Kevin Carr’s Weekly Report Card: January 13, 2012
This week, Fat Guy Kevin Carr recovers from his colossal failure in getting any of his votes in the Critic’s Choice Movie Awards to count (except for A Separation for best foreign film, but who didn’t...
View Article2012 Sundance Film Festival: Trailer for ‘West of Memphis’
The story of the West Memphis Three (Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley) has already been, quite famously, immortalized in filmmakers Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky’s Paradise Lost...
View ArticleCould Tim Burton Direct the ‘Beetlejuice’ Sequel?
When it was first reported that David Katzenberg and Seth Grahame-Smith were going to begin their producing partnership by working on a sequel to the Tim Burton film Beetlejuice, it didn’t really...
View ArticleElizabeth Olsen and Some HBO Actors to Help Daniel Radcliffe ‘Kill Your...
The upcoming movie Kill Your Darlings will look at the relationship between beat authors Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, and the man who introduced them, Lucien Carr. It was a relationship that...
View ArticleThe Reject Report As Old As Time
Not really sure how old time is, but this report is full of beauties, beasts, drug lords, and Queen Latifah. It’s the Reject Report, where we dive into the box office and sort out how much cash goes...
View ArticleWin Tickets To See ‘Aliens’ and ‘The Divide’ With Michael Biehn In the Same...
If you have any taste in movies at all then you know that James Cameron’s Aliens is a kick-ass action/sci-fi movie that never gets old. You should also know that Michael Biehn, who played Cpl. Hicks...
View Article2012 Sundance Film Festival: Trailer for ‘That’s What She Said’
It’s about time more lady-centric comedies popped up in theaters, and the success of Bridesmaids (and what appears to be an insatiable demand for a sequel) should usher in a bit of a golden age for...
View ArticleJunkfood Cinema: Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
Welcome back to Junkfood Cinema; if it wasn’t for bad luck, we’d have won that chicken-fried cake eating contest. You have walked under the ladder of decent web content, smashing a few mirrors on your...
View ArticleMovies to See Before the World Ends: Wall-E
The Mayans, the wise race of ancients who created hot cocoa, set December 21st, 2012 as the end date of their Calendar, which the intelligent and logical amongst us know signifies the day the world...
View ArticleJames Bond Takes a Dip in the First Image from ‘Skyfall’
Could a first-look photo be more dull than this? It’s just James Bond sitting poolside, like any other Joe Shmoe. Where’s the excitement? Where’s the guns? Where’s, I dunno, James Bond’s face? This is...
View ArticleJeff Nichols Talks About the Love and Bad Mentors of ‘Mud’
One of my most anticipated films of the year is Jeff Nichols‘ Mud. Nichols is behind one of, if not the, best films of 2011: Take Shelter. With only two pictures under his belt, he’s quickly...
View ArticleBecause You Asked For It: Quentin Tarantino’s Best and Worst Films of 2011
While looking through most critics’ best of 2011 write-ups, I mostly kept wondering when we were going to get Quentin Tarantino‘s list. His best of 2010 rankings had some odd picks, by most standards....
View ArticleMovie News After Dark: Sleepwalking Dead, Gina Carano, Dragon Tattoo Comics,...
What is Movie News After Dark? It’s a nightly hand-in-hand stroll down Newsworthy Lane, with a stop at the Noteworthy Café for a bite to eat. Then we’ll head back to my place and I’ll show you my...
View ArticleReview: ‘Contraband’ Smuggles Some Thrills, Laughs and Suspense Up Its Very...
Lots of actors have a niche they like to call home, and while it’s sometimes fun to see them stretch outside their comfort zone they often do their most relaxed and assured work with material that...
View ArticleChannel Guide: Old Dog, No New Tricks — A Look at Californication’s Fifth...
When we first see our frowzy anti-hero, he’s alone, smoking, pacing back and forth in the men’s room of an upscale New York restaurant, rehearsing…something. “You’re amazing, a goddess, a gift from...
View ArticleSundance 2012: Know Your Dueling Lizzy Caplan-Starring Wedding-Themed Premieres
It’s the year of Lizzy Caplan. Such a bold proclamation is based entirely on the fact that the Party Down and Mean Girls star has two films world premiering at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, an...
View ArticleReview: Inane and Insane ‘Joyful Noise’ Marches to Its Own Drummer
You know what sort of movie you’ve gotten with Joyful Noise long before Dolly Parton announces, apropos of nothing, that “I know what to do, yodel lee hee hoo.” You’ve already seen Parton grab...
View ArticleAnd the Winners of the 2012 Golden Globes Are…
Tonight is the 2012 Golden Globes Awards Ceremony Thingy! We all know that in the grand scheme of things these accolades mean absolutely nothing (aside from the fact that the Hollywood Foreign Press...
View ArticleExploring The Twilight Zone #138: Black Leather Jackets
With the entire original run of The Twilight Zone available to watch instantly, we’re partnering with Twitch Film to cover all of the show’s 156 episodes. Are you brave enough to watch them all with...
View ArticleExploring The Twilight Zone #139: Night Call
With the entire original run of The Twilight Zone available to watch instantly, we’re partnering with Twitch Film to cover all of the show’s 156 episodes. Are you brave enough to watch them all with...
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