Remember in Saved by the Bell: The College Years when Zack was presented with an opportunity to cheat on his ethics test? Professor Lasky in his infinite wisdom and long luscious locks set up a test where he “accidentally” left the answer key on the floor for his students to find. Every student cheated, except …
History is written by the winners because, well, everyone likes a winner and because losers tend not to write of their defeat. Movies are the same. We like to look back at films and discuss/debate over which were the best of last 365, which ones captivated, inspired, touched us, etc. etc., but in the words …
David Carradine is dead. Long live David Carradine. Actor David Carradine died Thursday in Thailand at age 72. He reportedly committed suicide, though his wife, friends and producers of the film Carradine was shooting dispute that idea. Everyone has written their obit piece, so there’s no nead to do another. However, what I would like …
A month or so ago, I wrote an editorial criticizing AMC Movie Thetaters for a terrible experience I had where the manager made it clear that he cared more about money than giving audiences what they paid for. And earlier this week, this story breaks. Comedian Aziz Ansari, (now co-starring on TV’s “Parks and Recreation,”) …
If you’re a frequent reader of this site, you might be aware that we called for a boycott of the AMC movie theater chain. I had what could be considered an incredibly disheartening conversation with the manager on duty who suggested that as long as the ratio to non-complaining patrons isn’t outweighed by complaining patrons, …
Everyone knows that movie going is expensive. On a Friday night, tickets cost $10 each, and that’s not including popcorn, candy or soda. We like movies. All of us who write for the site are doing this for the love of cinema, not to get rich off of it. (‘Cause trust us, we aren’t.) We …
I guess you could have guessed that this day would come. A DVD quality workprint of the upcoming Hugh Jackman summer movie “Wolverine,” has leaked on-line at various torrent sites. The movie is apparently almost completely complete, with just FX shots missing. There is no timecode, no watermark, no nothing. On website says that this …
There is a debate going on right now about which is better out of the two front runners for Best Picture this year: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button or Slumdog Millionaire. It could be construed as a very tough debate, but one has to understand that they are both such strikingly different films that …
Hey fans, it’s me. How’s it going? I got a question for you: why are you here? Why are you reading this? Because you like movies.
Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert revolutionized film criticism with their movie ‘At the Movies.’