I have, on occasion, written about how much I hate nostalgia. People who engage in constant stroking of their nostalgia nerves strike me as feeble at best, blazingly immature at worst, and most likely massively unhappy with their lives today. With that in mind I must come to you with a confession: minutes ago I … Continue reading
Where the author tells you of the many things out there that make him want to become a master thief with an exceptionally large basement to hoard the myriad material things worth owning and loving. Installment One.Installment Two.Installment Three.Message Board Discussion. Good day. The love of consumption is a shameful yet glorious thing as evidenced … Continue reading
BUY IT AT AMAZON: CLICK HERE!STUDIO: ParamountMSRP: $17.99RATED: PG-13RUNNING TIME: 96 minutesSPECIAL FEATURES:• Creating the Best Next Thing featurette• Visualizing the Next Move featurette• The Next Grand Idea featurette• Two Minutes in the Future With Jessica Biel featurette The Pitch Everybody wants a piece of Nicolas Cage because he can see into the future…which doesn’t … Continue reading
Half fish-out-of-water procedural, half revenge film, Peter Berg’s The Kingdom is essentially a glowering remake of Beverly Hills Cop that works quite well whenever it’s de-emphasizing theme in favor of narrative convention. Exploiting Western/Saudi hostility for investigative suspense and one prolonged, expertly staged action sequence that ably blends the ground-level ferociousness of a Michael Mann … Continue reading
HUDSON HAWK The underappreciated Bruce Willis action/comedy Hudson Hawk will be released in a special edition on November 20. The movie follows Hudson Hawk (Willis) and his partner Tommy Five-Tone (Danny Aiello) as they are blackmailed by BOTH the CIA and a local mafia family (headed by Frank Stallone). The movie, hated by many because … Continue reading
While we’re all getting caught up in a the best fall movie season in eight years (completely unexpected), it’s important to remember that a number of the big December heavy-hitters have yet to screen for anyone: e.g. Mike Nichols’s Charlie Wilson’s War, Marc Forster’s The Kite Runner and Paul Thomas Anderson’s There Will Be Blood … Continue reading
In this day and age it’s unusual to find a really arresting opening credit sequence. It’s even more unusual to find one as powerful and information-packed as the opening of The Kingdom. The new film from Peter Berg, which I loved, opens tomorrow, but you can head over to Yahoo! and see the first four … Continue reading
Can the Farrelly Brothers recapture the raunchy popularity of There’s Something About Mary? Can they do for pussy farts what they did for semen in the hair? They’re certainly giving it a try in The Heartbreak Kid, which I understand is just as – if not more – down and dirty as Mary. Here’s a … Continue reading
David Duchovny is off doing the press rounds for the DVD release of his latest movie, The TV Set, and during his travels he met up with the good people of Moviehole and spoke about the future of The X-Files. As you may know if you’ve ever turned on the internet, a sequel to The … Continue reading
Well, Master Chief did it. For those who remember when Halo 2 was released, Microsoft claimed that it was the biggest event in entertainment history, ever, since the beginning of humanity. It made $125 million in just 24 hours, besting the previous title-holder (I guess?) the original Pirates of the Caribbean. Spider-man 3 swooped down … Continue reading