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A blog post over on the /Film Blog, showcasing a video of Quentin Tarantino reviewing Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2007 epic There Will Be Blood, pointed me to a whole slate of mini 10-minute reviews that Tarantino did for the premium movie chanel, SkyMovies, in England. Besides the previously mention review, which you should definitly check out, the one that caught my eye was for Danny Boyle’s 2007 sci-fi film, Sunshine.

While I may not agree with everything Tarantino has to say about the movie, listening to him talk about cinema is always thought provoking & entertaining. So definitely check out the review below, and make sure to see the film. Read more…

Three more movies added to the 2009 Watched list over on my movies page. As I mentioned before I won’t be ranking movies as I see them like with my music list, but I when I post these updates I’ll label them “See It” or “Skip It.” That way I can recommend any movies I enjoyed on a week to week basis, instead of having to wait till the end of the year. So for this update, it goes like this:

• Adventureland – This is directed by the guy that did Superbad, and it was being advertised as the same type of movie. It’s not, so don’t go into it thinking that’s what you’re getting. It’s more along the lines of Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, which was one of my favourite movies of 2008. See It!

• District 9 – Neill Blomkamp (director) & Peter Jackson (producer) were supposed to make a movie based on the video game Halo, that project fell apart. This is the movie they made instead, and after seeing it I’m glad we didn’t get a Halo movie. See It!

• State of Play – There’s no shortage of huge stars in this political thriller, but it centres around Russell Crowe & Ben Affleck. Based on a BBC mini-series, and the screenplay was written, in-part, by Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton & The Bourne movies). See It!

Just a quick update on my 2009 Music List. I’ve started ranking albums for this year, and I’ll begin with the three that I’ve listened to the most so far this year. To find out where they fall in my rankings head on over to the Music Page, for the sake of these updates I’ll be listing albums I add in alphabetical order.

Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
Malajube – Labyrinthes
Metric – Fantasies