Burning Questions: Can Horror Keep a Straight Face?
Michael C. here to talk horror and I left the spoilers back in civilization where they can't be reached. If Drew Goddard’s Cabin in the Woods ends up the cult favorite it is so clearly destined to be,...
View ArticleSaoirse Ronan Ruins Lives!
The poster for Saoirse Ronan's latest Byzantium has just been released. It's a vampire movie from Neil Jordan who is no stranger to supernatural beasties (see also: The Company of Wolves, Interview...
View ArticleA Link is a Blog's Best Friend
Stale Popcorn Popcorn Glenn is a Scream (1996) fanatic and he almost got to correct that little problem of "never seen it on the big screen".Sympathies!Film Doctor has a spoileriffic analysis of a...
View Article5 Kidmanic Confessions
Confession #1: Whenever I see images or promotions from Hemingway & Gelhorn (2012) or think of Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen together, my mind immediately fools me into believing that they already...
View ArticleHit Me With Your Best Shot: "Firefly / Serenity"
For this week's edition of Hit Me With Your Best Shot, the series wherein we invite everyone to get opinionated and choose the single best shot from pre-selected movies, we offered up an atypical...
View ArticleCannes: The Usual Suspects
Jose here to discuss the lineup for this year's Cannes Film Festival. I know what I'm about to say isn't "cool" but aren't you tired of Cannes being Oscar's equally traditional but way more highbrow...
View ArticleYes, No, Maybe So: "Magic Mike"
One of this year's true novelty pictures will likely be Steven Soderbergh's Magic Mike. It's at least partially based on star Channing Tatum's own experiences as a male stripper pre film stardom and...
View ArticleHave Link Will Travel
New York Times on Paul Thomas Anderson's secretive new movie The Master. It's about... something.MNPP Charlize Theron and Alexander Skarsgård are dating? The Mayans were right about 2012 Your Movie...
View ArticleYes, No, Maybe So: "Looper"
The subject is time travel. It only seemed thematically appropriate to post this highly anticipated trailer for LOOPER a week before it premiered but pretend we posted it a week late. This time travel...
View ArticleDo you hear the people sing?
Provided you have speakers on your computer, then yes. Hear them you do. Well not Hugh and Anne specifically... I know I shouldn't be this excited for a movie. It will all end in tears!
View ArticleMonday Night Chat?
I will valiantly try to complete the Oscar nomination predictions this weekend (things have been craycray offline... including in-laws visit and such) but why not join me for a live chat on Monday...
View ArticleType @ Me: Leo Drowns, Josh Barks, Nicole Poses
My time has been atypically divided lately and I've missed the social interactions that are part of blogging full time, whether that's rapidfire tweeting or IMing or whatever. So in the absence of your...
View ArticleJack Attack
Jack Nicholson is 75 years old today. He has only made 3 movies in the past eight years and his last great performance (About Schmidt) was a full decade past. His frequent absences would be a much...
View ArticleOverheard @ Box Office: "for my brother, I think...Three Stooges"
Exiting the laughter-filled theater after Whit Stilman's comic whatsit Damsels in Distress last night, I noticed a surprising amount of grumbling about the movie. Say, weren't you all laughing heartily...
View ArticleLinkers Assemble!
The Guardian Loki himself Tom Hiddleston wrote a piece defending the superhero movie genre which he thinks ought to be taken more seriously. Well written and impassioned but let's play devil's advocate...
View ArticleTake Three: Anne Heche
Craig here with this week's edition of the character actor column "Take Three". Today: Anne Heche Take One: Birth (2004)Whilst watching Birth I’m sure you, like me, were thinking: just what the heck...
View ArticleAlfred Hitchcock, Alfred Hitchcock, and Alfred Hitchcock
Look! It's Anthony Hopkins and Toby Jones as the great Alfred Hitchcock and the great Alfred Hitchcock in the upcoming movies Alfred Hitchcock and The Making of Psycho (2013) about, you guessed it, the...
View ArticleA Drowning Woman Takes Down Those Nearest
JA from MNPP here. Well it's official! As rumored slash threatened, Lindsay Lohsan will be playing Elizabeth Taylor in a Lifetime channel bio-pic centering on Liz's back-and-forth paparazzi-bait...
View ArticleCurio: Jacks of All Trades
Alexa here. I couldn't let Jack Nicholson's 75th go by without weighing in. In the past I've spied some curios that feature moments from his long career, like an Academy's Players Directory from 1961...
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