Movie Man
When film critic Will Pfeifer isn’t watching movies, he’s reading about movies, talking about movies, thinking about movies or dreaming about movies. Now he shares that unhealthy obsession with you. From Hollywood hits to Japanese obscurities, from Oscar night to the summer season, he’s got movies on the brain — and on this blog.

Archive for June 19th, 2009

More than anything, she wanted to see UP

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Ever since 10-year-old Colby Curtin of Huntington Beach, Calif., saw the previews for UP, she couldn’t wait to see the movie.

But Colby had vascular cancer, meaning she was too weak to make a trip to the theater. Worse, she didn’t have long to live – and almost definitely wouldn’t be alive in the fall, when the movie would arrive on DVD.

Read what happened here.

Video Vault: ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL

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In this week’s Video Vault column, I review the comedy ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL, which arrived in theaters in 2006, failed to impress critics or attract audiences, and quickly faded from view. If you ask me, though, it’s well worth another look — especially if you ever served time in an art class.

Here’s a link to my review…

 And here’s the film’s original trailer (language a bit salty)…


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