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Welcome to a new The Special Edition. After last week’s column was filled with prestigious releases, including three sought after Criterion releases, this week we get a lot of fluff. From crap like The Cleaner, to popcorn offerings Night at the Museum and… Continue reading
Welcome to a new The Special Edition. Beginning with this column, I am going to be making some changes as I go, trying to mold the column into something unique to my style. Newell changed things up when he was here to differentiate his column from that of… Continue reading
Welcome to The Special Edition. Straight to the column this week. PAYBACK: STRAIGHT UP (DIRECTOR’S CUT) When Payback was released, I remember hearing more about Mel Gibson and Brian Helgeland clashing and Gibson pretty much taking the movie out of Helgeland’s… Continue reading
Welcome to The Special Edition. This is my 12th column, and I’m pretty proud that as much as I procrastinate, I have not missed a week since taking over this little spot on the website. Here's to the next twelve columns. I’ll go ahead and take the time here… Continue reading
Welcome to The Special Edition. CHILDREN OF MEN The best movie released last year was Children of Men. No offense to Oscar winner The Departed and no offense to Pan’s Labyrinth for it’s cinematography award, but Children of Men was my number one pick in both… Continue reading
Welcome to The Special Edition. ROCKY BALBOA When they announced they were making a sixth Rocky movie, people were laughing. Critics were quick to jump in and say that Stallone was too old, the story was dead in the water and the movie’s announcement was the… Continue reading
Welcome to The Special Edition. CASINO ROYALE I’m just going to come right out and say it. Casino Royale was one of the best James Bond movies ever. I said, “one of the …” so give me some kind of break for that. The James Bond franchise had become a parody of… Continue reading
Welcome to The Special Edition. I apologize for last week’s half ass column. Things just got a little crazy here and I didn’t have enough time to give you the quality that I strive to offer each and every week. I plan on making up for it this week. Before I… Continue reading
Welcome to The Special Edition. I have had a crazy week, so I’ll just get this column out with little to no hoopla. Stranger Than Fiction Will Ferrell performed a song at the Oscars about comedy actors not getting any notice when it comes to Oscar time. The… Continue reading
Time for another Special Edition. Look's like I am up to column number five – a full month into this. Hope you are all enjoying it so far because it's costing me a lot of money, with me seeing everything coming out and buying everything I can as a result. Ah… Continue reading
Welcome to The Special Edition. I have a small rant. I always like to get the best version of the movies that are available. If there are two versions of a movie, I want the one with the best (and most) extra features. I want commentary tracks and deleted… Continue reading
Welcome to another Special Edition. We’ve got quite a few titles to look at this week, so let’s get right to it. FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS Director Clint Eastwood was nominated for Best Director and Best Picture at this year’s Oscars. He won the Golden Globe for… Continue reading
