-Firstly, the Barnes and Noble Criterion 50% off sale has been extended a week, to November 26th. We suggest picking up Chungking Express while you still can, as it’s gone out of print and will soon be rare as people hold on to them with a kung fu death grip. There is some confusion...
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It’s that special time of year once again: the magic of movies, the nose-to-nose horse race, the time of year where at least one person in your Twitter feed will feel personally slighted by Albert Brooks not being nominated — yes, yes. It’s Oscar time. Here at OW Labs, we greet this time of year with...
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The holiday news lull is officially over, and we’re back into the swing of things with a ton of news and links this week. The biggest film news of the week might be that The White House seems to be siding with the “tech companies” (aka everyone in the world who doesn’t draw an...
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Let’s see how horribly wrong I can get this, shall we? Now, the most obvious part about this whole thing is that the only reason to watch the Golden Globes this year is to see celebrities squirm in their seats, hoping that Ricky Gervais’ caustic-comedic spotlight doesn’t touch on them. Otherwise, it’s the most...
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Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale — When this Finnish feature first played the Enzian last year, we said it was an initially enthralling dark fairy tale that fell apart in a silly climax. Now back for its second annual booking, the picture looks like it’s on its way to becoming a holiday tradition. We...
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We’re taking a break from Christmas Crazy today, but it’ll be back with a vengeance tomorrow. But the first thing we need to do this weekend is pause to say RIP Bert Schneider, the man who gave us Head. Okay, I should explain that. When Schneider and his partners Bob Rafelson and Steve Blauner...
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Nothing happened this week. Seriously. There were some awful trailers for crap like What to Expect when You’re Expecting, and New Years Eve got sent through the critical buzzsaw as pretty much every who wasn’t involved in making it thought it would. Okay, the two things that happened this week were the Scott Rudin/David...
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Today, November 6th, 151 years ago (or seven score and 11 years ago, if you will), the nation elected Abraham Lincoln to the White House. Yesterday, November 5th, was also the 56th anniversary of Doc Brown cracking his head open and inventing the flux capacitor, which, indeed, is still fluxing. But enough of that....
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So I suppose it would be a three-way tie for “story of the week” this week. Depending on your level of interest, it was either Steve McQueen’s Shame getting an NC-17 rating (what a silly rating), Joss Whedon making a secret movie of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, or, unfortunately, Lindsay Lohan agreeing to...
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There was some troubling news that came out of Marvel Comics this week, where there was a handful of key staff layoffs. ComicsBeat.com has a insider scoop piece up about the fortunes of the company since Disney’s buyout and Ike Perlmutter’s rise to the top that, if true, will have people longing for the...
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