“Ready to start filming Mr. Stone.” This week drums something up in me every year where I need to start feeling like a patriot. Regardless of what side you sit on in the current situation in the middle east, you cannot argue that we all are in great need of a patriotic shot in … Continue reading
Below is the link to a very fascinating article written by everyone’s favorite dumpy Brit, Christopher Hitchens. He chronicles his experience with being waterboarded. Voluntarily, of course. Article (with link to video) We may complain about Hitchens and his attitude sometimes but he went under a bucket of water to show everyone else what it … Continue reading
The Wackness is one of those films that sort of sneaks up on you while you watch it. I went into the screening at the LA Film Festival fully aware of all the accolades it’s been receiving since its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival back in January (where it won the Audience Award). As … Continue reading
Here’s another one of my wackadoo theories: Sometimes the suits have a point. Discount this theory if you like, but there’s a reason why so many movies come out with soul-crushingly generic titles. The shorter and easier to pronounce, the more comfortable it makes most people. Speaking as a guy whose favorite movie is The … Continue reading
The best movie theater in the entire world, The New Beverly Cinema, will be hosting a two week festival of films programmed by Oscar award winning superstar DIABLO CODY. This is the fourth in the theater’s guest programming series, following Edgar Wright, Eli Roth and Joe Dante. MONDO DIABLO will run from July 11-24, with … Continue reading
In the midst of Devin’s post today delivering the good news about the recently uncovered footage from the original cut of Metropolis, he mentioned briefly the Marx Brothers picture Humor Risk. This short film is a great source of speculation and interest for hardcore Marx fans. You may have noticed that when I did my series … Continue reading
If you’ve been reading any movie news or blogs you’ve probably read someone gushing about the new film The Wackness. It stars Josh Peck of Disney’s Drake and Josh, Ben Kingsley, Olivia Thirlby and Famke Jenssen (?). Taking place in 1994 and with a soundtrack consisting of the “new” artist Notorious B.I.G. among other rap … Continue reading
In every orphan’s life there comes a time to search for roots. It’s a matter of natural curiosity, like how every hot girl eventually needs to kiss another hot girl. No one can fight human nature. Superman in particular gets his little ass whipped by it on a fairly regular basis. I hate emotions. Emotions … Continue reading
This week’s a relatively light column. Too many other deadlines looming, on top of which I’m getting ready to move to Portland for a month and a half, so I’ve got an apartment to get in order. Next week I hope to address this business of the “new classics” that Entertainment Weekly’s so excited about. … Continue reading
I learned a lot from Wall-E this weekend. For one, there’s no reason to ever pay for snacks at a movie theater when the Wal-Mart down the street has a seven-foot-tall steel cage full of eighty-eight cent movie candy. I loaded up on Cookie Dough Bites, Nerds, and off-brand Goobers, then bought a cooler on … Continue reading