Movies you need to see at Sundance: Part 1
Posted by Scott on January 7, 2009 4 Comments

Since I am heading down to Sundance Film Festival in 2 weeks I thought it would be important to prepare myself and try to figure out what movies were important for me to see. Here …

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A Bit of Trivia …
Saturday, 12 Apr, 2008 – 23:00 | 3 Comments
A Bit of Trivia …

Thought I’d throw this out there, just for fun. Some of you may find this easy. If so, try not post the answer too quickly. There’s no prize … so, challenge yourself. See if …

B-Movie Icons: Joe Bob Briggs
Saturday, 12 Apr, 2008 – 13:25 | No Comment
B-Movie Icons: Joe Bob Briggs

While I was trudging my way through high school, I was primarily an art student. Back then, I did my homework and got decent grades, but didn’t take school all that seriously. Not yet the …

Please, please … give me ‘Barbarella’
Friday, 11 Apr, 2008 – 22:50 | No Comment
Please, please … give me ‘Barbarella’

If there’s one example of a remake that I will gladly pay $10 to go see, and quite possibly multiple times, it would be a remake of the 1968 classic Barbarella that is directed by …

Why not Rutger Hauer …
Wednesday, 9 Apr, 2008 – 12:18 | No Comment
Why not Rutger Hauer …

I was cruising along the Internet this morning and somewhere in the back of my mind I started hearing this voice, asking me … “Why not Rutger Hauer?” I thought, yeah … why not? I …

My beef with the ‘W’ Movie …
Wednesday, 9 Apr, 2008 – 7:19 | No Comment
My beef with the ‘W’ Movie …

As most of you already know, Oliver Stone starts shooting ‘W’ next month and they have the cast all ready to go.
First off, they cast Josh Brolin as Mr. W himself, which I guess is …

I Dream of Cinema …
Saturday, 5 Apr, 2008 – 23:15 | No Comment
I Dream of Cinema …

For many years now I’ve harboured a semi-secret personal dream of opening the “perfect” movie theatre. Now, “perfect” is subjective and will vary greatly depending on who you ask, so this “perfect” is what my “perfect” …

Which Sci-Fi, Fantasy and/or Horror Novel NEEDS to be Adapted?
Thursday, 3 Apr, 2008 – 23:59 | One Comment
Which Sci-Fi, Fantasy and/or Horror Novel NEEDS to be Adapted?

As movie geeks, we all have our opinions on virtually every aspect of the motion pictures universe. Now, its time for us to share some of those opinions … on one, very specific but fascinating …

Film Critics feel the Generational Burn
Thursday, 3 Apr, 2008 – 21:44 | No Comment
Film Critics feel the Generational Burn

Apparently, the epidemic of unemployed film critics is larger than I had originally gathered. Variety.com columnist Anne Thompson has written a really interesting, yet somewhat upsetting article on the current trend of film critics being given …

Rambo Vs. Dutch
Thursday, 3 Apr, 2008 – 11:48 | 4 Comments
Rambo Vs. Dutch

I was watching Rambo the other day and then Predator came on right after it. Which made me think, “Who would win? Rambo, or Dutch?” Then I thought … hey, that would be an awesome …

Roger Ebert plans return to movie reviews soon …
Wednesday, 2 Apr, 2008 – 20:52 | No Comment
Roger Ebert plans return to movie reviews soon …

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For many of us, growing up into movie geek adulthood has certainly included our share of time spent reading movie reviews written by countless numbers of film critics. I personally have two critics I consider …

Recommended Reading: ‘Hitchcock’s Notebooks’
Wednesday, 2 Apr, 2008 – 20:32 | No Comment
Recommended Reading: ‘Hitchcock’s Notebooks’

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This one is especially for the hopeless, truly obsessed movie geeks out there. Anyone who has seen their share of Hitchcock’s films know that there is virtually NO WAY that ANY modern film-maker could honestly …

‘Robodoc’ … National Lampoons next big movie …
Wednesday, 2 Apr, 2008 – 12:23 | 3 Comments
‘Robodoc’ … National Lampoons next big movie …

So I have razzed National Lampoon on this site many, many times before for putting out lackluster/mediocre movies … but now I am going to help do a little shameless promotion for their new flick. …

‘The Faculty’ revisited … 10 years later
Thursday, 20 Mar, 2008 – 23:15 | No Comment
‘The Faculty’ revisited … 10 years later

Every once in a while a movie is made that not only stands the test of time, but also carries the proud distinction of being a film that starts a genre revolution. Like many films, …

A good story, well told. And a re-release from Walt’s vault.
Tuesday, 18 Mar, 2008 – 2:00 | 3 Comments
A good story, well told. And a re-release from Walt’s vault.

Today seems to be a random article kind of day, so here I go …
I have a profound love of children’s literature and all its unabashedly stark metaphors and I believe the bridge between stories …

New ‘Dune’ Adaptation In Works
Monday, 17 Mar, 2008 – 22:43 | 2 Comments

See that picture up there? That’s a still from the only version of Dune I’ll probably ever need. Some of you (most of you) perhaps want a little something more; a little …

Confessions of a Wanna-be Animator
Monday, 17 Mar, 2008 – 22:16 | 3 Comments
Confessions of a Wanna-be Animator

[Pardon the poor quality of the image above ... its several generations old.]
Hello. My name is Travis, and I am a wanna-be animator. It was my senior year in high school and my best buds and …

WAMG First Look & (a little) Who is that guy?
Sunday, 16 Mar, 2008 – 23:26 | No Comment

Nelson McCormick is stepping out of the television box, and on to the Big Screen with not one, but two remakes of Cult Classics “Prom Night” (1980) & “The Stepfather“(1987) both of which delivered numerous …

Hack Movies
Thursday, 13 Mar, 2008 – 2:09 | 4 Comments
Hack Movies

I’m paraphrasing here, but Dov S-S Simens offers a bit of filmmaking advice in his book, “From Reel to Deal,” and it works. It really does:
“When all else fails, take some kids to a single …