— by SHERICE ANTOINETTE — Glancing back at 2010, it’s apparent that A-list talent does not guarantee box office success. With ticket prices starting at $14 (at least here in Los Angeles), moviegoers have become more selective. So it should come to no surprise that “Black Swan,”[...]
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Book vs. Movie: ‘The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest’
— by BEV QUESTAD — Let’s just make everyone uncomfortable and tell it like it is. The focus of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy is the subjugation, degradation and dehumanization of women by men through time, class, profession, education, sex and brute force … not a new concept a[...]
WikiLeaks Doc says ‘Friends’ More Powerful than Propaganda
— by ALEXA MILAN — The whole WikiLeaks situation has dominated the news during the past several weeks, but as a movie fanatic, one WikiLeaks story in particular caught my eye. News outlets from ABC News to Entertainment Weekly reported this week that one State Department document release[...]
Odds, Fans Stacked Against ‘Buffy’ Reboot
— by ALLISON HIGGINBOTHAM — “Into every generation there is a Chosen One” … and for those of us who love “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” that Chosen One is Joss Whedon. “Buffy” is one of those unique incidents where the creator became more popular than anyone else from the s[...]
‘Harry Potter’: Seven Films Down, One to Go
— by SHERICE ANTOINETTE — My world has been forever changed since J.K. Rowling introduced me to “The Boy Who Lived” back in 1998. It is through Harry Potter that I’ve discovered witches and wizards and learned of a special academy that trained them. Like many, after finishing the[...]
Should the ‘Star Wars’ Saga Continue?
— by VICTOR RODRIGUEZ — I recently saw a rumor that Lucasfilms is planning sequels to the Star Wars movies. Someone claimed that an “ultra top-secret Lucasfilm insider” has revealed that an entire new trilogy is currently being developed. George Lucas, in a Wired magazine art[...]
The Cure to ‘The Hangover’ — Join the Movement
— by MARIUSZ ZUBROWSKI — I, for one, am sick of hearing people quote “The Hangover” (i.e. “there’s a tiger in the bathroom”) and drone on about how incredibly “epic” it was. Although it may have been the most successful rated-R comedy in the history of man, the Todd Phillip[...]
Trekkies Breathe a Sigh of Relief
— by CHRIS HYATT — Ordinarily, I wouldn’t participate in rumor-mongering or gossiping, but when it comes to my favorite sci-fi franchise of all time, “Star Trek,” I will bend the rules a little bit. Scripting for the highly-anticipated sequel to “Star Trek” [...]
Can Rooney Mara Do Lisbeth Salander Justice?
— by VICTOR RODRIGUEZ — I am a huge fan of Swedish movie “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.” I thought Noomi Rapace just nailed the part of Lisbeth. Who cares if she was older than the character in the book? In the “Bourne” books, the character of Jason Bourne is s[...]
Hollywood’s Top Ten Spoof Movies of All Time
From our friends at Reelz Channel, here is a countdown of the top 10 spoof movies of all time, as selected by movie fans.[...]
Film-maker Ken Moore Discusses ‘Spaceless in Seattle’
— by BEV QUESTAD — Doesn’t everybody love an elephant? This is a four-minute, concise, well-done short on how the elephants are doing at the Woodland Park Zoo (WPZ) in Seattle. Intelligently written, cleverly titled and efficiently presented, this short is a must-see. Remember when you[...]
How Not to Be a Jerk in a Movie Theater
— by RACHEL COYNE — I’ve noticed an alarming trend in my recent trips to the movie theater: Behaving like a total jerk is slowly becoming acceptable behavior. I’ve witnessed audience members talking and texting, bringing babies to the theater, allowing their cell phones to ring, and [...]
Why Tom Welling Should Play Superman in the Next Movie
— by ANDY BEHBAKHT — First, I’m going to go through the entire status between what is going on with Chris Nolan’s upcoming Superman movie “Man of Steel” and with “Smallville.” “Smallville” — the longest-running Superman show on television his[...]
Under Review: ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’
— by H.G. WATSON — If we are to believe the hype for “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” it’s the film that blows your socks off, represents an entire generation, steals your girlfriend and knocks her up, makes you see God and is, without a doubt, the best movie since the invention of t[...]