Skyfall
($39.99 Blu-ray, $29.98 DVD; MGM)
One of the best Bond film openings ever (and a great Adele song) kicks off Skyfall, in which Daniel Craig’s 007 faces a vengeful villain determined to take down M16 and Judy Dench’s M. Javier Bardem’s Silva is a creepy, queer baddie in the classic mold, while possibly-gay cutie Ben Whishaw (Cloud Atlas) is a treat as the new Q. Extras include commentary tracks, making-of featurettes, footage from the film’s London premiere, and more.
@MikeE: I read that and couldn’t get past the ridiculous ego blowjob Lawrence gave himself when he thought of it.
Surprised it didn’t descend into a full rant about how Herzog and Kurosawa on their own are better than anything anyone in the west has ever produced. So I guess he gets kudos for that.
He also scores points for not going on and on about David Lynch.
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“gripping piece of modern neorealism that never condescends or resorts to sentimental Hollywood parlor tricks.”
ROFLMAO
sorry, you mean a film that resorts to all of the crassest of French cinema’s pitiful stereotypes?