The unthinkable has happened, and I hesitate to tell you about it because then you’ll be thinking these same wretched thoughts, too. But misery loves company, so ready yourself to be hit by the big, fat, yellow Truth Express: Fox TV is turning “Heathers” – that acidic, twisted teen comedy classic from 1989 that inspired countless (and inferior) [...]
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Steven Spielberg is not on this list. You want a controversial statement? Well, there it is. After “Crystal Skull,” don’t even think of saying his name to me. And since I’m apparently flirting with controversy and confrontation today (I’m tarty like that), here’s another: You won’t see Ridley Scott’s name here. Peter Jackson’s been given [...]
Filed under: List-o-matic | Tagged: Christopher Nolan, Clint Eastwood, David Fincher, Ethan Coen, Fernando Meirelles, Joel Coen, John Hughes, Judd Apatow, Kimberly Peirce, Martin Scorcese, Pedro Almodovar, Quentin Tarantino, Rian Johnson, Sam Raimi, Steve Buscemi, Tarsem Singh | 19 Comments »
Much like Mike Judge’s “Office Space,” George Huang’s “Swimming with Sharks” is something of a cautionary tale, a warning about how marking time at a pointless, demeaning job strangles the soul. But Huang, with his bleak view of humanity, has no interest in delighting us with jokes about tempermental fax machines. No, his meaning here, in this shockingly violent black comedy, is [...]
Filed under: Old Stuff, Reviews | Tagged: Benicio Del Toro, Frank Whaley, Kevin Spacey, Michelle Forbes, Swimming with Sharks | 9 Comments »
What movie starred Susan Sarandon, Christina Ricci and John Goodman? Thanks to Comedian — and his Rain Man-like grasp of trivia — for providing today’s question
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“Next time you look back, I think you should look again.” There are many memorable lines in “(500) Days of Summer,” Marc Webb’s attentive, carefully crafted ode to 20-something love lost, but none resonate this strongly. Call it “hindsight is 20/20″ for the 21st-century indie hipsters. What simple beauty there is in this observation, for who doesn’t see the past [...]
Filed under: New Stuff | Tagged: (500) Days of Summer, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marc Webb, Zooey Deschanel | 9 Comments »
Erin Meanley, a freelancer for Shine on Yahoo!, is a very smart woman. How do I know this? She shares my intense dislike for the unrealistic, moony and “evil and brainwashy” — her words, and what fine words they are — relationship between Bella and Edward in “Twilight.” So much does she dislike this torrid affair, in [...]
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Entitlement, sad sackery and ennui seem to be the defining characteristics of that spiritual dead zone that exists between ages 25 and 30 these days. Consider Jim (Casey Affleck) the perfect spokesman for his people. A self-proclaimed creative type/writer who never manages to be creative or write anything, the 27-year-old shuffles home to Indiana after discovering Random House does [...]
Filed under: Old Stuff, Reviews | Tagged: Casey Affleck, Liv Tyler, Lonesome Jim, Steve Buscemi | 7 Comments »
What movie starred Angelina Jolie, a Japanese-American fashion model and the lead singer of Rilo Kiley?
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“Hello, Innocent and Unfettered Child Named Meredith.” That’s what I said to myself today when, whilst surfing about the Web, I discovered that ”Ramona and Beezus” releases in March 2010. The discovery took me back to a simpler time, when the wild-n-crazy antics of Ramona Quimby, not my untended and mangy credit score, occupied all my thoughts. [...]
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… and “Julie & Julia” and “The Goods”! This weekend! That is all.
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