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Poll: Christopher Nolan – Brilliant Director or Overrated?

Josh Zyber — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 14:00:49 +0000

With the blockbuster success of his ‘Dark Knight’ trilogy, ‘Inception’ and (presumably) this week’s new sci-fi epic ‘Interstellar’, Christopher Nolan is one of the most powerful filmmakers in Hollywood. He’s also often regarded as one of the smartest and best. But do his movies really live up to their acclaim, or is Christopher Nolan more...

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Weekend Roundtable: Movie-to-TV Spin-Offs

Josh Zyber — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:00:49 +0000

Network executives love spinning off movies into TV shows. With a popular title comes instant brand recognition. Sometimes this works (‘M*A*S*H’). Often it doesn’t. Two of the most promising shows currently on the air (‘Bates Motel’ and ‘Hannibal’) are spun-off from movies. In this week’s Roundtable, we try to think of some other movie titles...

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Weekend Roundtable: Prequel Mania

Josh Zyber — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 19:00:57 +0000

As Ridley Scott returns to the ‘Alien’ franchise today with his sort-of-prequel ‘Prometheus’, this got us thinking about other movies that have yet to be given the prequel treatment. A few of the ideas we’ll pitch in this week’s Roundtable might not be half bad. Others, we fully admit, are entirely awful, but still probably...

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The Buzz About the 3D-Bee

Josh Zyber — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:00:42 +0000

It’s been over two years since the rollout of the new generation of 3D home theater, yet 3D fans still suffer a relative lack of content to play on their 3D HDTVs and projectors. New Blu-ray 3D releases seem to trickle out at a frustratingly slow pace, and broadcast 3D content is erratic at best....

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Weekend Roundtable: Favorite Visual Effects Scenes

Josh Zyber — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:00:58 +0000

As the summer movie season winds down and we look back at all the VFX-heavy blockbusters (and wannabe blockbusters) of the year, this has gotten us to thinking about some of our favorite visual effects scenes of all time. For this week’s Roundtable, let’s celebrate the wonders of movie magic. Technically speaking, there is a...

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Weekend Roundtable: Favorite Summer Blockbusters

Josh Zyber — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 19:00:07 +0000

At one time or another, all film critics get accused of not understanding what real people like in movies – of only ever appreciating artsy fartsy film festival entries about miserable people being miserable all the time. We’ve taken a lot of grief to that effect here in the blog recently due to some dislike...

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‘Fringe’ 3.19 Recap: “There’s an Entire World Out There with No Rhyme or Reason”

Josh Zyber — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:00:53 +0000

Another series returning to the network schedule after a couple weeks off is ‘Fringe’. This past Friday’s new episode features (in a manner of speaking) returning guest star Leonard Nimoy and a storyline that, honest-to-god, may be one of the most bizarre in the show’s entire run. The episode title ‘Lysergic Acid Diethylamide’ might begin...

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Statuesque: Oscar 2011 Postmortem

Drew Taylor — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:00:08 +0000

Before we get down to analyzing who won which Academy Awards and why those winners outrage me to the point of Charlie Sheen-esque rants, we probably should first discuss the Oscar broadcast itself. Because, really, have you ever seen anything like it before? (And I don’t mean that in a good way.) As I texted...

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Academy Awards 2011 Live-Blog (With Contests!)

Josh Zyber — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 21:00:48 +0000

This is it, folks! The 2011 Academy Awards air this Sunday, February 27th, at 8 PM EST. We’ll be live-blogging it right here in this space, starting with ABC’s official Red Carpet Special at 7PM. Best of all, we really want to make this fun, so we’re going to have Blu-ray give-away contests all through...

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Mid-Week Oscar Poll: Best Picture 2011

Josh Zyber — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 14:00:02 +0000

This is it, folks. We’re coming down to the wire on the 2011 Academy Awards. In this week’s poll, it’s time for you to tell us your predictions for the big trophy: Best Picture. In this first poll, tell us which movie you predict the Academy will give the award to. Next, give us your...

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Interpreting ‘Inception’ as Commentary on the Videogame Industry

Dick Ward — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:00:08 +0000

I’ve made no secret in the past about my feelings for the movie ‘Inception’. I don’t think it’s bad by any means, but I find it to be not much more than a neat heist flick that’s no deeper than most blockbusters. It’s inconsistent and somewhat silly, but maybe that’s how it’s supposed to be....

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Statuesque: Writer’s Guild Awards 2011 – ‘Social Network’ and ‘Inception’ Win Something!

Drew Taylor — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:00:39 +0000

If you’ve noticed a theme to these Statuesque posts, I’m very sad at the apparent lack of Academy heat around ‘The Social Network’. Not only was its total nomination count dwarfed by ‘The King’s Speech’ (8 compared to 12 nominations), but ‘Speech’ has picked up two substantial awards in the past couple of weeks: the...

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