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We had another five-day weekend this past week, what with New Year’s Eve falling on a Wednesday, but the ranking remains the same whether we look at the five-day or the three-day weekend, so for sanity’s sake, I’m gonna stick with the three-day figures… that is, Friday, January 2, through Sunday, January 4: 1. Marley … more…
And so another movie year begins, and it’s time to get back on the hamster wheel of screenings. I was all set to say, “You know, maybe The Unborn (opens wide in the U.S. on January 9, and in the U.K. on February 27) ain’t gonna be so bad after all. Yeah, it looks rather … more…
Stanley Fish has, for some reason, been chosen by The New York Times to name “the 10 best American movies”… ever. Fish is “the Davidson-Kahn Distinguished University Professor and a professor of law at Florida International University, in Miami, and dean emeritus of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois … more…
Oh, the fun I’m having, sending the idiots to the trash bin. I’ve deleted more comments in the last 24 hours than I have in the entire history of this site since it moved to the blog format. I don’t know what happened to make the traffic jump as it has, but I can only … more…
Another new feature, and one you can expect every day Monday through Friday. News stories I missed? Stuff you’d like me to cover? Questions you have for me? Something movie-, TV-, DVD-, or pop culture-related you want to talk about? This is where to do it.
It’s kinda like a Web comic that moves: “Tales of Mere Existence” reminds me of Matt Groening’s “Life in Hell,” only less cheery. Artist and filmmaker Lev Yilmaz, the self-styled “Ambassador to the Alienated,” mopes out online here, where you’ll find more short tidbits of depression and disaffection. Perfect for a postholiday January Monday. via … more…
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… So all through this trailer I’m thinking, Is that Liev Schreiber? And then, at the end, it’s clear that it is. And that is seriously cool. There really is no one our age (he’s two years older than me) who isn’t a comic book geek, is … more…
In my review of Seven Pounds I said this: [W]hat Will Smith(TM) is doing, particularly in the cases of these two of the seven people he is handing a pound of his flesh — either metaphorically or literally — is wildly unethical to the point that any honest version of this movie would end with … more…
Here’s a new daily feature, just a little something to jumpstart conversation. Today: What’s the first movie you remember seeing, the one that’s really stuck with you since, the one that leaps to mind as the first movie that had an impact on you? Depending on your age, you may have seen that movie in … more…
No actor has ever looked less comfortable in a Nazi uniform than Viggo Mortensen does…
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