Factory Girl takes a look at the short life of Edie Sedgwick but fails miserably to capture her or any spirit of the 60′s and the Warholian scene. Sienna Miller makes a particularly unconvincing doomed, ethereal beauty to Guy Pearse’s deadpan Warhol. One leaves the movie feeling that the story has been simplified and dimmed…
Just saw the movie Fur, which is a seriously, strange production based on imaginary events in the life of the world renowned photographer Diane Arbus. Decidely odd but great acting from (a very hairy) Downey Jr and Nicole Kidman -their brief sex scene is strikingly good – raw and realistic so unlike most movie sex….
300 (R, 2007) Directed by Zack Snyder and based on Frank Miller’s graphic novel about the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C. Starring: Gerard Butler as King Leonidas, Lena Headey as Queen Gorgo, Dominic West as Theron, David Wenham as Dilios, Vincent Regan as Captain, Michael Fassbender as Stelios, Tom Wisdom as Astinos, Andrew Pleavin…
