The Fix Is In. That is the title of episode 168 of “This American Life” where the story of Mark Whitacre was first heard by screenwriter Scott Burns and eventually made into a movie. Such is Hollywood. After seeing the film yesterday, I looked up the Chicago Public Radio program and listened to it this [...]
Friends, I have just received new demands. My colleagues say I’m being a troll. We have to be nice. Diablo Cody, and any bad comments toward her, must be saved for private and not told directly to her, and our compadres, whose souls shriveled while they watched the subject movie, will have lost time. But [...]
I’m one of the very few vocal supporters of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull that I know. While not a great film or a very good film, I feel it’s redeemed by a wonderful return by Harrison Ford’s screen presence, and it captures the original spirit of the series quite well [...]
How does one begin to approach a film they wanted to like?
Before viewing 9, the film had a lot of things in its favor, the first being absolutely stunning visuals. That looked to be aided by a strong, possibly original premise about a stitchpunk (my gamer side tells me to stick to “Sackboy”) being the [...]
Just when you thought the Taking Woodstock giveaway madness was over, we’re back with another giveaway to wet your appetites for tomorrow’s release of the animated film 9 from director/writer Shane Acker and producers Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov.
Our lovely editor Melissa ran the full scoop on 9 in an Under the Radar column a [...]
You may not have heard of The 4th Reich yet, but soon you’ll be hearing much more along with news of the film’s director, Shaun Robert Smith. The film, which begins production in April, is the first feature film from Smith, whose short film The Soldier displayed an excellent knack of cinematography and suspense. It also won a small boatload of awards and gained a national theatrical release in the UK.
Comic books have been integrated into our worldwide society for years now. When the comic strip was born with “Tintin”, the blossoming of Japanese manga (with works such as “Astro Boy’”) to the birth of the superhero with “Superman”, we cannot deny the impact they have played on our lives. The storytelling, illustrations and engaging [...]
Vampire movies, thanks to a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad film that shall remain nameless, look like they’re here to stay for a while. Yeah, true, they might’ve always been with us but the craze is on another upturn which means up-and-coming filmmakers who have a vampire in their script will likely see it produced. [...]
The original Halloween is an iconic film, a staple of John Carpenter’s career and a landmark in horror film history.
Rob Zombie’s remake of Halloween was a confusing an abstract mess with a large smattering of interesting ideas that just didn’t seem to gel right. House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil’s Rejects, however, proved that Zombie was a [...]
With the summer movie season of 2009 drawing to a close, it’s time to look back at the ten films that made us laugh, cry, howl and above all entertain us. Now bear in mind while films like The Hurt Locker and Moon saw release over this summer, they won’t be included here as this [...]
We are on a roll with giving away free stuff to you, our loyal readers. This time we have a prize bundle, well actually 5 of them to giveaway!
Taking Woodstock is Ang Lee’s latest film that opens August 28th and looks to be a pretty solid return to the big screen for Lee. Based on [...]
So I had the privilege of sitting in a new IMAX theater with extremely large 3D glasses on my face to watch 15 minutes of Avatar. After the now disappointing trailer debut by Apple, the launch, not the trailer, I must say that the teaser trailer is terrible. Terrible compared to the footage I just [...]
