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Fred Claus Vince Vaughn is Santa’s wisecracking, screwup of a brother who crashes the North Pole just before Christmas and makes himself generally unwelcome. No, seriously: that’s what the movie is about. Honestly, no kidding. (my review is here) Lions for Lambs Senator Tom Cruise has the solution for fixing the Middle East! He lost … more…
The Writers Guild of America — the people who first create the television shows and the movies that you love — are on strike. They’re on strike because the networks and the studios treat them like shit, treat them like their contribution is incidental to the production of shows and films that fine people like … more…
A moment in time A smooch, a scream, a si-igh Film infinity
How do you solve a problem like America? Where do you even start? Everything — the war, the demagoguery, the blanket repeal of civil liberties, the whole big mess — seems so entrenched and so intertwined that it’s paralyzing. I’m so hopeless these days that things will ever get better, to the point where I’m not sure I can take yet more rehashing of the fiasco.
It’s got… something, this silly flick that’s just a little bit profound in its goofiness, this wonderland of schtick that touches on the dark flipside of all the ho-ho-ho and enforced jolliment of the Holiday Season(TM).
To read? Not to read? Based on the bestselling book! The film stands alone…
Music Within A few weeks back I was all hot ’n’ bothered over the prospect of seeing two new movies in one week starring Ron Livingston. So you can imagine how much infinitely more, ahem, interesting it was when I managed to snag an interview with him about those films. Yes, interesting is the word. … more…
“It’s just a movie.” We movie critics here that a lot, usually when we’re being exhorted to relax, turn our brains off, stop overthinking things, and simply enjoy ourselves. But sometimes a movie isn’t just a movie, and isn’t intended merely for our entertainment. That’s obvious, sometimes, when we’re talking about activist documentaries like two … more…
I know, I know… Look, um, it’s an experiment, see. I’m, er, trying to see how long I can go without posting new Doctor Who and Torchwood stuff before the Doctor shows up in the TARDIS to bring me back in time so I can post stuff on time and change history and no one’s … more…
My weekly recap of the new episode of Heroes is over on Film.com. How ’bout that Kensei dude, eh? Comment here if you like…
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