summer of sam

CHARLIE
A two day odessey in New York is one of self disdain and self discovery after Charlie finds out his wife has cheated on him.....it got a very good write up in The Post today.[www.nypost.com]



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/28/2007 09:32AM by askanewyorker.

This list has too few movies that show the boroughs.

So how about these:

The Opportunists (with Christopher Walken and Cindy Lauper)
Goodfellas (I know, it's a mob movie, but it's the NYC mobs)
The Squid and the Whale (yeah, I know, the squid and the whale are in Manhattan, but the movie mostly takes place in Brooklyn)
Radio Days
Moscow on the Hudson, Enemies: a Love Story, Next Stop Greenwich Village, and other Paul Mazursky films
My Favorite Year
On the Waterfront

and going back across the river:

King Kong (a movie that shows that NYC is no place to monkey around with)
Guys and Dolls (My kind of town . . . )
On the Town
The Odd Couple
Ghost Busters
Crossing Delancy
Ragtime


I could go on . . .
and on and on.

Crossing Delancey is a favourite of mine---wish they'd release it on DVD

Agggggggggggggh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "The Out-of-Towners"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Oh, my Godddddddd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'"
(My mother wanted to moidelize my father for taking me to see that when I was just a kid coz it was where I learned that expression...!!!" He's long gone now, but I always think of him sooooooo fondly whenever I'm lucky enough to see a few moments of that terrific New York film.....



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/17/2008 07:45AM by askanewyorker.

American Gangster. I loved it. Best Picture prediction....although Crowes Jersey accent was not 'spot on' as some reviewers have indicated


[www.observer.com]

Our language executive from Columbia went to see it yesterday, and said it was the best movie he has ever seen.

I Am Legend... with Will Smith looks pretty good....what a stinker! Glad I only played 1/2 price at our local Sunnyside Theater...weak story telling...a mess of a movie.
[www.observer.com]



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 12/15/2007 09:55AM by askanewyorker.

Here's a list of all the movies shot in Central Park


[www.centralparknyc.org]

Serious buzz on this one.
Two things were noticeable about the line of people awaiting the 12:01 a.m. Lincoln Square cinema premiere of the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight. First, the affinity most of the waiting masses appeared to feel with the Caped One; second, the bizarre impression many of the waiting seemed to have that they had seen the movie already.



[www.observer.com]



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/11/2010 09:17AM by askanewyorker.

Here's a rather indepth overview of a movie we recently watched the other evening which we very much enjoyed called The Visitor. Here's an excerpt from the review:

Mr. Jenkins manages at once to deflect and to earn the audience’s sympathy, and to convey an inner transformation brought about by a shy, unselfish engagement with other people. How does he do it? Great acting is always, almost by definition, something of a mystery, a blend of technique and instinct for which no identifiable formula exists. Mr. Jenkins’s posture, his balked smile, the occasional fidget of his hands or pause in his stride — all of these almost subliminally communicate something about who Walter is, so that by the end of the film we feel we know him very well. And more than that, that he is someone worth knowing.




[movies.nytimes.com]



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/16/2008 10:33AM by askanewyorker.

Definitely Maybe is set in New York and it's quite good too. Ryan Reynolds looks good in it as well!