How You Can Help Save the Roseville 4

As you may have read, the Roseville 4 movie theater on Larpenteur Ave is potentially closing down. Rainbow plans to expand into that space.

Save the Roseville 4This has gotten a lot of people worked up on Facebook, where there is a “don’t close the roseville 4!!!” group with 500+ members and a petition you can sign at iPetition.

The petition will be presented to the Roseville City Council on Monday, March 17th, so get your name on the list if you want to keep 2nd run movies on the big screen.

Thanks to Angela for passing along the tip.

Posted February 29th, 2008 under Movies. [ Comments: 3 ]
Turistas Movie Review

I watched Turistas on DVD the other day, and here is my review:

I would not recommend Turistas to anyone who doesn’t like movies that have:

- violence, including fingers being cut of by machetes and organ harvesting
- drug use
- nudity
Turistas- adult language
- adult themes
- bus accidents
- claustrophobic scenes
- drowning situations
- prostitution
- beautiful beaches
- cool waterfalls
- hot chicks

For everyone else, it’s a pretty good waste of 90 minutes.

It’s also probably not a good choice if you’re planning a trip to Brazil anytime soon.

Posted September 18th, 2007 under Movies. [ Comments: none ]
Once is a Great Movie

I’d embed the trailer, but frankly, I think he trailer gives away too much of the movie, so instead I’ll just include a video of a performance by the two main characters while touring for the film in Tempe, Arizona:

More on the movie Once can be found at IMDB.

Posted September 1st, 2007 under Movies. [ Comments: none ]
Video Rental Diversity in Longfellow

In an era when we’re seeing extreme specialization in Minneapolis businesses to the point of having both “Irish places with a European touch” and “British Isles style taverns” it’s kind of refreshing to see a few businesses hanging onto more generalist principals.

For example, Video Lease on East Lake St is promoting the fact that they offer Adult AND Regular movies:

Adult & Regular Movies

So you can skip the trip to the purist Blockbuster on your way back from Sex World. Get ‘er done in one stop at Video Lease.

Posted August 17th, 2007 under Longfellow, Minneapolis, Movies, Porn. [ Comments: 4 ]
Jeff Gives ‘Sicko’ and A-

Jeff seems to know something about reviewing movies. First, he gets paid to do it, so someone thinks he’s good enough at it to warrant compensation. But more importantly, I tend to agree with his reviews. With that in mind, he gave Sicko an A- review, and included a few actor performance reviews in his review at Beep Central:

‘Sicko’ an unsettling look at health care system

Michael Moore: Less is Moore. When people think of this man, an image of him thrusting a mic into the face of a CEO is typical. But he’s rarely seen until the end and it pays off in this film.
Grade: B+

George W. Bush: He’s barely in it, with the focus of this film rarely about Democrats and Republicans, but when the President does show up, it’s good for a laugh … typically at his expense.
Grade: A-

Have you seen it yet? I started watching it last night before I realized it was midnight and had a running date with Kyle at 7am.

Posted July 3rd, 2007 under Movies, Sicko. [ Comments: none ]
Bicycle Film Festival Coming to Minneapolis

This looks cool:

Bicycle Film Festival

THE BICYCLE FILM FESTIVAL IS IN MINNEAPOLIS JULY 6-8!!!
ONLINE TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE, GET A FESTIVAL PASS!!!

The Bicycle Film Festival (BFF), complete with complimentary valet bike parking, kicks off on July 6, 2006 with screenings at the Riverview Theater, Bell Museum Auditorium and The Soap Factory.

If I went to one movie, it would be “A Sunday in Hell.” The shows at the Bell Museum look pretty cool. The History of BMX could be fun.

Posted April 17th, 2007 under Minneapolis, Movies, biking. [ Comments: none ]
The Flying Scotsman

This looks like the best biking movie since Breaking Away:


Posted April 8th, 2007 under Movies, biking. [ Comments: 1 ]
Slow Food Movement Film Festival This Saturday

I’m going to try to check this out on Saturday:

Slow Food MN

Slow Food International Film Festival
Saturday, March 24
4 p.m to approximately 6:30 p.m.
University of Minnesota, St. Paul Student Center
2017 Buford Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55108. Click here for map >>

Great short films about food. Each one was selected for the Slow Food on Film Festival by an international jury of Slow Food leaders, actors, directors and journalists. Sponsored by Slow Food Minnesota, University of Minnesota Nutrition Major (in the Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health), Crossroads Resource Center, Edible Twin Cities and the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture.

Posted March 22nd, 2007 under Movies. [ Comments: none ]
Newest Netflix User

Maybe I’m late to the party on this, but better late than never. I’m on Netflix now. If you are too, let’s connect. Why? I don’t know why just yet, so let’s find out.

Posted February 26th, 2007 under Movies, Netflix. [ Comments: 1 ]
Helvetica, The Movie Coming to the Walker

This movie looks great for people who are into fonts. It’s coming to the Walker on May 31st, according to Garrick Van Buren.

Posted February 25th, 2007 under Movies. [ Comments: 3 ]

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