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my week at the movies: ‘Mister Foe,’ ‘Battle for Seattle,’ ‘Babylon A.D.’
FlickFilosopher.com — [image] Not much. It’s a slowish week leading up to Labor Day weekend. The weather is positively lovely in NYC for the last week of August -- it’s not disgustingly sticky at all, like it usually is -- and yet it still feels like everyone is holding her breath waiting for everything to turn serious again with the arrival of September. So there are few press screenings this week, and even fewer I’m inclined to spend time with. I will check out Mister Foe [opens limited September 5], which intrigues me because many thing British intrigue me. It stars Jamie “ ...

trailer break: ‘Mister Foe’
FlickFilosopher.com — I'm not crazy about Claire Forlani -- she always seems so damn cold to me -- but the presence of the luscious Sophia Myles more than makes up for that. And Jamie Bell is one of the most talented young actors working today. Plus, the whole older woman/younger man thing makes for a refreshing change from the opposite dynamic, which we see waaay too much of. Mister Foe opens limited September 5, though ...

Critics' Picks
Salon — ... avalanches of frosting. More than simply showcasing incompetence -- the inscription that reads "Happy Birthday Aunt Slash Mom," the blue horse that was supposed to be a blue house -- Cake Wrecks celebrates the grand folly, the confection so spectacularly misconceived it creates an envelope of awe. Someone, it seems, really did think up that mound-of-rotting-fish cake, and if that doesn't restore your faith in humanity -- or in something -- I don't know what will. -- Louis Bayard Jamie Bell in "Mister Foe" Jamie Bell, who plays the title character in the new film "Mister Foe," ...