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- Category Five: My 5 Favorite Films Of The First Half Of The Year
The year is halfway over, and I’ve done a pretty good job of seeing films in the theater. A few slipped by that I wanted to check out, and there are a few still in theaters that I hope to catch soon. But here’s a list of my favorites so far.
#5: TEETHIt’s hard to [...]
- You Go (American) Girl!
Though it doesn’t get its wide release until next week, last Friday Kit Kittredge: An American Girl opened in 5 theaters, making $220,297. For the non-math types (and I include myself in that), that comes out to an average of $44,059 per theater.
While this doesn’t place it anywhere near the top of best theater [...]
- Just Add Money: Pregnancy Pact
Here’s another story that could easily be turned into a movie:
There’s some other layers to the story as people have now come forward saying there was no pact. Luckily, movies aren’t concerned with the truth, so we can do what we want with the story.
Erik Davis over at Cinematical wrote an article (based on [...]
- The Acceptable Hulk
Saturday my roommate and I watched two films in the theaters simply to escape our hot apartment. I had been briefly interested in The Incredible Hulk, but once opening weekend passed without my seeing it, I figured I wouldn’t catch it in theaters. So Universal & Marvel can thank the sun for my patronage.
I’ve yet [...]
- In Defense of Eli Roth
Having recently watched both Hostel and Hostel: Part II (which were both written & directed by Eli Roth), I found that I did not agree with a lot of the criticism directed at them. While they definitely aren’t for everyone, they don’t deserve to be attacked like they have been. Here’s my defense of the [...]
- Category Five: My 5 Favorite Film Endings (Twist)
The other day I offered up my five favorite film endings that weren’t twist endings. As I stated before, I mean the literal ending of the film, as in the last seconds before it goes to black.
Twist endings have an upper-hand because they are undoubtedly going to force a major reaction. Good endings, ones that [...]
- Craig Brewer Is Just Light-Skinned
Eager to check out some Blu-ray movies on my new player, I moved some films that were available in that format to the top of my Netflix queue. I wound up with Hustle & Flow and Black Snake Moan at the same time, only later realizing they were both written & directed by the [...]
- Ode to an Ad: "Unbreakable" Trailer
The majority of complaints about movie previews fall into one of two categories:
1. They give away too much of the plot.
2. They don’t really give you a sense of how good (or bad) the movie is.
Point number one is well taken, but it’s worth noting that in the “olden days,” trailers gave away much more [...]
- Category Five: My 5 Favorite Film Endings (Non-Twist)
A great ending can leave a lasting impression. A smile on your face, a laugh in your belly, a tear in your eye, or a heavy weight on you soul.
Conversely, a bad ending can ruin a perfectly good movie. If it’s a great movie, the ending might not necessarily RUIN it, but it means that [...]
- Women Wear Pants Too: Jodie Foster
From time to time, I’ll highlight a lady that gets to do more in Hollywood than just play the wife/girlfriend/romantic interest.
JODIE FOSTERI know she’s a pretty obvious choice, but that doesn’t mean she’s not worth highlighting. All the writing I’ve done about The Silence of the Lambs recently got me thinking: When was the [...]
