Dept. of Cinematic Muses
Like Mr. Marks, I am excited to see Martin Scorsese's Hugo Cabret, in part because of its source material, in part because it means Scorsese will be working in violation of W.C. Fields' famous dictum about working with children or …
MST3K takes on The Tree of Life - Part II!
In which we meet Brad Pitt, playing the part of frustrated father figure...
Oh, come on.
Look, I'm not the one who suggested that Michael Fassbender should officially change his name to Michael F. Assbender. That was Mr. Mancini over at Filmdrunk. I know, I know - ha, ha, very juvenile. But then David Cronenberg goes …
So what are you doing tonight?
If you've got just a little bit less than four hours to kill, you might consider taking in The Empire Strikes Back (aka "the middle one," aka "the good one") of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Two Towers …
MST3K takes on The Tree of Life!
Well, no, not really. But wouldn't that be awesome? Just to be clear. I liked Terrence Malick's latest a bit more than Reader critic David Elliott, who dinged it with a single star, saying, "Sadly but blatantly, the gaseous inflation …
It had to happen...
You loved Stellan Skarsgard in Thor... And you couldn't get enough of Peter Sarsgaard in Green Lantern... Now, see them together on the big screen in... Go ahead, just say it a few times. Skarsgard. Sarsgaard. Gaaaaard Haaaaaaard. Gets funnier …
Anatomy of a Press Photo: Return of The Muppets
Look, he said it, not me. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ay5skbka9Yk
Review: Mr. Popper's Penguins
Like Night at the Museum, Mr. Popper’s Penguins is an ostensible children’s movie starring a well-known comic actor (Jim Carrey) as a divorced dad who ultimately seeks to reconnect with estranged loved ones through his life-changing interaction with an unlikely …
Roundup: Look Out, Peter Sarsgaard in Green Lantern
I dunno, Pete. Something about mustaches, high foreheads, and scraggly hair... Warnings given by Pete Hornberger from 30 Rock, Tobias Funke from Arrested Development, Homeless Cabaret Singer from The Fisher King, and Francis Dollarhyde from Manhunter (substitute harelip for mustache …
A Tender Moment
Okay, when I said that this was a parting shot? I lied. This is a parting shot. All stills taken from the trailer.
Parting Shot
LEST YOU THINK that the preceding review of Green Lantern was merely the rantings of a fusty critic who gets his cardigan in a bunch over plot points and comic-book metaphysics when he's supposed to be enjoying the spectacle of …
Review: Green Lantern
[UPDATE: Upgraded from black spot to one star on the basis of the bad guy and the big finish.] Four! Four screenwriters! There are four credited screenwriters on the new Green Lantern movie. Four writers tasked with making up an …
Your Summer of Superheroes, Part III-a
Earlier, we fretted over the fate of the Avengers in the poster for their upcoming movie. In an effort to assuage those fears, we decided to retool Avengers: Lost in Space and send our heroes on a few more grounded …
Because you're never really enshrined in the Pantheon of Artistic Immortals until you've been parodied in a children's cartoon...
...we give you Animaniacs doing Ingmar Bergman (and by extension, the late Mr. Fischer). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBn3utR_lgY&NR=1 Of course, if this were made today, it would require an animated Woody Allen to walk onscreen mid-scene and give a shot-for-shot comparison study. Something …
Looks like we've found our Grouchy Smurf...
...and his name is Mr. Marks! Seriously, all you need to do is take a gander at the image below to get a glimpse of the high drama roiling under the Smurfs' light blue surface. How could you not make …