Untitled Jon Abrams Project #3: Another Great Comedian Gone Too Soon.
RIP Mike DeStefano. Continue reading
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Untitled Jon Abrams Project #2 – Why I Won’t Be Joking About Charlie Sheen.
It's enough already. Continue reading
Untitled Jon Abrams Project #1 – A Last-Minute Rewrite For The Oscars.
Yesteryear’s CHUD blogger returns, to the sound of Mattie Ross clapping. Continue reading
A TRIBUTE: PETE POSTLETHWAITE.
Jon says goodbye to a great face. Continue reading
THE TOP 10 LISTS OF 2010.
There are so many year-end lists on so many sites that it's hard to know who to listen to anymore. Here are the best of the best, those lists that were that much more interesting and taste-making and life-changing than the rest. Naturally, this list of the… Continue reading
JON ABRAMS' 20 FAVORITE MOVIES OF 2010.
You've read a hundred of these lists by now, so let's keep this one real simple. There was only one way to keep this honest, and that was to consider which movies I would most be willing (and eager) to watch again. That made it a lot easier, because as the… Continue reading
FULL DISCLOSURE: ALL THE MOVIES RELEASED IN 2010 I SAW.
Did you get the chance yet to read my top 20 movies of 2010? In it, I was as honest as possible as to which movies stayed with me the most, rather than which movies might make me sound coolest or most sophisticated. But how did I arrive at that list of… Continue reading
SLOW-MOTION QUICK-DRAW #169 – BLACK SWAN (2010).
Process and perception. Those are the two cinematic concepts I kept pondering throughout the entirety of Black Swan. These are two themes that are clearly a focus of director Darren Aronofsky's work to date. When a director becomes an above-the-title auteur,… Continue reading
SLOW-MOTION QUICK-DRAW #170 – TRUE GRIT (2010).
Apparently, for Jeff Bridges, winning the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2009 was just a warm-up exercise for what he was going to get himself up to in 2010. This month he played a good-versus-evil dual role in TRON: Legacy, hosted an irresistible Saturday… Continue reading
YOGI BEAR & THE 10 WORST MOVIES OF 2010.
Didn’t actually see Yogi Bear, to tell the truth. My baby niece wanted to see it for weeks and her happiness is more important than mine, so as soon as we got the chance, I took her to the theater. We bought the popcorn. We sat down. We lasted five minutes.… Continue reading
12 CHRISTMAS MOVIES THAT WON’T DRIVE YOU CRAZY (YET).
Did we get there? Did the miracle happen already? Please don’t get me wrong now: I love the Christmas season. I love holiday cheer. I’m well with that. Anyone who misinterprets me is just plain misjudging. I’m a holiday kind of guy. I just hate repetition.… Continue reading
Slow-Motion Quick-Draw #168 – TRON: Legacy (2010).
TRON: Legacy is the big ocular love affair of 2010. You can bring your brain to the party, but your eyes are gonna get asked to dance first. Don't feel too bad about it. The in-house DJ is going to keep things moving. Everybody gets to go home exhilarated.… Continue reading
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