on the impossibility of a female gaze: Richard Corliss on ‘Immortals’
All those buff, nearly naked, totally gorgeous guys in Immortals? Totally gay!
critic buzz
question of the day: Is there room for film criticism on TV anymore?
Roger Ebert says At the Movies must end unless financial backing can be found. How much should we worry that its end means the end of intelligent criticism on TV?
Metropolis Film Critics Circle moves year-end awards announcement to April; 2011 winners will was on-nameding via quantum tunneling
In a shock move that is rocking the Hollywood awards season, the Metropolis Film Critics Circle today revealed that it will haved on-announced its 2011 Best-Ofs on April 1, 2011.
something that almost everybody misunderstands about Rotten Tomatoes
Except for a few of the very biggest critics, the ones Rotten Tomatoes could not do without, we critics ourselves choose our own pullquote and Fresh/Rotten score…
Doctor Who thing of the day: Hulk name ‘Doctor Who’ favorite show ever
Sure, the Hulk usually reviews only movies — “HULK HAVE DEEP AND ABIDING LOVE OF CINEMA” — but he has made an exception and turned to the small screen for our favorite Time Lord, as he explains…
on the unseemly power of those crazy feminist bitches (or not) when it comes to making moves about women
Hollywood doesn’t make feminist movies because Hollywood is not feminist. It’s surprising that anyone should find this surprising.
imagine if I wrote this…
“Comedies with male casts have always been something I avoided. The jokes and the humor are often challenging to someone with ovaries.”
inconsistent embargo ugliness rears its ugly head again with ‘X-Men: First Class’
I have not seen X-Men: First Class yet. I’ll see it tomorrow evening. Right around 24 hours from now, I will have an unbearable urge to send a tweet out to the Net as I emerge from my screening, to let you all know what my inital reaction is. And I will have to strangle that urge in a way that other critics haven’t had to…
question of the day: Should we — films critics and movie lovers alike — include TV movies when we talk about the best movies of the year?
The movie lover in me cheers at the proposition: Hoorah! Let’s celebrate all good movies wherever they appear. But the film critic in me despairs: Damn, I can’t keep up with the theatrical releases, and now I gotta make it a point to see all the major TV-movie premieres, too?
question of the day: What is a fireable offense for a film critic?
What does it take to get fired from a job writing film criticism? Elvis Mitchell — just booted from Movieline — may run the gamut. Or not…
