Body of Ember (Weekly Links)

Links to my reviews for The Herald this week:

Body of Lies.

City of Ember.

The Exiles.

Rachel Getting Married.

What We Do is Secret.

The Grocer’s Son.

I talk with KUOW’s Jeremy Richards about revivals of The Godfather and Anatomy of a Murder; listen here.

And I talk with Nancy Guppy on the Seattle Channel’s “Art Zone in Studio,” about The Exiles and the DVD release of OSS:117 – Nest of Spies. Watch here.

Movie Diary 10/7/2008

What We Do is Secret (Rodger Grossman, 2007). The story of punk heroes The Germs–but I can’t help thinking that if you’ve seen The Glenn Miller Story, you’ve already seen it. (full review 10/10)

City of Ember (Gil Kenan, 2008). At least it didn’t cost as much as The Golden Compass. (full review 10/10)

Cafe Metropole (Edward H. Griffith, 1937). Grinding comedy in Paris, with only the crack professionalism of Adophe Menjou surviving unscathed. Ty Power and Loretta Young both look like things that haven’t quite formed yet, but photogenic nonetheless, which isn’t enough to provide life support.