– by CHRIS HYATT – It looks like with the impending sale of MGM Studios, and Daniel Craig’s busy shooting schedule, it looks like James Bond will not return until late 2011 or even potentially 2012. Until then, let’s take a trip down memory lane, and look at five of the best ...
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July 23rd, 2010 - 5:52 pm § in Posters & Trailers, The Top 5 ...
The Top 5 Reasons It’s OK That You’re Not Going to Comic-Con
– by ALLISON HIGGINBOTHAM – It’s a big weekend for everybody in the film, television, comic book and book world. Basically, if it can be called entertainment, it will try to be represented at Comic-Con. Unfortunately, either because it was sold out or you just didn’t have the money, ...
June 23rd, 2010 - 10:10 pm § in Features, The Top 5 ...
Another Summer In Amity: 35 Years of ‘Jaws,’ Day 3 — Foreign Posters
– by CAM SMITH – As a motion picture, “Jaws” is packed to the gills with iconic characters and moments. Whether it is Brody facing down the shark with only a shotgun and an oh-so-slim chance of triumph, or Quint, atop the Orca’s viewing platform, quietly whistling in the twilight, ...
May 26th, 2010 - 2:33 pm § in Opinions, The Top 5 ...
The Top 5 Movies That Should Never Be Remade
– by CAM SMITH – As anyone frequenting the multiplex, or well-informed sites such as this one, intimately knows, remakes are a hit fad in Hollywood at the moment. Whether it be a beloved favorite (“Halloween,” “The Karate Kid”), cult sensation (“Death Race,” “Fame”), or a...
May 20th, 2010 - 5:05 pm § in The Top 5 ...
The Top Five SNL-Related Movies
– by CHRIS HYATT – I was watching TMZ this evening when a commercial for “MacGruber” came on. Another overrated summer comedy, I thought to myself. And then, during the obligatory one-word positive accolades from somewhat credible media sources, I saw this: “The best SN...
May 8th, 2010 - 6:55 pm § in The Top 5 ...
The Top 5 Socio-Culturally Educational Movies
– by CHRIS HYATT – Kids learn a lot of lessons from movies and television, more so now than they did when I was growing up. Unfortunately, Hollywood has dropped the ball as far as what it’s teaching the impressionable youth of the nation. As such, this list are the top five movies ...
May 4th, 2010 - 5:44 pm § in Opinions, The Top 5 ...
The Top 5 Movies That Should Be Remade
– by CAM SMITH – A little while ago, I was charged with drafting a list of The Top 5 Movies Which Should Never Be Remade and at the time I considered it to be something of a challenge. Certainly, it’s a completely relevant topic, given that we’re living in an age fraught with...
April 19th, 2010 - 7:52 pm § in The Top 5 ...
The Top 5 All Filler, No Killer Sci-Films
– by CHRIS HYATT – There have been plenty of box office bombs lobbed by Hollywood in the last two decades. Every genre of movie has had many failures, but none perhaps as prolific as science fiction. I tend to discount horror as it hasn’t been properly done since Alfred Hitchcock d...
March 16th, 2010 - 12:18 pm § in Opinions, The Top 5 ...
The Top 5 Films About the Law
– by H.G. WATSON – There’s a great novelty in seeing your chosen profession immortalized on the silver screen. For me, that’s the law. Until being a nerd starts paying, well, anything, I am in law school hoping to one day support myself by being a lawyer. Luckily for me, there are to...
March 6th, 2010 - 3:33 pm § in Opinions, The Top 5 ...
The Top 5 Razzies Snubs
– by CAM SMITH – Sure, it’s one thing to get all up in arms over the Oscar nominations. They’re the industry-standard in terms of awards, and we all feel passionate about what encapsulates the best of any given year, and want to see those responsible for profoundly moving and wowing ...
February 24th, 2010 - 1:06 am § in Clips, The Top 5 ...
The Top 5 Most Intriguing Films of 2010
– by CAM SMITH – In perusing this list, you might find your blood-pressure rising an iota, your mind heatedly asking “Where’s ‘Iron Man 2,’ ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1’ or ‘Free Willy 4: Escape from Pirate Cove’?!! How could they possibly be excluded?...
February 14th, 2010 - 10:37 am § in Opinions, The Top 5 ...
The Top 5 Most Dateable Male Movie Characters
– by ALLISON HIGGINBOTHAM – It’s not hard to be perfect in a movie. Characters don’t have to snore, chew to loudly, be a neat freak, be so unorganized it’s dysfunctional, etc. If a movie calls for a romantic male lead then gosh darnit there had better be nothing unattractive about ...
February 13th, 2010 - 3:30 pm § in Opinions, The Top 5 ...
The Top 5 Iconic Slasher Kills
– by CHAS BLANKENSHIP – Since its inception, the “Slasher” sub-genre of horror has racked up an impressive body count … priding itself on the inventive and “out-of-nowhere’ kills that fans have come to expect. From simple stabbings to severed limbs and...
February 11th, 2010 - 7:33 pm § in Opinions, The Top 5 ...
The Top 5 Worst Oscar Winners of the Past 25 Years
– by JASON EAKEN – Why the past 25 years? Two reasons. First, before about 1985, any major controversial or undeserved Oscar moments worth knowing are widely known. Does anyone NOT know that at the 1942 ceremony “Citizen Kane” was unbelievably overlooked by the Oscars, except...
