trailer trash- Synecdoche, New York... (also known as the new Charlie Kaufman movie that sucks)

synecdoche, new york is the new charlie kaufman movie, starring philip seymour hoffman, catherine keener, michelle williams, hope davis and is mr. kaufman's directorial debut. it's apparently super meta, because there's a play within the movie, and the people in the play are actually actors playing real people who in turn are involved with the play and people in hoffman's characters life, because the play about his life but the play becomes his life, and there's no audience... or something like that.

Owen Glieberman, one of the critics i most agree with/respect, of Entertainment Weekly gave it a D+ and said:

I gave up making heads or tails of Synecdoche, New York, but I did get one
message: The compulsion to stand outside of one's life and observe it to this
degree isn't the mechanism of art — it's the structure of psychosis.

anyway, here's the trailer i'll probably check this out on video...or not at all.

"Burn After Reading" review

so i went and saw the Coen's Brother's "Burn After Reading" opening weekend and it was pretty damn fantastic. the trailer lays out the plot, but certainly doens't give anything away, or give the brilliant performances justice. Frances McDormand is such a great actress that i couldn't stand her character, a true sign of great acting. there was just something desperately pathetic about her, which is why Frances is so great, she's always able to provoke emotions you least expect out of her audience. while there just wasn't enough Tilda Swinton in my opinion. John Malkovich needs to be in more films, because watching him reminded me of why he inspires me as an actor and why "Being John Malkovich" is more relevant every year. Brad stole every scene he was in, while Clooney was pitch perfect as a giddy, yet clueless sleazeball. the movie starts out a bit slow, but progresses quickly and its denouement is executed to perfection to wrap the movie up the way it's meant to, quickly and hilariously. the tone and sentiment are the exact opposite of the Coen Brother's last film, the Oscar winner for Best Picture "No Country for Old Men," but the film is utterly delightful and definitely worth seeing in the theatre.

i went with a former friend [i write former because he never responded to my request for a review and we know how i can get when that happens] who was just as excited to see the movie as i was, that he went so far as to dress up like Brad's character "Chad Feldheimer" in the movie! My rating: 9.2/10

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trailer trash - Burn After Reading

"Burn After Reading" is the Coen Brother's latest oeuvre, starring George Clooney, Richard Jenkins, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand, Brad Pitt, JK Simmons and Tilda Swinton. if you didn't already know, Frances won an Oscar for "Fargo," Clooney won one for "Syriana," Tilda did for "Michael Clayton," and the Brothers Coen for directing "No Country For Old Men." this movie looks hilarious and everyone in it is has fantastic comedic timing, i hope you enjoy the trailer as much as i do everytime i see it.

I kinda miss the absurdity of Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman

"Being John Malkovich" is on right now. Which is kind of making me excited for their latest endeavour "Synecdoche" starring Philip Seymour Hoffman. Who knows what awesome insanity these 3 will come up with.

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