Welcome to another edition of Everyone's a Critic! Today we've got two special reviews from two different genres, one is a Shakespearean modern adaptation, straight from its BERLINALE premiere (thank you Vanessa, you lucky gal!) and the other an Otto Preminger’s acclaimed classic noir (Preminger was nominated for Best Director Oscar for this film). In …
Continue reading Everyone’s a Critic: Reviews of Coriolanus (2011) and Laura (1944)
Counting down to the Oscar this coming Sunday, and the boys from rossvross.com have gone a little Oscar crazy this week. A couple of weeks ago, Ross McG rounded up nine other bloggers (including his partner in crime Ross McD) for a ten-way Best Picture Oscar battle. Because there are so many movies - and because it …
Continue reading Ross vs Ross’ Best Picture Fight Club is Up – The King Speech Review
Happy Monday all, and to my American friends, Happy President's Day! Do you get the day off today? Fortunately I do, which is perfect timing as we just got dumped on more snow again this weekend. Yesterday was practically in blizzard condition right before I went to church around 11 am CST, and the snow …
Continue reading Weekend Viewing Roundup: Empire of the Sun, Unbreakable
Hello everybody, happy Friday! My office will be closed for President's Day on Monday so it'll be a three-day weekend, YAY! I haven't been to the theater for a while. I think the last film I saw at the theater was The Fighter back in January, wow! Well, I don't know if I'll make it …
Continue reading Weekend Viewing Plans and Music Break: The King’s Speech Score
A while back I wrote about hack directors working in Hollywood. Well, to balance things out, now how about some of the great ones who are still churning out some great films. I’ll also list some of their upcoming projects that I’m looking forward to see on the big screen. (rtm's note: also check out …
Continue reading The Flix List: Seven Great Directors Working in Hollywood Today
Castor @ Anomalous Material has done it again! He created yet another addictive but fun (well of course it's fun or it wouldn't be addictive, right?) game for movie lovers call the Movie Fantasy League. It's like Fantasy Football, but instead of being a “general manager” of a fantasy baseball team, you are the head …
I haven't done a miscellaneous flix news post in a while, but this week I want to share a few things from the past few days. It's a Brits edition in honor of the BAFTA Awards this past Sunday. First, congratulations to all the BAFTA winners (see the full list here)! The British Academy of …
Continue reading Casting and Miscellaneous Flix News (Brits Edition)
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