Saturday, February 23, 2008

SMYT #22: Black Activists: Killer of Sheep, Life Support, the Great Debaters.





Killer of Sheep
dir: Charles Burnett starring: Henry G. Sanders, Kaycee Moore, Charles Bracy, Angela Burnett.

Life Support dir: Nelson George starring: Queen Latifah, Anna Deavere Smith, Wendell Pierce, Rachel Nicks, Evan Ross, Gloria Reuben.

the Great Debaters dir: Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker, Nate Parker, Denzel Whitaker, Jurnee Smollett, Jermaine Williams.


Notes/Corrections:

  • Erin will be live-blogging the Oscars at Greencine.
  • the Great Debaters was nominated for a Golden Globe but did not win.

Monday, February 18, 2008

SMYT #21: Erin's Birthday episode: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Shock Corridor, All That Jazz.





What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? dir: Robert Aldrich starring: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Maidie Norman.

Shock Corridor dir: Samuel Fuller starring: Peter Breck, Constance Towers, Hari Rhodes, James Best.

All That Jazz dir: Bob Fosse starring: Roy Scheider, Jessica Lange, Leland Palmer, Ben Vereen, Ann Reinking, Leland Palmer.

Notes/Corrections

  • See also: Cathy's Birthday episode.

Sunday, February 10, 2008

SMYT #20: Fathers and Sons: There Will Be Blood, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, 3:10 to Yuma (2007).





SPOILER WARNING: All reviews contain spoilers.

There Will Be Blood dir: Paul Thomas Anderson starring: Daniel Day Lewis, Paul Dano.

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead dir: Sydney Lumet starring: Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei, Albert Finney, Amy Ryan.

3:10 to Yuma dir: James Mangold starring: Christian Bale, Russel Crowe, Ben Foster, Gretchen Mol, Peter Fonda.

Sunday, February 3, 2008

SMYT #19: End of the World: Cloverfield, I Am Legend, On the Beach.





Cloverfield dir: Matt Reeves starring: Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas, T.J. Miller, Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel.

I Am Legend dir: Francis Lawrence starring: Will Smith, Alice Braga, Dash Mihok.

On the Beach dir: Stanley Kramer starring: Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Anthony Perkins, Fred Astaire, Donna Anderson.