Browsing Month February, 2010
Film Review: THE CRAZIES
By Norm Schrager at February 26, 2010 | 10:33 am | 0 Comment
by Norm Schrager, posted 02.26.10 2.5 / 5 stars In this era of lightning-fast flesh-eating zombies and the relentlessly pugilistic diseased, you’d expect a remake of George Romero’s The Crazies to be full-blast nuts. It’s not. That’s okay, you can appreciate that director Breck Eisner would rather inject his update with a more traditional flavor -- but there more...
An Oscar Night Must: Snacks
By Norm Schrager at February 24, 2010 | 11:25 pm | 3 Comments
Here at The Lobby, we're not just film freaks. We also pride ourselves on being amateur foodies. If we're not watching movies, it's all about Iron Chef, Chopped or The Best Thing I Ever Ate. So we want to share these ridiculously named recipes from The Food Network, created just for the Oscars. The chomping channel gets extra points for effort and, no, they're not paying more...
James Cameron Interview on NPR
By Norm Schrager at February 23, 2010 | 11:24 pm | 1 Comments
What movie has been the greatest influence on Avatar creator James Cameron? 2001: A Space Odyssey. Cameron saw the film 18 times in its first two years of release, soaking in the story, and then pondering the special effects. Oh, and his favorite movie of all time? The Wizard of Oz. These are just a couple nuggets from Cameron's recent appearance on NPR's radio show more...
Film Review: SHUTTER ISLAND
By Norm Schrager at February 21, 2010 | 8:38 am | 3 Comments
by Norm Schrager 4.5 / 5 stars For decades, Martin Scorsese has been peering into the psyches of troubled men, from Travis Bickle to Howard Hughes. Teddy Daniels may very well be the most troubled of them all. Played by Leonardo DiCaprio in Shutter Island, Daniels is a U.S. Marshal in the 1950s with buried nightmares from his past and a potential one in front of him: more...
