Nine Techniques for the Bad Viewer: A Manifesto
“Immerse yourself: you should never exist outside a movie.”
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“Immerse yourself: you should never exist outside a movie.”
#7: “A story starring a child is allowed to be bloodcurdlingly violent without softening it with hand-holding guilt or apathetic abstraction.”
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#7: “A family drama about the dangers of beekeeping.”
Will the real cult film please stand up?
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“I want my favorites to get the high ratings — my judgments are being challenged by anonymous forces whom I cannot confront.”
Exploitation & Erotica · Lists
I guess I don’t speak for all of the BLAD council, but figured I’d get the ball rolling (presuming its not already rolling somewhere else) When making your own lists[…]
Last week, the American Film Institute announced its list of “America’s 10 Greatest Films in 10 Classic Genres” – Animation, Romantic Comedies, Western, Sports, Mystery, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Gangster, Courtroom Drama,[…]
Hughes as Narcissist – Robert Downey, Jr. in Iron Man Jon Favreau’s Iron Man (2008) has been universally praised for what it is, a well done but fundamentally generic superhero[…]
Actors & Personalities · Lists
It’s mother’s day and as I was watching MULHOLLAND DRIVE just now for the millionth time, it occured to me that my love for cinema would not be nearly so[…]
You can’t get away from the plethora of top ten lists out there: every year the web grows and so does the opinions. Instead of showing you mine, I’ve assembled,[…]
The following titles from Cahiers du cinéma‘s list of 100 plus beaux films de monde are the French titles of some of the greatest non-French films ever made, but –[…]
Boris Karloff in “The Wurdalak” episode of Mario Bava’s Black Sabbath (1963) This is my ranked list of 31 Essential Horror Films culled from Ed Hardy, Jr.’s 183 Official Nominees[…]
Let’s get to it: What’s worth missing? The Jane Austen Book Club: Ann Hornaday at the Washington Post says this isn’t a chick flick, but adds that it is “a[…]
Let’s get to it: What’s not worth it? The Nanny Diaries: I recently immortalized Scarlett Johansson, well, pretty much, while making fun of her, just a bit, but now I[…]
Another weekend, another nightmare. Let’s see what’s at the multiplex. The Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Sufer: Reed Richards is Mr. Wizard in a bad haircut. As for[…]
Well, it won’t. When the Weekend Moviegoer wants to write about movies he isn’t going to see, no one can stop him, not even Mr. Devil. Spider-man 3 Actually, I’ve[…]
Yes it is ugly out there. What are the choices? Wild Hogs: “I haven’t laughed this much in ages!”, Marian Etoile-Watson, Fox TV/New York. “Etoile-Watson.” Yeah, that’s a name I[…]
OK, what is out there? We Are Marshall: “If you’re not cheering you should check your pulse!”, Stephen Hunter, Washington Post. Sorry, dude. I stopped getting excited about high-school football[…]
The Screen Actors Guild has announced its nominations for 2006. Not surprisingly, the SAG tends to favor films dominated by (you guessed it) acting! And I don’t have much of[…]
African American · Essays · Genres · Lists · Movies
“It’s independent thinking without the protection of an ‘indie’ label.” While hosting the Academy Awards in 2005, Chris Rock made the following claim: black films don’t have real names. “Barbershop?[…]