For the discussion of film
As someone who doesn’t (or at the very least didn’t) see many movies each year in theaters, I’m generally selective of what I go see there. They are all well reviewed and either from creators who I am a fan … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Molly’s Game (2017)
2006 was an underrated year in film. It may not be mentioned along the likes of 1939, 1972, 1974, 1994, or 1999, but it deserves to be mentioned in that conversation. Don Hertzfeldt released the first part of a fantastic … Continue reading Movie Reviews: The Shape of Water (2017)
Happy holidays, everyone. 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 … Continue reading Building Entertainment: The Animated Films of the Walt Disney Studio. (Special Edition) Mickey’s Christmas Carol
YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (from Box Office Mojo) Star Wars: The Last Jedi Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Pitch Perfect 3 The Greatest Showman Ferdinand (Four-day numbers here. I used these for the writeup.) The Last Jedi held the lead … Continue reading Box Office: December 22 – 25, 2017
Here’s another round of Muppet Casting, where we take a famous movie and ask, if the Muppets made their own version of the movie (in the vein of The Muppet Christmas Carol and Muppet Treasure Island), which Muppets would you … Continue reading Muppet Casting: Dr. Strangelove
I’m guessing you all have been content over on the Spoil Sports article which would explain why no one has written a review yet (this will be spoiler free unless you are trying to, like me, avoid all information about it), … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
Sorry to post so late this week; I had an overtired and upset little boy to put to bed. But we still have some time to talk about the best movies from 1981 that were overlooked by the Academy! Here … Continue reading 1981 Snubby Awards: The Voting
So I was talking with Bresson about tapping in on this feature occasionally. I’m going to leave the big in depth stuff to him, and focus on shorter pieces of animation myself. Be they short films, or specific scenes from … Continue reading Animated Spotlight: Thoughts of You
The Twilight People (1972) The Twilight People represents something of a missed opportunity. I mean, a Philippines-shot exploitation version of The Island of Doctor Moreau directed by Eddie Romero of Black Mama White Mama and Pam Grier in the cast as … Continue reading TCM Underground: The Twilight People (1972) and Island of Lost Souls (1932)
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. Robin Hood
YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (from Box Office Mojo) Star Wars: The Last Jedi Ferdinand Coco Wonder Justice League I’m kind of in a rush today, but the upshot is that The Last Jedi did very, very well – $220M on … Continue reading Box Office: December 15 – 17, 2017
The Rocketeer, like Superman: The Movie and The Fantastic Four, strives to translate what you see on the comic book page right onto the screen. It is arguably one of the most faithful adaptations of a superhero comic ever made, … Continue reading Before Capes Were Cool #4: The Rocketeer (1991)
Editor’s Note: Feel free to post as big or as small of a list as you would like below but please keep your lists contained to these posts and do not open up your own or fill up the OT … Continue reading The Pits: Best in Film 2017
Inspired by Grampton St. Rumpterfrabble’s “Muppet Shakespeare” threads (you can find them on the old A.V. Club After Dark site here and here) I thought it might be fun to try out some threads where we take famous movies and … Continue reading Muppet Casting: Star Wars (The Original Trilogy)
Good Morning! The Last Jedi is finally in theaters! To celebrate, I thought I’d post a Thread about your favorite Star Wars character. Your choice can relate to- comics, video games, Exapanded Universe,Cartoons, all facets of pop culture. Have fun … Continue reading Star Wars – Your Favorite Character
Editor’s Note: Feel free to post as long or short a list as you would like below, but please keep your lists contained to these posts and do not open up your own or fill up the OT with them. … Continue reading The Pits: Best of Anime 2017
By now, there have been more adaptations of A Christmas Carol than anyone can count. In addition to the straightforward takes on the story, there have been so many parodies of the classic holiday tale that taking any form of … Continue reading But Seriously, Barbie in A Christmas Carol is Pretty Good
Blade Runner ran away with it at the 1982 Snubbies, snagging awards for Best Snubbed Picture, Best Snubbed Director (Ridley Scott), Best Snubbed Actress (Sean Young), and Best Snubbed Supporting Actor (Rutger Hauer). In the Snubbed Picture race, it finished … Continue reading Snubby Awards: 1982 Results/1981 Nominations
Editor’s Note: There was no review of the universally beloved Frozen short (watch tomorrow night on ABC!) because your writer intentionally waited until it was removed from prints of this film because he’s a monster. I debated internally for a … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Coco (2017)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi is coming out tonight. Here is your space to discuss reactions, spoilers and theories about the film. Continue reading Spoil Sports: Star Wars: The Last Jedi
This is the second in a series of articles checking in on the Oscars race in the lead-up to the ceremony on March 4. Welcome back, folks! It’s been a few weeks since my first post taking a look at … Continue reading The Road to the 90th Oscars, Part II: In Which I Try to Avoid Golden Globes Jokes
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