by natecooper | Mar 28, 2015 | art, Brooklyn, culture, media, movie reviews, movies, Nate's Thoughts, new york
Photo Credit: Kevin Horan I am a midwestern son. There’s a sequence in the documentary ‘Life Itself’ that suggests that Roger Ebert styled himself as a Chicago journalist in an archetype of public figures like Studs Turkel. He was, for a time, hard drinking and hard...
by natecooper | Sep 10, 2010 | art, culture, movie reviews, nate
Finally got around to Seeing Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? on Netflix streaming and wow what a powerhouse. I had no reason to suspect it wouldn’t be — I believe I haven’t seen a Mike Nichols film I haven’t enjoyed. What was surprising...
by natecooper | Jul 31, 2008 | aesthetics, art, cities, cool, culture, movie reviews, movies
There is a scene (and mind you; spoilers are coming) in the new Batman movie that perfectly captures the zeitgeist of modern America. Two ferries are filled with passengers escaping from Gotham city. One ferry is filled with prisoners from the city jail and the other...
by natecooper | Jul 19, 2008 | cool, culture, movie reviews, politics
Review of Cradle Will Rock Itâs been some time since Iâve seen Cradle Will Rock [IMDB link] but surprisingly Iâm still finding new things in it. Itâs like a strong cup of coffee, well-brewed and with varying textures and flavors. Most of these tinge of...
by natecooper | Jul 3, 2008 | cities, culture, movie reviews, movies, television
The Incredible Hulk [IMDB link] delivers on a lot of personal scores for me. The main point which can not be denied is the homage to the 70s T.V. show. I posted a few weeks ago about the Hulk marathon that the SciFi channel was running and it was fun to reminisce. I...
by natecooper | Mar 29, 2008 | aesthetics, art, cool, culture, movie reviews
While Be Kind Rewind wasn’t the best movie I’ve seen recently — heck its not even the best Gondry film in my opinion — it did strike a cord that’s resonated with me ever since. I keep coming up with new ways of thinking about the film weeks after my first...