To mark the Blu-ray release of Nine 1/2 Weeks, Flavorwire did a great post about films that approach eroticism in an unconventional way. Head over there to check out the ten films in their list. Then hit the jump to read my pick and give yours. Slightly NSFW image ahead. Continue reading
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Tim Burton will never ever cease doing that thing that he does in nearly every movie which casts Johnny Depp as Johnny Depp being Edward Scissorhands for the nine craptillionith time. And he’s done it again with his animated feature Frankenweenie. The movie tells a tale about a boy and his dog. Awww, right? No. We just told you…Tim Burton. Continue reading
One of the great things about creative writing is that you get to write the kind of dialogue that sound brilliant but that no one ever gets an opportunity to say in real life. For every “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn” or “Marcia Marcia Marcia!” that you can find a way to use every day, there are thousands of fantastic and dramatic lines you can never quite work into the conversation. Continue reading
The Cutting Room will take a look at the strange, fantastic, and sometimes suck-filled moments that end up on screen (but may have been better served on the cutting room floor). Today: Christian Bale Defies Death in Equilibrium.
You know what happens on Sunday afternoons? Action movies. Yep, and if you’re lucky you may end up re-watching one that’s hugely entertaining that leads to a satisfying 90 minutes spent marveling at Steven Seagal’s shirts with inexplicable shoulder pads or listening reverently to Arnold’s thespian delivery of “Geh Doo-Dee Choppppahhh!” However, if not, you’ll end up watching 2002’s Equilibrium starring Christian Bale, Sean Bean (Ned Stark!), and Taye Diggs while laughing your face off at the wholly improbable, sensationally craptastic, overwhelmingly overwrought gunplay, swordplay, and every other play you could imagine. Continue reading
The never surprising Best Supporting Actor/Actress race! No, not really. This award has been given to surprise recipients Marisa Tomei, Cuba Gooding Jr., Kim Basinger, and Jennifer Hudson. However, this does mean that you’d better be able to back this thing up with some stunning post-award greatness in order to ever land the top prize. This can happen! If not, though, you may be associated with the following comment, “Oh, yeah, Catherine Zeta-Jones won an Oscar! I totally forgot about that.” Or “Hey, whatever happened to so and so, didn’t they win an Oscar? See how this works Supporting Actor/Actress nominees?
So who will it be this year? Continue reading
Sunday night is the 84th Academy Awards, ladies and gents, so get ready to indulge in our favorite love-to-hate-it yearly Hollywood ritual of glamour, self-love and flaccid jokes about how long the show is. Set your DVRs (the show starts with red carpet nonsense at 7EST/4PST on ABC) and start planning the themed snacks for your Oscar party now! (Poi for The Descendents? Hot dogs for Moneyball? Ah, hell, nothing’s gonna beat 1993, when in honor of The Piano, my brother made Lady Fingers.) Read on, will you? Continue reading
Twilight set the pace, now The Hunger Games is hoping to Eclipse it in movie sales; Sacha Baron Cohen, the unfunniest human, ever, wants to prank the Oscars; Ryan Phillippe would like to work from home; Community will continue to get awesomer; and “The Rock” has dibs on being “The Suck.” Continue reading
In this latest entry into the coming-of-age genre, Chris Colfer of angsty Glee fame, is now a snarky writer who wants nothing more than to be taken seriously, despite a bevy of underestimating adults, and has hopes of getting into the college of his choice, Northwestern University, even if he has to take down his entire high-school student body to get there. Continue reading
This campaign season is ridiculous. If it was a movie you would be annoyed at how many times Gingrich and Santorum keep showing up even after their story-lines are exhausted, and how crappy Romney’s dialogue is. No actor could utter “Corporations are people, my friend” and not sound like an idiot. Well, Bruce Campbell maybe. And look at Ron Paul. Why is he even still here? On the other hand, there are some entertaining moments. If you pretend its 1980, and you are watching a science fiction movie about 2012, it’s kind of cool. Everybody has phones without wires! Candidates argue about moon colonies! Lando Calrissian is president! Let’s look at some ridiculous pictures! Continue reading
NBC is reaching way down deep into the well of potentially bad ideas; Ellen Barkin to probably be magnificent in scripted television, oops, it’s on NBC; Well maybe it’ll work! Former talk show host to do an Oscar thing to imitate Oscar things she’s done in the past; Lucifer loses an actor; and Denzel to remake 2002 over and over again. Continue reading