The characters familiar, the story sweet, the ending a distraction.
Head Games takes a look at the contradictions in our love for sports, and the contradictions therein.
An fanciful and luminous film shot in the style of a ballet akin to The Nutcracker or Peter and the Wolf shouldn’t be sabotaged by unnecessary parenthetical snarkiness that riddles its dialogue – but Mirror Mirror does just that. In a way, it’s true to the original Grimm fairy tale in that it tries to distance itself […]
Nov02
Weekend Arena: 11/2
The first weekend in November primes us for awards season with Denzel Washington. Tarantino keeps filling our plates with Kung-fu homages — even if he’s only responsible for its distribution. And, of course, there are vampires. More damned vampires. The Man With the Iron Fist: It’s hard to knock a rendition of the dying genre of […]
How did the way the future looks in Looper come to be? We talk with the production designer who helped shape it.
Good for Disney. Good for Lucas. Good for you?
The fifth film promises to dumb down the story and remind us of how awesome McClane was twenty years ago.
Oct29
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy — Imagine the Number of Disappointed Teenagers who Stumbled onto This Post
It’s hard to imagine that the title didn’t deter people from seeing the film. Just imagine talking to a significant other or a group of friends and suggesting that you should all “check out A Good Old Fashioned Orgy.” Perhaps you could strengthen your chances of being called a deviant if you inform you parents that you […]
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