Archive · 2007
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It’s a familiar storyline by now: The Internet has put entertainment, as we know it, at a crossroads. Now that people can get music, books, and movies when they want it, how they want it, and for whatever price (or none at all) they wish to pay, the big money… Continue reading
Poor Paul Reubens. Every time someone writes anything about the guy, it always comes back to getting caught jerking off in a movie theater sixteen years ago. If you had caught some of his ejaculate from the porno theater and artificially impregnated a woman… Continue reading
One of the better monster movies of my lifetime, the Korean film The Host is going to be getting a sequel. Sadly, the movie won’t feature director Bong Joon-ho. The Host came and sadly went in the United States a couple of months back, but those who did get… Continue reading
It's time for another thrilling edition of Late to the Party, a column title which I have come to realize is not as original as I first thought. There's some sort of meta-recursive lateness going on behind-the-scenes, here, and it makes my inner ears kinda… Continue reading
Before seeing A Mighty Heart I made a mistake – I thought I knew what to expect from Michael Winterbottom’s new film. I knew that Winterbottom is driven to jump genres, and I assumed that A Mighty Heart was exactly what it was being sold as: a weepy… Continue reading
I was underwhelmed the very first time I saw Sin City. Being unfamiliar with the source material, I had no particular admiration for the seemingly literal presentation of it that Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller provided. I’ve since come to enjoy it to some… Continue reading
News of a new Ben Stiller comedy these days is about as surprising as your next breath. The guy simply will not stop, and because of the sheer volume of his work, he’s more than able to weather a dud or two. You don’t care for a film of his? Or three? Or the… Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: SonyMSRP: $39.95RATED: Not RatedRUNNING TIME: 482 min.SPECIAL FEATURES:• Cast & crew commentaries• Blooper reel• One-Man Newsradio• One-man Newsradio: The Lost Episode The Pitch Baby, have you ever wondered? Wondered… Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: Lions GateMSRP: $34.98RATED: Not ratedRUNNING TIME: 492 minutesSPECIAL FEATURES: • “The Other Side of the Camera” featurette on the directorial debuts of series regulars Chris Bruno and John L. Adams• “A Day With JLA”… Continue reading
I honestly forgot this movie existed. Written and directed by Tony Gilroy, the man who'd rather you consider him the screenwriter of the Bourne movies instead of the brains behind The Cutting Edge, Michael Clayton seems like it should be a year-end prestige… Continue reading
I have generally not been a fan of the American Film Institute's 100 Years 100 Movies series because they a) honor boring mainstream triumphs, b) act as if Samuel Fuller never existed and c) seem more interested in selling DVDs than sparking an interest in… Continue reading
Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, New York, New York, Raging Bull, The King of Comedy, Goodfellas, Cape Fear, Casino and, now, The Winter of Frankie Machine brings the grand total of Martin Scorsese/Robert De Niro director/actor collaborations to nine. That strange… Continue reading
