A MOVIE LOVER

"Vincent Will Meer" stands for "Vincent Wants to Sea" , which in my opinion, first of all, could use an action verb in the title of the movie - perhaps "go" or "see"? Germans have been very, very good filmmakers in the past few years. Aside from the Deutschen black and white films, like The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), they've been known for solid films - although, during Nazi times, the filmmakers were too occupied shooting documentaries about Hitler...

I must admit, there are certain actors on this planet, whose films I would see regardless of a plot and/or level of my tolerance for a disguise. It does not matter if these actors would be eating vomit or have sex with a goat - I just know that not matter what they'd do in a movie, they'd do it it superbly. Among such actors - the actors, whose work I greatly admire - are Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Cate Blanchet, and Tom Hanks. Tom Hanks was one of the reasons I went to see Larry Crowne , and not on an opening night, not even on the next day - due to the fact that I have a pretty good natural intuition for a good vs. bad movie. I felt  from the very first day of its promotion that this movie would not live up to the hype. And it didn't, even despite the fact that it had Julia Roberts and Tom Hanks in it - ones of the most respected, great actors working in Hollywood today. Their acting couldn't even save the poorly-written, cheesy plot.

There is not a better way to feel good about the national traditional press than seeing what's happening at one of the most prominent respected newspaper in the country. There is not a better way for a journalist to feel good about his/her job than seeing what goes into a real hard-core journalistic work at a newspaper that's "produced" some of the best journalists in the country. If you agree, than you, as myself, looked forward to the release of "Page One: Inside The New York Times" - a documentary about the newspaper and the people who put it together.

Don't blame him for wanting to be in front of the people. It's his nature. He was born to do stand-up, even when he's soaking wet, giving autographs, and answering to the press - as much as he is complaining about of all the attention and overwhelming love from his fans, Conan O'Brian loves it! The documentary "Conan O'Brian Can't Stop" reveals the true nature and personality of the popular late night talk-show host Conan O'Brian with all the good, bad and the ugly. For the ones who does not know, last year Conan O'Brian, promoted to take the spot of the no less popular talk-host J ay Leno , who retired to a different time slot, was then fired by NBC because of ceasing ratings. O'Brian took a $45 million cut and agreed not to appear on TV for six months, while Jay Leno resumed his former time slot position of late night talk-host of 'The Tonight Show'.

I finally saw it - the film "Beginners", just in time to beat the crowd that has been just finishing up seeing Woody Allen’s “Midnight in Paris” – the latest melodrama from the director who refuses to do any main stream blockbusters and staying true to the old school cinematography. (The show has been solidly sold out for the past two weeks in DC….)

When I walked in the E Street Cinema today to see a movie, I had two choices - to see The Trip or The Beginners, both movies received raving reviews from the American movie critics. So, when I have a choice of two, I usually get a second opinion - from the guys at the register, who, sometimes, see a movie before anyone else does in the city. This is what they said: "The Beginners is a good movie, very funny...and there is a talking dog in the movie..." "But The Trip is even better..." And that made up my mind and I went to see The Trip and.... I've made a great decision. First of all, I must admit, I'm a big fan of British movies. UK does not make many films - at least not like the Hollywood machine. They make just a few, and out of those few, only one or two make it across the border, and when they do - they impress the hell out of international audience... The Trip is a road-movie that combines some of the best elements of the British cinema - great...

 People who choose to either miss movie trailers and/or do not pay attention to them before a movie they came to see starts, miss a lot. I can't stress enough of how important it is to watch the trailers to see what's coming next in your neighborhood. Most often we miss trailers on TV. Most often we don't read the movie ads in print press. Most often we tune out of a radio film ad...Movie trailers in movie theaters - are most often the only times we can actually see what's coming out. Even more - we can feel the reaction of the crowd in the theater to estimate if a movie would be 'liked' or 'not liked' by the crowd. Moreover, if you are like me - a sucker for foreign, independent and art-house films, there are 99% chance that the only way you'd find out about a new foreign film - is through the movie trailers at a theater. Unfortunately, due to the Hollywood's overproduction of the films, there are not many films that are making it to USA f...