Duncan Jones

See It or Skip It: Moon

Friday June 12, 2009

Tags: Duncan Jones, Moon, Sam Rockwell, See it or Skip it, Sundance

Duncan Jones' Sundance hit Moon, featuring an outstanding performance by Sam Rockwell, pays homage to some of the best films of the 60s and 70s while forging a path entirely its own.

Behind the Scenes of Moon

June 12, 2009 at 12:30am PST

Tags: Behind the Scenes, Duncan Jones, Moon, Sam Rockwell, Tony Scott

Vast and vacuous; that was the void Duncan Jones discovered when he set out to make his directorial debut, Moon, starring Sam Rockwell. The movie pays homage to the films writer-director Jones and Rockwell watched and loved as children of the 1970s.

“Outland, Silent Running, Alien; these were films I remembered growing up and Sam remembers and we were talking about when we had a meeting about three years ago” Jones, scruffy and excitable, recalls.

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See It or Skip It: Moon

June 12, 2009 at 12:27am PST

Tags: Duncan Jones, Kevin Spacey, Moon, Sam Rockwell, See it or Skip it

Duncan Jones directorial debut, Moon, is, like its namesake, mesmerizing, stunning, haunting, illuminating and mysterious. A throwback to 70s-style science fiction films like Outland with a dash of 2001, star Sam Rockwell turns in a virtuoso performance which moves from brash, aggressive space cowboy to a slowly disintegrating permutation of Dustin Hoffman’s Ratzo Rizzo in Midnight Cowboy.

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Law Abiding Citizen See It or Skip It

F. Gary Gray's latest effort, Law Abiding Citizen, starring Jamie Foxx and Gerard Butler, is a knockout! Exhilirating, wry and breathcatchingly paced, it's a stellar accomplishment for everyone involved. Hell yeah you should see it!

The Boys Are Back See It or Skip It

Scott Hicks, the director of Shine, and Clive Owen teamed up for this gloriously beautiful if underwhelming project. It's not that it's bad, it's just not that memorable and with such supreme talent attached, I was hoping for and expecting a lot more.

Jennifer's Body See it or Skip it

Oh, Diablo Cody, why'd you have to do it? I love you so long...and then you made this. Megan Fox does what she always does, she looks hot. At least there's that. Sophmoric, unfunny and obsessively idiosyncratic, it's a painful movie going experience.

See It or Skip It: World's Greatest Dad

Chocolate and peanut butter. Spaghetti and meatballs. Bobcat Goldthwait and profanity. Two great tastes that taste great together. Gone is the Bobcat of the Police Academy movies and in his stead is a fantastic writer-director who's able to orchestrate the most brilliantly, hilarious vulgarity imaginable. World's Greatest Dad is a fantastic dark comedy (very dark) that features Robin Williams' best performance since Good Will Hunting. See it!