Being a "smarmy jerkface" is an art. Not everybody can pull off that perfect blend of charm and condescension, but when an actor really gets it right, it almost always results in an unforgettable character. You know the type: their hair is either slicked back or perfectly coiffed... Read More »
If you think Passion of the Christ is a foreign language film…If you think a Carey Mulligan is something you mark on a golf scorecard…If Domino is your favorite Quentin Tarantino movie, Mainstream Monday is the place for you! In Mainstream Monday we leave the “art” to... Read More »
If you think Passion of the Christ is a foreign language film…If you think a Carey Mulligan is something you mark on a golf scorecard…If Domino is your favorite Quentin Tarantino movie, Mainstream Monday is the place for you! In Mainstream Monday we leave the “art” to... Read More »
I'm from 'Merica. Right smack dab in the middle of it. So I'm not allowed to like any sport more than American football, or what my Dad calls, "REAL football." Like most sports, real football games are constantly slowed down by penalties, one of the most popular of which being "u... Read More »
Music and movies go hand in hand. The perfect score can elevate a movie to an entirely different level in the same way that an inappropriate track can take a viewer completely out of the scene. Sometimes a perfectly normal song is put into a new and horrifying context by a film, ... Read More »
If you think Passion of the Christ is a foreign language film…If you think a Carey Mulligan is something you mark on a golf scorecard…If Domino is your favorite Quentin Tarantino movie, Mainstream Monday is the place for you! In Mainstream Monday we leave the “art” to... Read More »
The new [and improved?] Total Recall hit theaters last Friday, the latest in a seemingly constant string of familiar films and/or franchises that have become the subject of remakes or reboots. Though the remake trend is certainly not limited to one genre, there is one element tha... Read More »
In the past we discussed cinematic Odd Couples: pairs of stars in dramas or romantic comedies who just didn't seem to mesh well. Let's look at the other side of that coin today and discuss movie couples who seemed to work so well together they got the chance to work their relatio... Read More »
If you’ve ever seen the children’s program “Dino Dan” you’ve basically been introduced to childhood me. I was a Dinosaur sycophant. I had Dinosaur toys; I read Dinosaur books; I went to museums to look at bones, the whole nine yards. I even had that ... Read More »
Christopher Nolan changed my life. Well a small part of it at least. You see I never had any interest in Batman, whatsoever. Since I was a kid my favorite superhero was always Spiderman. I thought he had the coolest stories, the best bad guys and was far more relatable to an awkw... Read More »
Maybe I'm just feeling morbid this month, who knows. But for the second week in a row we're going to be discussing filmic death in this column, this time focusing on a particularly nasty way to die: being cut in half. Modern mainstream movies seem to have a fascination with the w... Read More »
A little while ago I introduced you to one of my favorite column ideas: the most humiliating ways to die in a movie. The world of film is full of people who met bitter, unexpected and sometimes just plain embarrassing ends. Today we’re launching Volume 2 of this collection,... Read More »
