First and Last, Roll the Dice
the first and last images from motion picture (opening and closing credits excluded)Need another clue? Highlight for the first and last line of dialogue.first ~ "To me a dollar was a dollar in any...
View ArticleA Handful of Link
popbytes Mia Farrow vs. Naomi Campbell in the blood diamonds trial -- this is such a crazy story. Who will play Mia and Naomi in the tv movie? You know they'll make one.Now Kindly Undo These Straps...
View ArticleAngelic Visitations
I was just working on tonight's "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" (we'll be posting about 10 or 11 PM so get yer post up before then for linkage!) Had to pause my skimming for much laughter about this post...
View ArticleHit Me With Your Best Shot: Angels in America
We're only three episodes in and I've already polluted the idea of this new series, in which participants are supposed to choose their single favorite shot from a film. I offered up a fantasia of...
View ArticleLunchtime Poll: So, you're totally in the mood to watch...
So, you're totally in the mood to watch a movie. That'd be very. But get this. Your television isn't functioning properly and you can only get sound, no picture (your laptop isn't working either --...
View ArticleModern Maestros: Edgar Wright
Robert here, back with another entry in my series on great contemporary directors. Maestro: Edger WrightKnown For: Extremely funny revisionist takes on pop genres.Influences: Possibly...
View ArticleThis is Happening Right Now in Johannesburg!
Okay, not *right now* but a half hour ago. I woke up late. It's 10:00 AM here in NYC but apparently parties are still raging even as I type over in Johannesburg where it's 4 PM now. The alien ship...
View ArticleFirst & Last "I Was Born..."
the first and last images from a motion picture (excluding opening and closing credits)Highlight for the first and last line of dialogue if you need an extra clue: first - "I am not a bum."last [V.O.]...
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Serious Film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory = Se7en. lol.The Playlist Edgar Wright (Scott Pilgrim) names his favorite musicals.Low Resolution Nekked James McAvoy and the failings of the...
View ArticleWelcome to Camp Crystal Lake...
Craig here. You all know what day it is, so...I was supposed to go camping with friends today, but due to unforeseen circumstances it wasn't to be. And for a fan of Sean Cunningham's original Friday...
View ArticlePosterized: Michael Cera
I'm still giggling about Scott Pilgrim vs. The World which I saw this morning. I loved the comic book and I was pleased that Edgar Wright was so skilled at keeping the comedy zippy. Wallace: The L...
View ArticleF&L 4.8
The first and last images from a motion pictures (excluding the opening and closing credits)The first and last lines of dialogue if you need another clue, though I'm not sure these will be of use in...
View ArticleStar sighting
Just passed Eddie Redmayne in Hells Kitchen. He was lighting a cigarette . I missed the appropriate .5 second long window too ask 'How was that threesome with Hugh Dancy and Julianne Moore in Savage...
View ArticleTake Three: Sterling Hayden
Craig here with today's Take ThreeToday: Sterling HaydenTake One & Take Two:... for Mr. Kubrick or: how I learned to stop worrying and love The KillingKubrick didn’t often cast actors more than...
View ArticleJulia Roberts vs. The World
"Do you know this one girl with hair like this?"-Scott Pilgrim"Who MEEEEEEE?!?"-JuliaEat Pray Love and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World are almost kinda the same movie. Or at least thematically kin. No...
View ArticleFirst and Last "Films have to be finished..."
the first image after the opening creditsthe last line of dialogue"Films have to be finished, even if you do it blindly."Can you guess the movie?
View Article'Hit Me With Your Best Shot' The Schedule
A reader sent me this YouTube link (thanks David) so I guess that means people are thinking about the new series which honors indelible shot work from directors and cinematographers. Sometimes it's...
View ArticleBeware Take Care Bela Beware
.JA from MNPP here with this week's Monday Monologue.The original Hungarian fang-banger Bela Lugosi died 54 years ago today. His entire career was haunted, one might say, by his role as Dracula in Tod...
View ArticleDouble Oh! (Casting News)
By now you've heard that the great casting search of 2010 (distaff division) has ended. Rooney Mara has landed the role of Lisbeth Salander in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.Rooney & NoomiThat's...
View ArticleMM@M: Jean "Peggy" Seberg
Mad Men at the Movies In this series we discuss the film references on Mad Men. And now for Season 4 we're also discussing the show in general. Previously: Live From Times Square, 60s Box Office...
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