For the discussion of film
‘Tis the season for bummer movies about nuclear war. A normal reaction to modern politics—including tensions heating up between the United States, Russia, North Korea and the Middle East; wars raging with no end in sight—is usually to watch something … Continue reading Testament (1983)
If you’ve ever had to walk across a rushing stream, the opening sequences of Baahubali: The Beginning will give you anxiety. When see a man named Shiva, played by gloriously mustachio’ed Indian film star Prahbas, climb a waterfall that must be a … Continue reading Made Overseas: Baahubali: The Beginning (2015)
I had a very rare treat. Where I live, on the east coast of Canada, we have no repertory cinema. There is no art house movie place, no AFI, no BFI, no FI of any kind that showcases classic and … Continue reading A Matter of Life and Death
2017 has been the best-attended Snubbies yet, so thanks to everyone who voted and suggested films, performances, and categories. To celebrate this new level of engagement, every category suggested will be included in the 2017 Snubbies going forward. (Going backward, … Continue reading 2017 Snubbies: The Voting
Westerns have been quite the resilient genre. Despite being period pieces at heart and for a period that can likely count the people still alive during that era on one hand, they reliably keep coming out. They’ve been declared dead … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Hostiles (2017)
Peyton Reed has promoted the release of this teaser trailer alongside Black Panther’s premiere, two weeks before its wide release. We have a number of brief glimpses, another of the quantum state, one of Lawrence Fishburne as Bill Foster, one … Continue reading Ant-Man and the Wasp Trailer Discussion Post
YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (from Box Office Mojo) Maze Runner: The Death Cure Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Hostiles The Greatest Showman The Post I had an extremely rough day yesterday, which is why you didn’t get Box Office then, … Continue reading Box Office: January 26 – 28, 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 Great Mouse Detective
Razorback doesn’t fuck around. It begins straight away. There’s no nonsense to it. It establishes the mood of the film with some dutch-angled shots of a dirty, dusty Australian outback. A grandfather, Jake Cullen (Bill Kerr), puts his grandson to … Continue reading TCM Underground: Razorback (1984) and Tentacles (1977)
You have recently made a hit movie, or have won a massive lottery jackpot. You have the keys to the kingdom, and can make any movie you want, no matter how elaborate or insane the idea may be. WHAT WOULD … Continue reading Your Vanity Project
For years and years, superhero fans hated the Adam West Batman TV show. And then one day, all of a sudden, they didn’t anymore. Funnily enough, the show had been extremely faithful to the comics as they had existed at … Continue reading Before Capes Were Cool #9: Batman (1966) vs. Batman & Robin (1997)
Peter Lorre, born László Löwenstein, was an Austro-Hungarian actor who began on the stage in Vienna, and soon made his way to Berlin. His work as a stage actor was so impressive that, no matter how lousy the play itself … Continue reading Peter Lorre: More Than Just a Creepy Character Actor
“Wow, that was a lot better than I expected it to be!” Continue reading What Pop Culture Has Surprised You For the Better?
Fred Zinnemann’s films received 66 Oscar nominations and were awarded 26 statues, he personally won best director twice for A Man For All Seasons (1967) and From Here To Eternity (1954), won another two for short subject films he directed, … Continue reading Double Features: The Day Of The Jackal (1973) and Julia (1977)
Do you dare to dig deeper into Ben Affleck’s first foray in the superhero genre? Continue reading The Discount Spinner Rack: DAREDEVIL (2003)
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: Clue
I’m posting on behalf of Arjuna Matata, who posted the following interesting question in the Day Thread (but didn’t feel like setting up a WordPress account): What pop culture do you dislike because it isn’t what you thought it would … Continue reading It Isn’t What We Thought It Was: Pop Culture that Wasn’t What You Wanted
If there was ever a movie that was made for the internet, it was Enthiran (which was released as Robot in English). The internet had built it’s bones on curating (and snarking on) international curiosities such as Turkish Star Wars … Continue reading Made Overseas: Robot (2010)
Welcome to the 2017 Snubby Awards! I’m your host, Billy Crystal, and tonight (and all week) we’ll be looking at the best performances and films not nominated for an Oscar yesterday. We’ll also look at deserving films in three categories that … Continue reading 2017 Snubby Awards: The Nominations
When you’re a kid and you watch movies, you aren’t sitting there thinking about how you will remember certain scenes, or characters, or whatever. You just watch the movie you like (or kind of like) 30 times and move on … Continue reading Future Legendary Performances
This year, Miracle Mile, the most romantic apocalyptic film ever made, turns 30 years old. A phone rings. A phone rings and you answer it, expecting a call. A wrong number. The person on the other line, you think, is pulling … Continue reading Miracle Mile: Review and Interview with Director Steve De Jarnatt.
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