The Covers The Dreamers And Me
[Editor's note: It's Muppet Week! I asked Team Experience to share their favorite Muppet memories. Like JA, I'm 1000% in love with this 1979 Oscar Nominee for Best Song. Feel free to sing along. -...
View Article"Open Up and Say... 'AAAAaaahhhvengers'"
I find these very disturbing all lined up like so... Shouldn't the letters read Avengers when it's in banner form -- it's the exact right amount of characters -- and a simple logoriffic "A" when it's...
View ArticleThe Only Upside of 3D That I Can See...
... is that we get great movies back in theaters where they're meant to be seen. If it takes a 3D conversion, well that's what it takes. Next year, the only animated picture ever nominated for Best...
View ArticleDo Movies About Movies Win Oscars?
George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) has had it with the movies in "The Artist"Over at Fandor's Keyframe blog I'll be musing about the Oscar race on a biweekly basis. This week's topic is the unusual...
View Articlemahna mahna (link-link-lee-link-link) mahna manha (link-link-lee-link) ♫
Stale Popcorn on the Giant Face of Chris Pine and weird twin hands on the This Means War poster.Empire Ken Watanabe is in discussions for a role in the live action adaptation of Akira. Now, y'all know...
View ArticleSuper 8 and Makeup: A Love Story for the Oscars
Could you close your eyes, please?" Super 8's leading character Joe Lamb is a movie makeup and effects fan. He taught himself how to do all the major Hollywood techniques with the Dick Smith mail-away...
View ArticleHappy Turkey (and Muppets) Day
Marilyn Monroe and TurkeyWe've been watching the Macy's Parade while cleaning / cooking and there has literally yet to be a musical number from Broadway that's NOT movie-based as I type this. Should've...
View ArticleDistant Relatives: Make Way For Tomorrow and Away From Her
Robert here w/ Distant Relatives, exploring the connections between one classic and one contemporary film. Like your dear old Ma and Pa Since it's Thanksgiving week and many of us are spending time...
View ArticleThe Pig Wears Prada
The Pig Wears Prada... and probably has a huge dry cleaning billThree quick things this morning. 1) Guess who feels like a little piggy after Thanksgiving? I was doing okay until divvying up leftovers...
View ArticleMr. Bimbo and all the Minor Muppet Magic
Robert here. The universe of the Muppets has always overwhelmed me. The idea of naming a favorite character or film eludes me as I love so many of them. The bigness of the Muppet world seems to great...
View ArticleQ&A: Small Screens & Sex Workers
Since there were so many television centric questions in last week's "Ask Nathaniel" insert, I figured we'd have to give them their own Q&A post. We'll get to the movie questions on Tuesday. But...
View ArticleGolden Horse Awards: Two Oscar Submissions Win Big
I'm so itching for a big American awards show to hit us. Soon, soon. But until then, let's look to Taipei where The Golden Horse Awards were just handed out. As expected the hit Taiwanese film Warriors...
View ArticleAlice Doesn't Link Here Anymore
The Hairpin "Our Bella Ourselves" is one of the best pieces I've read on The Twilight Saga and the communal anger over its terrible central role model.Paper Mag cute piece on future Oscar nominee Jean...
View Article"Fifty Goodies"
A wonderfully fun illustration set by Robert Ball "Fifty Goodies" by Robert Ball Can you name them all? the list after the jump...
View ArticlePepe for President!
Craig here with a small post for one of the smallest Muppets: the most appetising member of the crew, Pepe the KING Prawn. (Don’t call him a shrimp.) Pepe (short for Pepino Rodrigo Serrano Gonzales) is...
View ArticleInterview: "Rampart"'s Ben Foster. He's Dying for a Musical Comedy
Ben Foster photographed at Sundance in January.Ben Foster doesn't like to talk about himself. This becomes clear immediately after we've begun talking about Ben Foster, though he won't admit it until...
View ArticleBox Office: No Turkeys at the Box Office, Unless You Count Gonzo.
...but he's less a bird than bird-like. It was a genuinely happy Thanksgiving chez moi (so much fun and good food) and I hope it was for you, too. Did you hit the movie theater? Most of the newbies and...
View ArticleShe's Just Not That Linked To You
24 Frames Carey Mulligan nervous about expectations surrounding The Great GatbsyFelix in Hollywood Liz, Judy & Monty together. Love this photo.Hollywood News We Bought a Zoo early positive...
View ArticleScene Work: 'JBJ' in "Win Win"
We kicked off this new informal mini-series about key scenes we love in this year's movies chatting with Demián Bichir from A Better Life. Let's move on to another early release that is fighting for...
View ArticleRIP Ken Russell
JA from MNPP here taking a moment to reflect upon the death of the never-a-dull-moment filmmaker Ken Russell (1927-2011). If you're unfamiliar with Russell's work, oh my god you have to fix that! I...
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