The following quote comes from page seven of Maine writer Carrie Jones’ young-adult novel “Tips on Having a Gay (ex) Boyfriend” (Flux, 278 pages, $16.95).“It’s not every day that my high school boyfriend, Eastbrook High School’s Harvest King, for God’s sake, tells me he’s gay.…
And so this weekend’s viewing at the 33rd Seattle International Film Festival is over. Saw four films today, and all lived up, more or less, to the level of excellence that we’ve enjoyed so far.We started off with the documentary “Murch,” a look at the…
We’re going to try and do a three-fer today at the 33rd Seattle International Film Festival. I’d do more, but the festival movies don’t start until 4 p.m. or so, they don’t hold critics’ screenings on Fridays and not much else is playing here that…
It’s one of those beautiful Seattle days, 70ish and sunny, that leads you to believe that it could never rain here. Right.What better way to enjoy such good weather than to go and inaugurate the 2007 Seattle International Film Festival.Tonight at 7 we’ll head to…
I just taped the “Movies 101” radio show, which will air at 6:35 p.m. on Friday, and we talked about “Shrek the Third.” I argued with guest host Barbara Williamson, who teaches film at Spokane Falls Community College, who thought the trilogy had devolved into…
The Balkans aren’t exactly big news in this part of the world. But for those who know just how important that mercurial area has proven to be over the past couple of centuries, the news about what some are calling Serbia’s “trial of a century”…
My colleague Ryan Pitts tried for months to get me to watch the animated Japanese film “Grave of the Fireflies.” I borrowed a copy once before, but the darkness of the story – it follows two children who struggle to survive following the 1945 fire-bombing…
Susan Creed, managing librarian of Spokane Public Library, had asked for any reading lists that might be out there – from teachers or others who might be interested in sharing.She had her own list, too, and here it is. She calls it the …Top 10…
If you have the time, and if you love movies, you may want to click on the embed below. It runs through 100 movies, counting backward from 100 while it offers up that many quotes. If nothing else, it’s quite an experience trying to name…
I wrote Friday’s movie column on a local guy named Scott Roddan who is heading off to the 2007 Cannes Film Festival to help promote the short film that he is one of the stars of. Roddan just sent me the Web site of the…
I went to the opening showing of “Home of the Brave” and ended up liking it. The movie has problems, mostly production flaws caused likely by its low budget, but it does capture the pained lives of returning veterans.The issues the film brings up apply…
If you’re familiar with the term Bollywood, you know that it doesn’t necessarily translate as quality. But as with the film industry situated in Los Angeles, sometimes box-office popularity and art do mix.My sister-in-law, Jean Treuthart, reminded me of that by sending me a link…
Don’t be surprised if “Spider-Man 3” makes a lot of money its first weekend. Boxofficemojo.com reports that the movie, third in the series and directed by Sam Raimi, will open on 4,252 screens, breaking the record for widest release ever. The previous record was 4,223,…
Life is like a movie for Chris Rock. The “I Think I Love My Wife” star is being targeted by a woman who suspects the comedian is the father of her 13-year-old son. Kali Bowyer is asking a Georgia court to require Rock to submit…
A Dan Webster joint, discussing news, notes and everything about movies.
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