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13 is just a start. Believe me, there are plenty of horror movies I can happily recommend to you, but I'm going to limit myself to writing about the basics, the barest of necessities. This isn't even necessarily a list of my own personal favorites, although… Continue reading
Reportedly, the BBC's new Sherlock series is what nearly kept Martin Freeman from appearing in The Hobbit, due to scheduling conflicts. I'm so happy that it all worked out, but if it hadn't, it still might have been worth it. I actually feel legitimately… Continue reading
The A.V. Club is reporting that Michael Patrick King, the writer and director of the Sex & The City movies, has somehow wrangled Meryl Streep, Sandra Bullock, and Oprah Winfrey to star in an upcoming project. This is great news for many people, none of… Continue reading
Legend Of The Guardians: The Owls Of Ga'Hoole may not have the smoothest title in the world, but it's absolutely the greatest movie about talking owls in metal helmets that I've ever seen. What, you thought I was making some joke about Legend Of The Guardians… Continue reading
What is it about the Jackass franchise that inspires its more intellectual defenders to get all pretentious about it? Take a minute to read the piece in the Atlantic about Jackass 3D. Or better yet, read my long-winded reply to a colleague who posted an… Continue reading
Last year, the Brooklyn band TV On The Radio released a truly terrific cover version of the song "Heroes" by David Bowie. This year, Peter Gabriel recorded one that's even more stirring still. However, it's probably true that neither version will ultimately… Continue reading
From the time The Social Network was announced as a film straight through until the time I finished watching it for the first time, I couldn't help thinking of my friend Tom from Myspace. Well, we used to be friends. We're not friends anymore. I haven't been… Continue reading
The best praise I can give Easy A is that it can stand without shame alongside Clueless and Mean Girls as a female-friendly high school movie that's just as watchable for guys and just as entertaining for grown-ups. That happens because of a likable lead… Continue reading
Frozen is a killer premise well-executed. Here's how simple it is: Three college students on a ski trip get stranded on a lift, halfway up the mountain. No one knows they're up there. There's nobody around to hear their calls for help. It's too high to jump,… Continue reading
What's in a name? Let's face it, Douchebag is an attention-getting title. It's just short of calling your movie Asshole but getting away with it. That's cool and transgressive and all, but if you're going to pull a stunt like that, the movie that results… Continue reading
Martin Scorsese believes in film preservation because, as he says, even the films which aren't considered great are still worthy as historical documents – they show us how people and places looked in the not-too-distant past, and they suggest what those… Continue reading
Can we talk about costumes for a second? There are many things that I believe make The Town a really satisfying movie, but one of the elements that makes it so convincing is the costume design. And I'm not just talking about the masks: The skull masks used in… Continue reading
