Review: Underworld: Awakening
I dunno, guys. I had a lot more fun at Underworld: Awakening than I had any reason to expect I would. All the stuff that's bad about this vampires vs. werewolves series (blueness, bloatedness, Byzantine plotting) is still bad, and …
Review: Red Tails
I left Red Tails thinking, "Not bad." Except for a few head-scratcher moments and a dreadful score, it did a lot of things...competently. But this is a movie about the Tuskegee Airmen, sort of the Jackie Robinsons of fighter pilots. …
More "Meet the New Hollywood, Same as the Old Hollywood"
We've done this before, with Shark Night and X-Men: First Class...Now it's time for Red Tails - opening tomorrow! Nate Parker - Denzel Washington David Oyelowo - Yaphet Kotto Tristan Wilds - Cuba Gooding, Jr. (who is also in the …
"We’ve Never Had the John Wayne Treatment"
That's Boondocks creator Aaron McGruder, swooning over the George Lucas-produced Red Tails, a film about the Tuskegee Airmen. The full quote reads like this: "This movie kind of represents the last barrier of equality for the black fighting man. We’ve …
The Disappearing Golden Globes...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_OnK0SrtC8 So Ricky Gervais brought his acid wit and razor tongue to the Golden Globes last night... Why the hangdog look, Mr. Gervais? Oh, dear. Well, I'm sure they can't have got far... Hm. Well, better luck next time.
An Early Visit to Gingham
First, it should be noted that this is not a proper review. Gingham just opened this week, and the pieces are still being set in place; it wouldn't be fair to level our critical six-shooters in its direction just yet. …
Latest Dark Knight photo is, um...
Well, see for yourself. Gotham I'm in Gotham And the plans I made to rain chaos from above Seem to vanish in a snowy fog of love When we're out together, dancing hand in glove... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeisCvjwBMo
Reviews!
Reader critic John Rubio has the Captain's chair today, and our first destination is...France! Land of wine, food, and conservative politicians in the middle of simultaneous messy divorces and political campaigns! Rubio says the film creates a "thematic paradox that …
David Elliott on The Big Screen: A Review of The Iron Lady
Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome lead movie critic David Elliott as he crosses the Great Digital Divide and presents this Internet-only review of The Iron Lady: Some iron was lost by filming Margaret Thatcher through a glass darkly. As the …
Part 3 of A Closer Look at the Clip from Red Tails
aka Cuba Gooding Jr.'s Master Class in Pipe Insertion.
At last.
Remember Ricky Gervais? Razor-sharp wit, often used for self-evisceration - and by extension, the evisceration of all showbiz, the very world he inhabited? I'm talking about Extras, of course: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv6mEv_rDdE Bloody brilliant. Yeah, that Ricky Gervais is gone. He's thinner …
Part 2 of A Closer Look at the Clip for Red Tails
Okay, let's continue our look at Red Tails. Specifically, let's ask ourselves why George Lucas would decide to take on a producer role on a project like this one. Go ahead and watch the rest of that initial train attack …
A Closer Look at the Clip from Red Tails
Oh, man. So much to see here. But let's take it slow, baby. We've got time. Beginning, then, at the beginning, in which the Tuskegee airmen attack a train. Just the first 30 seconds or so. http://vimeo.com/34818823 Okay, first thing. …
They Should Have an Oscar for Best Credits
So I'm sure everybody knows the story about how an enterprising soul went and made some credits for the Tintin movie, which credits somehow made their way onto director Steven Spielberg's online video playback device and subsequently got the animator …
The Continuing and Ever-Expanding Wonder of YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIURYDKfSvg&feature=relmfu Apparently, Two Thousand Maniacs is the picture for which H.G. "Godfather of Gore" Lewis would like to be remembered. And so naturally, it's available on YouTube. Along with The WIzard of Gore and The Gore Gore Girls. Oh, and …
Haywire: The First Five Minutes
See, if you become a big enough deal in Hollywood -- a slick enough director, an arty enough auteur -- you can make something that looks like a student film with oddly well-trained fighters and everybody will say Hooray. Me …
Oscars Trailer Is...Well...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXGI9suAyBI So, does Mr. Crystal look more like his wife from The Princess Bride or the Booing Hag from The Princess Bride? You be the judge! Also, hey, it's Robin Williams! Nice to see the host remember his friends. Kudos, …
Review: El Bulli: Cooking in Progress
You will never eat at elBulli, aka Chef Ferran Adria’s Temple of Molecular Gastronomy, aka The Finest Restaurant in the World (judged to be so five times by Restaurant magazine), aka Two Million Call for Reservations, but only Eight Thousand …
"See It First on iTunes" — Is This a Thing Now?
Remember the whole Tower Heist release kerfuffle? Folks were all upset because Universal was planning to release the film to Video On Demand services less than 30 days after its theatrical release. One more reason for people to stay on …
Marilyn?
So Lindsay Lohan, who was an actress once and may be yet again - you never know! - went and posed for Playboy in a photo shoot designed to make her look like Marilyn Monroe, who was an actress once …