You big sillies, that’s not a cat.
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So, my big deal of the week (aside from the earthquake and hurricane and cats and dogs living together) was that I signed up for a month trial of Hulu+ to see about cancelling Netflix discs (since their spat with Criterion, the bluray selection has been severely disappointing and not worth the extra money...
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Tags: Aki Kaurismäki, Alexis Tioseco, Antonio Banderas, Atom Egoyan, Baz Luhrman, Brit Marling, Carrie Fisher, CGI Yoda, Clarissa Explains it All, Conan, Criterion, David Fincher, Devin's Knot, Doug, Fellini, George Lucas, Ghostbusters 3, Hey Arnold, Hulu, Hunter S. Thompson, johnny depp, Jonah Hill, Luc Besson, Mastorna, Megan Fox and her horrible tattoos, Michele Yeoh, Nika Bohinc, Pedro Almodovar, peter jackson, Richard Brody, Rocko's Modern Life, Rooney Mara, Sean Hood, sean penn, Star Wars, Teen Nick, Terrence Malick, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Great Gatsby, The Phantom Menace, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Rum Diary, The Skin that I Live In, Tree of Life, Wes Anderson, West Memphis Three
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After a few months of only occasional excitement on Announce Day, Criterion unloaded a blockbuster slate on us today. It includes the previously known titles of The Three Colors Trilogy, and the double-dips of The Rules of the Game and Rushmore. It was expected to be rounded out by Bitter Rice and Y Tu...
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Tags: 12 Angry Men, A Brighter Summer Day, Criterion, Elephant Boy, Fanny and Alexander, In the Mood for Love, ingmar bergman, Krystof Kieslowski, Rushmore, Sabu, Sidney Lumet, The Drum, The Jungle Book, The Rules of the Game, The Three Colors Trilogy, Wes Anderson, Wong Kar Wai
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As the crazy days of summer draw to a close, with the tentpole pictures mostly behind us, we’re starting to get a lot more choice in what to go see again. This weekend saw openings of Final Destination 5, The Help, Another Earth, The Devil’s Double, Glee 3D and 30 Minutes or Less not to...
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Tags: 50/50, AMC, Andrew Niccol, Anton Yelchin, Aroma-Scope, Bad Southern Accent, banksy, Bert and Ernie, Bitter Rice, Bridget Jones, Cilian Murphy, Criterion, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Elena Anaya, exit through the gift shop, Field of Dreams, Francis Bean Cobain, Frank Darabont, Gattaca, Gay Marriage, Glee 3D, Gleek, Howard Stern, In Time, Jean Renoir, jennifer lawrence, JJ Abrams, Joel Stillerman, johnny depp, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Justin Timberlake, Katherine Bigelow, Keislowski, kirk douglas, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Larry David, Like Crazy, London Riots, Mel Gibson, Morgan Spurlock, Mr. Brainwash, natalie portman, NY Republican Peter King, Pedro Almodovar, Rushmore, Sesame Street, Seth Rogan, Spy Kids 4, Super 8, The Beaver, the grand master, The Lone Ranger, The Rules of the Game, The Skin that I Inhabit, The Skin that I Live In, The Three Colors, The Three Colors Trilogy, Tilda Swinton, tony leung, Vincent Gallo, Walking Dead, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Wes Anderson, Wong Kar Wai, Y Tu Mama Tambien
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Just a quick post to remind you to hide your wallets. Stick those credit cards in a bag of water and throw it in the freezer so you can avoid financial ruin at the hands of those diabolical bastards at Criterion. It’s 50% off time at Barnes and Noble again, meaning most Blurays are...
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock and thought that continuous sonic boom this morning was the apocalypse, you know that the Space Shuttle Atlantis lifted off earlier today on the final shuttle mission NASA will ever launch. I’m personally not a big fan of the International Space Station, though I do have a...
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Tags: Al Reinert, Apollo, Criterion, For All Mankind, Hulu, nasa
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Another week, another comic book movie. This time it was Green Lantern’s turn, and things did not go as for old GL as they did for Thor, which is probably why you don’t want to put all of your summer dollar eggs into one basket, which you then give to Ryan Reynolds for safe...
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Tags: 30 Minutes or Less, Aaron Sorkin, Academy Awards, Arcade Fire, Bennet Miller, Billy Beane, Captain America, Chris Nolan, Coen Brothers, Criterion, Current TV, Daniel Radcliffe, David Fincher, David Mamet, Edmund, Emma Watson, Green Lantern, Gunnar Fischer, harry potter, how to make chloroform, In the Mood for Love, Indiana Jones, ingmar bergman, Jason Robards' Sexy Voice, Jor-El, Keith Olbermann, Krystof Kieslowski, Mae Whitman, Marlon Brando, Moneyball, MUBI, Netflix, New York Times Pay Wall, Noah Baumbach, Persona, Red Skull, Rupert Grint, Russell Crowe, ryan reynolds, San Diego Comic Con, Sascha Baron Cohen, Solaris, Spike Jonze, Stanislaw Lem, Starz, Stuntmen, Sven Nyqvist, Terrence Malick, The Chipmonks, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Seventh Seal, The Suburbs, The Tree of Life, Thor, Wild Strawberries, Wong Kar Wai
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We’re already a few weeks into the summer movie season and we’re at the point where it is momentarily shifting away from the action blockbusters like Pirates 4 and Thor to the big, dumb comedy (I mean this in the best possible sense) this weekend, with The Hangover II and Kung Fu Panda II,...
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Tags: A.O. Scott, Akira, Albert Hughes, amy adams, Barry Lyndon, BFI, Bluray, Bottle Rocket, Bridesmaids, Cannes, Cherly Hines, Conan O'Brien Can't Stop, Criterion, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Fassbinder, Glenn Kenny, Janus Films, Jason Segel, jeff bridges, jennifer lawrence, Joss Whedon, Keislowski, Kent Jones, Larry David, Leon Vitali, Lila Silva Foster, Midnight in Paris, MUBI, Oscilloscope, Oz: The Great and Powerful, Phoenix, Remakes, Sofia Coppola, Terrence Malick, The Avengers, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Muppets, The Three Stooges, The Woman of Everyone, Thomas Mars, Three Colors, Tilda Swinton, Tomboys, WB, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Wes Anderson, Woody Allen, World on Fire, x-men, X-Men: First Class, Zack Braff
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It’s that time of the year again. The special time of the year when we hear about all of these amazing films starring amazing actors, directed by wonderful directors the world over that we have to wait twelve to eighteen months to see. That’s right, the big news of the week was the beginning...
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Tags: Cannes Film Festival, Criterion, Gus Van Sant, Jean Cocteau, Jean Vigo, Julia Leigh, Lynne Ramsay, Meryl Streep, Midnight in Paris, NBC, Orpheus, Restless, Sleeping Beauty, Sundance Selects, Sunday News Roundup, Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Will Smith, Wonder Woman, Woody Allen
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Criterion announced their titles for July today, and there are some exciting titles in it. There is a remaster of Jean Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast (#6), as well as three new collection titles: Jean-Pierre Melville’s Leon Morin, Priest (#572), featuring Jean-Pail Belmondo; Satyajit Ray’s The Music Room (#573), which is the first Ray...
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Tags: Akira Kurosawa, Beauty and the Beast, charlie chaplin, Criterion, Gabby Hoffmann, High & Low, Jean Cocteau, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean-Pierre Melville, Life During Wartime, mike leigh, Modern Times, Satyajit Ray, Todd Solondz
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