Woody Allen has called The Purple Rose of Cairo his favorite film, the only one that ever really came out right, the way he envisioned it. It’s a great film, one that takes a natural extension from Buster Keaton’s Sherlock, Jr., where Buster’s character, a projectionist, goes into the frame to solve a mystery....
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So, unless you’ve been living under a rock this week you probably already know that the Florida Film Festival is underway. It is, I believe, the biggest edition of the festival yet, and the handful of films I’ve seen while we were going through our reviews were all good. My picks for can’t-miss of...
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The Artist will win this award tomorrow night. Some people will be happy, some people will be livid. Most people will shrug because they haven’t seen it. I will probably shrug even though I have seen it. I liked it as a film. It was fun and whimsical and, most importantly for a gimmick film,...
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Uh… hey. It’s Saturday afternoon. And I’ll admit it, I completely forgot this was due. My  dog ate my homework. Then it was spat out, into a puddle. A puddle of slobber from the mouth of a poodle. A poodle puddle. What was I supposed to do?!?! BEST DIRECTOR: Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist) Alexander...
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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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Starting tomorrow night at 9pm, PBS’s American Masters will begin airing the two-part career spanning documentary on Woody Allen, aptly titled Woody Allen: A Documentary. The film runs about 3 1/2 hours, spread over Sunday and Monday nights, both beginning at 9pm. Directed by Robert Weide (Curb Your Enthusiasm), it features interviews from Allen...
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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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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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Well, this week the Academy Awards for the year 1994 became topical again, when Disney re-released The Lion King in 3D. One of the biggest (and best) animated films ever produced by the world’s biggest feature animation production house, The Lion King broke through even the hardest of critical hearts with its Hamlet-inspired tale...
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So, depending on who you ask, this week’s big genre release, Drive, was either the greatest film since Citizen Kane or the worst film since The Hottie and the Nottie. I haven’t had a chance to see it yet, and I might wait until all of the jizzing/furor wears off to not feel compelled...
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