Eugene Novikov

eugenenovikov I want to see a drama set at the restaurant where Kim Dickens works at the start of TREME S2.

eugenenovikov Is it a bad sign that THE CHERNOBYL DIARIES was written by veterans of The Asylum?

eugenenovikov Missing today's screening of BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD due to a conflict, and skipping today's screening of MIB3, due to fuck that movie.

eugenenovikov But I don't *want* to see a trailer for THE MASTER.

eugenenovikov What Rohmer film should I watch next, nerds? Those were my first two.

eugenenovikov FOUR ADVENTURES OF REINETTE AND MIRABELLE (Rohmer, 1987) (B) This one's good too, despite a slow start; loved the middle two vignettes.

eugenenovikov And it captures a sort of privileged restlessness in a way that hits pretty close to home.

eugenenovikov LE RAYON VERT (Rohmer, 1986) (A-) Wow -- could Rohmer be my way in to the FNW? Because that was totally lovely and enchanting.

eugenenovikov Meantime I'm off to drink tea, watch some Rohmer films, and do a little work.

eugenenovikov Argh, Network Solutions deregistered my domain name, the fuckers. It's fixed, but site might be down for 24 hours or so.

eugenenovikov Or maybe I should start doing that with implausible directors. "I'm off to see the Boaz Yakin!" "Have you seen the new Duguay yet?"

eugenenovikov I still find it jarringly pretentious when people refer to films as "the [name of director]". Punch me in the face if I ever do that.

eugenenovikov PENUMBRA (B-) Peculiar, creepy little Argentinian thriller plays like a threat to visiting Spaniards.

eugenenovikov So, SHERLOCK is a thing that exists.

eugenenovikov I went and wrote about BATTLESHIP a little bit. http://t.co/MeGSJEdi

eugenenovikov Peter Berg delivered a terrific summer flick that got roundly mocked, and then tanked. No need.

eugenenovikov I think my instincts on BATTLESHIP -- that they should have spared themselves the ridicule and ditched the board game concept -- were right.

eugenenovikov And Steve Jablonsky, whose work I've never before noticed, delivers a truly great action movie score.

eugenenovikov BATTLESHIP (B) The summertime spectacle you're looking for; coherent, propulsive, and *fun*. Bite me Whedon.

eugenenovikov PEOPLE LIKE US looks just brutal.

eugenenovikov Okay, BATTLESHIP is happening. Lisa Schwarzbaum may end up owing me 12 bucks.

eugenenovikov (N.b. It's on Spotify.)

eugenenovikov If you're a fan of Clint Mansell's work -- AND YOU ARE -- check out "Leaving Earth" from the Mass Effect 3 soundtrack. PLAY IT LOUD.

eugenenovikov I didn't know Nick Stahl had gone missing. Come back, Nick!

eugenenovikov Justin Bieber seems awful. http://t.co/IAxDpbSc