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I get these emails all the time: Joe or Jane Bloe is absolutely indignant, can’t believe that I have not seen The Best Movie Evar, which just coincidentally also happens to be Joe or Jane’s most favoritest movie, too. Joe or Jane made this determination — that I haven’t seen this film — because there’s … more…
Two deliberately cheesy movies offered with a wink and a nudge and a whopping dollop of love and nostalgia.
I’m still plugging away over at Film.com, at least twice a day. Recent stuff you may have missed: • the new and improved TiVo This! • I preview Wednesday movie releases • I take on a promo for Fox’s new TV series Drive • British SF fans vote for Serenity as best SF film evah … more…
Forget a plague of boils — how about a plague of boredom followed by a plague of oh-my-god-is-it-really-this-bad-for-women-in-Hollywood?
Whew!
WHY IS THIS THE BEST FILM OF THE YEAR?: When you see more than 200 movies every year, you see the same stories and the same characters over and over and over again, and the capacity of a film to surprise becomes infinitely more important. No film astonished and delighted — and surprised — me … more…
WHY IS THIS ONE OF THE BEST FILMS OF THE YEAR?: Even moreso than the TV version of Borat pushed TV boundaries, this film challenges our perceptions of what a film can do, what a film should do. In an arena in which art is necessarily secondary to commerce, Sacha Baron Cohen proved that making … more…
WHY IS THIS ONE OF THE BEST FILMS OF THE YEAR?: Current culture-wide fears and neuroses get transferred to a horrifying dystopian near future, and in the process, force us to recognize and reconsider how those fears and neuroses are at play in the here and now. For all its science-fictional setting and premise, this … more…
WHY IS THIS ONE OF THE BEST FILMS OF THE YEAR?: The remarkable combination of intense, intricate intellectualism and warm, grounded human emotion is so rare, and cause for celebration when it comes along. I can’t remember the last time I was so deeply affected by a film that so tickled my brain. BUT IT … more…
WHY IS THIS ONE OF THE BEST FILMS OF THE YEAR?: A cast and crew at the absolute top of their games — including some you never thought could play in this league — create a tough, gritty, funny, thrilling, pure-popcorn adrenaline rush. Movies that are Important and Meaningful and have Something To Say are … more…
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