Weekend Movie Review: The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

July 19, 2012 by 5 Comments

I was on the fence about whether or not to go see The Amazing Spider-Man, but knew I had made the right decision as soon as the lights went down and the trailers began. You know how it can be easy to tell how bad a movie is going to be by how difficult it is for them to find choice moments for the preview? Well, the best line in the trailer for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 was the following:

DUDE: I didn’t expect you to be so — you.

Awesome sauce. I now know not to go see The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2. Seeing Spider-Man already saved me twelve bucks.

Random thoughts on Spidey — including some spoilers — after the break.

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60 Second Movie Review: Rosemary’s Baby (1968)

May 31, 2012 by 15 Comments

Rosemary’s Baby is a film I’d never seen before. (And if you haven’t, skip this review unless you don’t mind spoilers.) Sure, it’s been on that fairly lengthy list of movies that I’ve been thinking about seeing since I was, oh, a teenager. I’m starting to realize that I’ll die without having viewed all the films on my list. It’s far from the biggest regret I’ll have while dying, but it’s a small one. I wonder if they have Netflix in the afterlife?

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Jon Hamms It Up

January 11, 2012 by 3 Comments

Comedy podcast nerds know that Jon Hamm is a comedy podcast nerd, so it’s not a surprise when the Mad Men star shows up on Doug Loves Movies’Tournament of Championships, featuring special winners of previous competitions. This week’s contestants in The Leonard Maltin Game: Jon Hamm, Paul F. Tomkins, and Anthony Jeselnik. I won’t give away the results, but as befits his sultry status, Mr. Hamm scores first.

Jon Hamm endorsing John Ham

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60 Second Movie Review: Wet Hot American Summer (2001)

January 6, 2012 by 1 Comment

Wet Hot American Summer (Netflix, IMDB) was released ten years ago. About three or four years ago, I started hearing it mentioned. A lot. It’s one of those cult movies that acquired a fandom following its failure at the box office. Written and directed by Michael Showalter and David Wain of the TV show The State, Wet Hot American Summer is set at a Jewish summer camp in 1981 and definitely captures the colors of the time. As in, literally, the clothes have the same horrid lack of style, we’re-tired-because-the-1970s-wore-us-out colors of 1981.

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Ebert on the Movies

January 1, 2012 by Leave a comment

Roger Ebert has a post up with his own ideas of why the movie industry has seen a decline in revenue in 2011. He ends by saying that…

The message I get is that Americans love the movies as much as ever. It’s the theaters that are losing their charm. Proof: theaters thrive that police their audiences, show a variety of titles and emphasize value-added features. The rest of the industry can’t depend forever on blockbusters to bail it out.

…but it’s worth reading how he arrives at this conclusion.

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Top 5 Movies I Wish I Saw in 2011

December 26, 2011 by 4 Comments

Forget the best movies you saw this year…which ones did you want to see, but somehow miss? I’ve got five.

1. Attack the Block. Brit-kids defending their world against an alien invasion, as produced by the same people who brought us Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. I’m hoping for similar fun, with perhaps an even bigger emphasis on the action this time.

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60 Second Movie Review: Sleeping Beauty (2011)

December 23, 2011 by 1 Comment

Written and directed by Julia Leigh…

…Sleeping Beauty (2011) made the press mostly because the plot line is scandalous. Namely, a money-starved college student (played by Emily Browning) gets knocked out and undressed for rich old white men.

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