Welcome to The Special Edition. CHILDREN OF MEN The best movie released last year was Children of Men. No offense to Oscar winner The Departed and no offense to Pan’s Labyrinth for it’s cinematography award, but Children of Men was my number one pick in both of those categories. The fact that it was not … Continue reading
Welcome to The Special Edition. ROCKY BALBOA When they announced they were making a sixth Rocky movie, people were laughing. Critics were quick to jump in and say that Stallone was too old, the story was dead in the water and the movie’s announcement was the worst news since they announced James Bond would be … Continue reading
Welcome to The Special Edition. CASINO ROYALE I’m just going to come right out and say it. Casino Royale was one of the best James Bond movies ever. I said, “one of the …” so give me some kind of break for that. The James Bond franchise had become a parody of itself over the … Continue reading
Welcome to The Special Edition. I apologize for last week’s half ass column. Things just got a little crazy here and I didn’t have enough time to give you the quality that I strive to offer each and every week. I plan on making up for it this week. Before I get into the week’s … Continue reading
Welcome to The Special Edition. I have had a crazy week, so I’ll just get this column out with little to no hoopla. Stranger Than Fiction Will Ferrell performed a song at the Oscars about comedy actors not getting any notice when it comes to Oscar time. The song was quite brilliant. Here, he makes … Continue reading
Time for another Special Edition. Look’s like I am up to column number five – a full month into this. Hope you are all enjoying it so far because it’s costing me a lot of money, with me seeing everything coming out and buying everything I can as a result. Ah well, not much else … Continue reading
Welcome to The Special Edition. I have a small rant. I always like to get the best version of the movies that are available. If there are two versions of a movie, I want the one with the best (and most) extra features. I want commentary tracks and deleted scenes. More than that, I want … Continue reading
Welcome to another Special Edition. We’ve got quite a few titles to look at this week, so let’s get right to it. FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS Director Clint Eastwood was nominated for Best Director and Best Picture at this year’s Oscars. He won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Picture as well. All these … Continue reading
Welcome to another Special Edition. This is my second column and is a little more of what you should expect to see from now on. We start with this week’s new releases, including the definitive edition of The Passion of the Christ and the release of the great Pedro Almodovar box set. Each week, the … Continue reading
Well, Newell got caught up in his day job [Note from Nick: I love you, Newell Todd!] and was not able to continue writing Special Edition, so I’m the new kid on the block who will be taking over the column. I can’t match Newell’s wit but I hope to bring you something different, while … Continue reading