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Movie Mettle: Five Gerard Butler Hate-Watch Movies To Test Your Limits
Movie Mettle is a weekly column for moviegoers with weak constitutions. Wish you had the balls to sit through the goriest of horror movies? Want to build up your resistance to weepy rom-coms? Each week we’ll give you a range of five movies that will test your ...
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Classy Movies for Classy People: Oscars Edition
Hello there, good fellow, and welcome back to another edition of Classy Movies for Classy People. Is that a new bowler? Quite dashing, my friend. I must have the address of the hatter from whom you acquired it. Ah, but enough about headwear, you’re here to dis...
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Something Old, Something New: Femme Fatale/Side Effects
Steven Soderbergh’s latest, possibly last, theatrical venture, Side Effects, is one of his most thrilling works. This is less because the film is billed as, and occasionally quite effective, as a thriller than the manner in which Soderbergh constantly redefine...
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The Needle Drop: Don Simpson and the Music of Beverly Hills Cop
Any discussion of music and film eventually has to include the name of Don Simpson. Rising through the ranks at Paramount in their legendary run of success in the 1970s, Simpson's most notable work came in his producing partnership with Jerry Bruckheimer, resu...
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With a Little Help from Our Friends
Every Monday With A Little Help From Our Friends dedicates time highlighting the best pieces of writing on film and television published around the Internet.
For your reading enjoyment …
Decided to listen to the very enjoyable podcast Operation Kino. This we...
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Short Stuff: Get A Violent Blast of Cyber-Punk Attitude in US Anime PostHuman
In a world of features, short films rarely get much attention. Yet the best five-minute shorts usually contain more originality and creativity than your average Hollywood blockbuster. That’s why we launched Short Stuff, a weekly profile on a promising short-fo...
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This Week in the Death of Cinema: But With ACTION!
Earlier this week, THR reported that Sony is developing a “re-imagining” of Oliver Twist called Dodge & Twist. The “twist” in this case is that the movie will be a sort of action/adventure film in the vein of Guy Ritchie’s recent Sherlock Holmes. Usually, ...
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Movie Mettle: 5 Over-The-Top Romantic Gestures in Film To Test Your Limits
Movie Mettle is a weekly column for moviegoers with weak constitutions. Wish you had the balls to sit through the goriest of horror movies? Want to build up your resistance to weepy rom-coms? Each week we’ll give you a range of five movies that will test your ...
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Battle of Directors: Stanley Kubrick vs. Terrence Malick
Battle of Directors is a weekly column that pits two filmmakers against one another, sheds light on their respective filmographies, and then asks readers to state which director they prefer. Thoughtful discourse and discussion is encouraged and desired. Enjoy!...
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With a Little Help from Our Friends
Every Monday With A Little Help From Our Friends is dedicated to highlighting the best pieces of writing on film and television published around the Internet.
For your reading enjoyment …
The best and the worst of the 55th Grammy awards (which I found to be...
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