophul's floating camera are all up there (as well as Baquiat coincidently running into his favorite NY bands).

This newspaper should have the decency to at least give it a bad review.
Posted by PeretDesnos on May 3, 2009 at 6:49 PM · Report
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That was completely incoherent. If you feel the need to mention "causality," at least abide by your own rules.
Posted by A CAT, probably on May 3, 2009 at 7:52 PM · Report

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