May. It’s a Wrap
Posted on May 31, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
One thing I hate about the world of blogging / internet reading: everything disappears so quickly. It’s the newspaper = fish wrap problem only with ‘new media’… same as it ever was. I’m pretty pleased with the way the month went. I finally buckled down and reviewed some damn movies. So herewith, my ten favorite […]
Read More..>>Can you wipe away a soul?
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I’m not exactly a big Joss Whedon fan, though I do like aspects of Firefly (2002-2003) and Serenity (2005), both of which my wife really likes. But I am a big fan of stories about amnesia and various other kinds of memory loss, and the questions such things raise regarding the nature of identity […]
Read More..>>The Ultimate Special Feature: Bid On Behind-the-Scenes Monroe
Posted on May 31, 2008 - Filed Under Classic | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Classics, Fandom
These days, special features and behind-the-scenes featurettes are an expected part of the movie experience. I know I’m not the only one who has held off on buying bare-bones discs, even if I loved the movie (like, oh, Kill Bill). The hows, the whys, and the real people behind the film are […]
Hot Dog
Posted on May 31, 2008 - Filed Under Vintage Movie Highlights | Leave a Comment
Directed (1930) by Zion Myers and Jules White. A married dog and her lover boyfriend and gossip.
Read More..>>Frank Miller Promises ‘The Spirit’ Won’t Be a Return to ‘Sin City’
Posted on May 31, 2008 - Filed Under Action and Adventure | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Action, Classics, Thrillers, Noir, Lionsgate Films, Celebrities and Controversy, Newsstand, Comic/Superhero/Geek
Frank Miller is just blogging like crazy these days. Which is great — I wish everybody I ever wrote about had a blog, because it would make everything ten times easier and more interesting. No conjecture. Straight from the horse’s mouth!
Today, Miller addressed […]
Indie Deals: ‘Gomorra’ to IFC, ‘Buck Howard’ to Magnolia
Posted on May 31, 2008 - Filed Under Comedy | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Comedy, Drama, Deals, Sundance, Cannes, IFC, Magnolia, Distribution, Cinematical Indie
Time to play catch up with a couple of indie distribution deals that were completed during the past few days.
In the warm afterglow of Cannes, IFC Films acquired one more title to add to their stockpile, according to The Hollywood Reporter: Italian crime […]
“Thou Shall Not Pass”
Posted on May 31, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
The Balrog proves no match for Tink’ and Gandalf
…but Nathaniel is allowed to pass into her magic kingdom in just 3 DaysDisneyWorld awaits!
Pensionat Paradiset
Posted on May 31, 2008 - Filed Under Vintage Movie Highlights | Leave a Comment
Directed (1937) by Weyler Hildebrand. Starring Thor Modéen, Maritta Marke, Nils Ericsson and Julia Cæsar. (Swedish language, no English subtitles).
Read More..>>Sorority House
Posted on May 31, 2008 - Filed Under Vintage Movie Highlights | Leave a Comment
Directed (1939) by John Farrow. Starring Anne Shirley, James Ellison, Barbara Read and Pamela Blake.
Read More..>>MTV Spoofs ‘Tropic Thunder’, ‘Spider-Man’, ‘The Matrix Reloaded’, ‘LOTR’ and ‘Titanic 2′
Posted on May 31, 2008 - Filed Under Comedy | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Comedy, Awards, Fandom, Trailers and Clips
So since there’s a little something called The MTV Movie Awards tomorrow night, we thought it might be fun to take a look back at a few of their funnier spoof segments from over the years. Keep in mind there’s literally tons of spoofs from more films than […]
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