Name: David Dylan Thomas
Dateline: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Weblog: www.daviddylanthomas.com [RSS]
Articles: 184
First Published: Tuesday, August 17, 2004
Last Published: Thursday, July 17, 2008
Currently listing articles 184-151:
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Six Reasons The Dark Knight Is So Good That It's Kicking Your Ass Right Now and You're Not Even Watching It Yet— I'm sorry. I can't hear you over the sound of how awesome this movie is.
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Movie Review: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Better Than Temple, Worse Than Crusade— Not an action classic, but still a good time at the movies.
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Movie Review: Iron Man— Everything you've heard is true. Assuming what you've heard involves the film kicking ass.
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Philly Film Fest - Days 11 & 12: All's Well That Ends With Giant Metal Worms— As the fest draws to a close, I find out why one film sold out four times straight.
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Philly Film Fest 2008 - Day 10: Philadelphian Teen— In which I see the film I was most looking forward to at the fest.
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Philly Film Fest 2008 - Day 9: This Is So Not Kicking My Ass— The De Niro and Pacino of kung fu finally meet, but it's no Heat.
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Philly Film Fest 2008 - Day 7: That '90s Movie— In which I display the useless skill of guessing which movie will make a surprise appearance at a film festival.
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Philly Film Fest 2008 - Day 6: The Found Art of Keeping a Secret— With secret power comes an utter lack of responsibility.
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Philly Film Fest 2008 - Days 4 & 5: Yeah, We're Screwed— If every American will shell out $30 grand, we'll take care of that national debt in a jiffy.
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Philly Film Fest 2008 - Day 3: How to Make Movies That Don't Suck— What Pixar's doing right.
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Philly Film Fest 2008 - Days 1 & 2: Geriatric Punk— Senior citizens sing Sonic Youth and Danish gangsters go all Sergio Leone on your ass.
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2008 Philly Film Fest Preview— Shall I go see the doc about the history of vibrators or the horror comedy about mutated sperm? Decisions, decisions.
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Dave's 2008 Oscar Preview - Part Four: No Country for Paul Thomas Anderson— If you're looking for potential upsets, focus on the women...
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Dave's 2008 Oscar Preview: Part Three - Battle of the Really Desolate Depictions of Texas— In which I actually say a Michael Bay film should win an Oscar...
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Dave's 2008 Oscar Preview - Part Two: Kazakhstan Lives for a Day — The Academy sure loves Tim Burton's costumes and sets and even his choice of leading man. Him, not so much.
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Dave's 2008 Oscar Preview - Part One: Iraq vs. Health Care— Michael Moore takes all comers while we try to figure out the difference between sound mixing and sound editing. Again.
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War Crimes: Dave's Top Ten Flicks of '07— Surprisingly, Norbit did not make the cut.
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Movie Review: The Golden Compass— You'd think a movie with armored polar bears could do no wrong, but you'd be wrong.
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Movie Review: No Country for Old Men— It's a fine line between cinema that challenges and cinema that frustrates. This might be both.
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Movie Review: Michael Clayton— Tony Gilroy brings back the dark character study of the '70s with this noir-ish drama.
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Movie Review: Eastern Promises— Cronenberg proves that A History of Violence was no fluke.
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Movie Review: The Bubble— It's two taboos for the price of one!
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Shooter, Black Snake Moan, Dead Silence: Region 1 DVD Releases for June 26, 2007— And now, the end is near. And so I face the final curtain...
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Bridge to Terabithia, Miss Potter, The Powerpuff Girls: Region 1 DVD Releases for June 19, 2007— Hey, did you know that Renee Zellweger was in a movie last year? Neither did anyone else.
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Ghost Rider, Breach, Welcome Back, Kotter: Region 1 DVD Releases for June 12th, 2007— China, Deadwood, music, railroads, and, of course, sex in this month's batch of DVD releases.
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Seinfeld - Season 8, Norbit, The Messengers: Region 1 DVD Releases for June 5, 2007— Some new DVDs, yada, yada, yada, some of them are good.
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Hannibal Rising, The Hawk Is Dying, Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds: Region 1 DVD Releases for May 29th, 2007— Remember a month ago when I said it was a slow week? I didn't know what I was talking aobut.
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Letters From Iwo Jima, Apocalypto, Venus: Region 1 DVD Releases for May 22, 2007— This week, a couple of actors-turned-directors show their wares.
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Pan's Labyrinth, The Fountain, Stomp the Yard Region 1 DVD Releases for May 15th, 2007— This week, Del Toro brings it.
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Catch and Release, Music and Lyrics, Because I Said So: Region 1 DVD Releases for May 8, 2007— It's raining romcoms.
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Dreamgirls, Little Children, Alpha Dog: Region 1 DVD Releases for May 1, 2007— This week, the film everyone thought would win Best Picture until it didn't get nominated for Best Picture.
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The Queen, Night at the Museum, Deja Vu: Region 1 DVD Releases for April 24, 2007— I'll take "TV Shows That Take Place in Ohio" for 100, Alex.
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Philly Film Fest Day Fourteen: In Loving Memory— The fest comes to a close on a bittersweet note.
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Philly Film Fest Day Thirteen: Men on the Moon— Believe it or not, there's never been a better time to think about the moon landing.


