Sundance Review: ‘My Idiot Brother’
It’s always great to discover a new comedy that everyone will be talking about months from now. ‘My Idiot Brother’ is that movie. Apatow-ian in its construction and characters, ‘My Idiot Brother’ is h...
It’s always great to discover a new comedy that everyone will be talking about months from now. ‘My Idiot Brother’ is that movie. Apatow-ian in its construction and characters, ‘My Idiot Brother’ is h...
In the excitement leading up to the Academy Awards, it’s easy to get caught up in all the drama about… well, dramas. But Oscar season is also a good opportunity to shine a light on some of the lesser-seen movies of the year ...
Another week in January… another absolutely awful new slate of movies. This December, when I’m listing all of the amazing things coming out week after week, and bemoaning the fact that people can’t feasibly see all of ...
I think I liked ‘Red State’ more than the average critic. I like its frantic pace and its completely nutty religious wackos. Michael Parks is amazing as the enigmatic cult leader. It’s an all-around fun little fi...
Since I went through the major Oscar nominations earlier, I thought that I’d take a look at some of the lesser, more esoteric and technical categories. If you only care about all the attractive movie stars, this probably isn...
My fourth day at Sundance was my most extensive movie day. I saw five films. I’ve come to find out that five movies in a day is my limit. Any more than that, they all start to just blend together. It’s harder to judge ...
The newly-revived ‘Ebert Presents At the Movies’ made its premiere on PBS stations over the weekend. Are new hosts Christy Lemire and Ignatiy Vishnevetsky the next Siskel & Ebert? To use a phrase that was repeated...
Monday was a day of rest. I only had one movie to go to, and that was the big premiere of Kevin Smith’s ‘Red State’. My wife came down from our house in Logan, Utah to hang out with me. I’m sure you donR...
Yesterday was the big day, the day I’ve been speculating about and pondering over and wasting many sleepless nights thinking about: Oscar nomination day! While a lot of the nominees were foregone conclusions, there were some...
In the midst of all the hoopla surrounding yesterday’s announcement of this year’s Oscar nominations, the committee behind the Golden Raspberry Awards once again stepped forward to deflate Hollywood’s celebratory...
For some reason, I feel like I’ve already been here a week. I swear, watching three to four movies a day ages you faster, or just makes you feel older. Today, when it hit 1:00 in the afternoon, I felt like it was 7:00 PM. My...
The 2011 Oscar Nominations were announced this morning. Follow after the break for a look at which movies the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences believes were last year’s best. We’d also like to use this oppor...