For the discussion of film
Max von Sydow seems to be the biggest snub of ’73, as he’s the only choice (besides Best Cast) to get more than 10 votes. He had 15 in Best Snubbed Supporting Actor, more than double closest competitor Christopher Lee. … Continue reading Snubby Awards: 1973 Results/1972 Voting
Still want to talk about Star Wars but want to avoid raising the ire of those in the open thread? Well have I got a thread for you! It’s, uh, this one right here. Continue reading All-Purpose Star Wars Thread: Solo and Beyond
Welcome to my weekly discussion of the animated films of the Walt Disney Studio. I’m proceeding mostly chronologically. The title comes from a quote from Walt, “I never called my work an ‘art’ It’s part of show business, the … Continue reading Building Entertainment: The Animated Films of the Walt Disney Studio. Atlantis: The Lost Empire
YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (from Box Office Mojo): Ocean’s 8 Solo: A Star Wars Story Deadpool 2 Hereditary Avengers: Infinity War With $41.5M, Ocean’s 8 made a little bit more this weekend than each of its main characters do, which … Continue reading Box Office: June 8 – 10, 2018
NOTE: This review will contain some mild spoilers. This, I feel, will be a place where I can explore some of the themes of the film without spoiling any of its surprises. I want this to be a review specifically … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Hereditary (2018)
It’s time for another round of Muppet Casting, where we take a famous movie and ask, if Jim Henson’s Muppets made their own version of it (in the vein of The Muppet Christmas Carol and Muppet Treasure Island), which Muppets … Continue reading Muppet Casting: Arrested Development
I know I’m not the only one who needs a spoiler space for this movie. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK as there will be spoilers. Obviously. And seriously, people, this is not a movie you want to go into knowing … Continue reading Hereditary Spoil Sports
Heres the trailer for the Halloween (sequel? Remake? Reboot? Soft reboot? Fan fix?) from Blumhouse Continue reading Halloween (2018) Trailer Reaction
China. Ancient land of mystery. The place that lends us money and takes away our manufacturing jobs. The place recently most certainly did not celebrate the 29th anniversary of…something…ahem ahem. The place where Winnie the Pooh and Peppa Pig are … Continue reading WTF ASIA 8: To Live (1994)
Well after one great future set sci-fi action film, the world was indicating that the time was right for the other prominent future set sci-fi action film to be watched. While Upgrade had a bit of John Wick in the feel of the … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Hotel Artemis (2018)
The ability to upgrade our pathetic meat popsicle bodies has long been an important goal of science and consequently sci-fi has also sought to reflect this desire. I know it sure is one that is frequently on my mind as … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Upgrade (2018)
The works of H.P. Lovecraft are some of the most popular in all of horror fiction, but they’re also notoriously difficult to translate into feature films. There have been several such adaptations, but they’ve for the most part been either … Continue reading Pitch Meeting: H.P. Lovecraft on Film
Tell us about cartoon characters that didn’t get their due! Whether from comic books or TV or movies, anywhere from a few years ago to the dawn of animation and comic books. Who deserved better than to be left behind? … Continue reading Favorite Forgotten Cartoon Characters
Who are the Shaw Brothers? If you didn’t grow up a child of the 70’s and 80’s, then they’re probably best known as the guys who provided the entire sound clip library for the Wu-Tang Clan. Seriously, where would Ghostface … Continue reading Made Overseas: The Super Inframan (1975)
Mean Streets and Don’t Look Now dominate the nominations, but there’s a pretty wide variety of overlooked performances from 1973. As always, upvote as many choices as you think are deserving; the winners will receive a gold statue of Spike Lee, and … Continue reading 1973 Snubby Awards: The Voting
So the newest trailer for the sony animated film Into the Spiderverse dropped last night, and it’s amazing. Directed by Bob Persichetti, formerly of Disney and Dreamworks, Peter Ramsey, director of Rise of the Guardians and Rodney Rothman who has mainly been … Continue reading Spider-man Into the Spiderverse -animation breakdown.
So after doing their best to keep information for this on lockdown, Sony released a lot of information alongside this trailer. Let’s see what they have to say: “Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the creative minds behind The Lego Movie and 21 … Continue reading Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Full Trailer Discussion
In my past three reviews, I’ve now violated the three basic things you don’t talk about, politics, religion, and worst of all nerd properties. The religion at the center of today’s film is Judaism or more specifically, a branch of … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Disobedience (2018)
Welcome to my weekly discussion of the animated films of the Walt Disney Studio. I’m proceeding mostly chronologically. The title comes from a quote from Walt, “I never called my work an ‘art’ It’s part of show business, the business … Continue reading Building Entertainment: The Animated Films of the Walt Disney Studio. The Emperor’s New Groove
YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (from Box Office Mojo) Solo Deadpool 2 Adrift Avengers: Infinity War Book Club Solo lost 65% in its second weekend, a steep drop off a not-great opening. Deadpool 2 fared a bit better in its third, … Continue reading Box Office: June 1 – 3, 2018
Currently, movies based on comic book superheroes are all the rage. But there’s more to the medium of comic books than just the cape-and-cowl set. This is a place for people to pitch movie ideas based on non-superhero comics that … Continue reading Pitch Meeting: Non-Superhero Comic Book Movies
You must be logged in to post a comment.