Sam Rockwell
Dear Hollywood, More Sam Rockwell Please!
Choke, based on the Chuck Palahniuk novel, opens in theaters this weekend and it's already getting some, ahem, mixed reviews but we, for one, kinda enjoyed it! This is due in part to our deep and abiding love for the film's star Sam Rockwell. We think it started with 2000's Charlie's Angels (which we happened to revisit on TV the other night and enjoyed his dancing bad guy-ness all over again). We know we're not alone, either: Mr. Rockwell was picked to star in George Clooney's directorial debut, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and was truly excellent in Matchstick Men, read more »
Gag Time
Choke
89 minuted
Written and Directed by Clark Gregg
Starring Sam Rockwell, Kelly Macdonald, Anjelica Huston, Brad William Henke, Joel Grey
I don’t know what to tell you about a dismal bucket of nauseating swill called Choke, except to warn that if you spend hard-earned money to sit through it, you deserve to do exactly what the title implies. Based on a novel by Chuck Palahniuk, the loony Oregon-based author of such literary horrors as Fight Club and the nauseating Snuff, Choke sets out with only one mindless purpose—to outrage, alienate and confuse readers and viewers alike. Directed and adapted from an unreadable book by an actor named Clark Gregg, who has been watching entirely too many noxious Charlie Kaufman flicks, it pretends to be about the lost world of sex addicts, but it’s not really about anything except how to make a movie with no lasting value. read more »
Enough Dark Knight Stories Already! Okay?
We find it hard to believe that Summer will draw to a close this weekend. Normally we're a bit melancholy at this time of year; it must be the remnants of our youth, when seeing Jerry Lewis' annual Labor Day Telethon on Channel 9 meant the school year was just around the corner.
This year however, we can't wait for Summer to end! Once it's over, maybe, just maybe, we won't have to read any more stories about The Dark Knight.
Don't get us wrong; we loved The Dark Knight. It was a wholly satisfying and towering achievement, flaws and all (the day Christopher Nolan figures out how to finish a movie will be a good one for filmgoers. read more »
Heavenly Feature
SNOW ANGELS
Running time 106 minutes
Written by David Gordon Green and Stewart O’Nan
Directed by David Gordon Green read more »
Yassky Staffer Leaves for Rock Tour
Here is David Yassky spokesman Sam Rockwell, who is leaving the Council payroll to go on tour with his band, The XYZ Affair. I asked Rockwell, who plays drums and provides backup vocals, if working in politics has ruined his cred in the music scene--both he and Yassky weigh in. read more »
Take a Bow, George Clooney: Who Knew You Could Direct?
