what he said: Patrick Goldstein at The Big Picture…
…on The Social Network as such a dramatic contrast to the appalling quality of most Hollywood big-screen scriptwriting these days…
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trailer break: ‘My Soul to Take’
Just find any old quote from any old musty book that alludes to death, have someone read it over some footage of foggy woods, with some plinking excuse for music on the soundtrack…
question of the day: So, why Superman, anyway?
How can Zack Snyder and Christopher Nolan make Superman relevant for today? What would a Supeman for the 2010’s look and feel like?
trailer break: ‘Secretariat’
Nice horsie. Pretty horsie. Fast horsie.
cinematic roots of: ‘The Social Network’
In The Social Network, Jesse Eisenberg invents Facebook in his Harvard dorm room, only to have all his friends and enemies sue him claiming he stole their ideas. This flick sprang from (among other films)…
cinematic roots of: ‘Let Me In’
In Let Me In, a child vampire (Chloe Grace Moretz) befriends a child nonvampire (Kodi Smit-McPhee) and violence and bloodshed ensues. This flick sprang from (among other films)…
cinematic roots of: ‘Case 39’
In Case 39, Renee Zellweger plays a social worker who rescues a child (Jodelle Ferland) from abusive parents only to discover that perhaps it was the demon child who was abusing her guardians. This flick sprang from (among other films)…
trailer break: ‘Stone’
What o what would we make movies about if men were able to keep their pants zipped?
cinematic roots of: ‘Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps’
In Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) returns to slime his adorably retro evil high finance all over a new generation of hotshot young MBAs, including Shia LaBeouf. This flick sprang from (among other films)…
cinematic roots of: ‘The Virginity Hit’
In The Virginity Hit, a meanspirited teenaged boy documents — for YouTube and the whole world to see — his supposed best friend’s humiliating attempts to lose his virginity. This flick sprang from (among other films)…
