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My first reaction to announcement of Star Wars Episode VII, was an intense feeling of dread — like a great disturbance in the force....
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My first reaction to announcement of Star Wars Episode VII, was an intense feeling of dread — like a great disturbance in the force....
Dear Hollywood, I am excited about the upcoming release of feathers and pearls fest The Great Gatsby, and hope Hollywood continues to plunder more...
After having cable TV for my entire adult life, last year I decided to cut the cord. Obviously, life went on. While I’m not...
Like discussions on religious beliefs or which Batman movie was best, politics is a topic better left untapped for the sake of avoiding a...
Let’s get this out of the way up front: The Dark Knight Rises is not as amazing as its stupendous predecessor, but it’s pretty...
Dear Hollywood, I am not going to review the new Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises, because: a) I am not eloquent enough to...
Dear Hollywood, There is an already notorious scene in the new William Friedkin film Killer Joe, where Matthew McConaughey humiliates the double-crossing Gina Gershon...
Isn’t everyone talking about Magic Mike, the movie that has male strippers in it but isn’t really about male strippers? The fiancee saw it...
Granted, it’s no Alien or Aliens, but Ridley Scott’s beautiful, provocative and frustrating Prometheus easily surpasses the grim Alien 3 and the schlocky Alien:...
Dear Hollywood, If you put aside the patchy script, over ambitious but under explained themes, array of dodgy accents, barely developed characterization and miscasting...
In the many months that I’ve spent writing this column to unpack my blerd identity, there’s been a lot of man-without-a-country stuff. Never quite...
Dear Hollywood, I was trying to work out what film had disturbed me most in recent years, and in a fit of lip biting...
As The Avengers continues to kick ass at the box office, breaking records for a second week here in the US alone, I thought...
The older I get, the harder it is to be what I call a geek trouper, someone who can put in the extreme time...
Free Comic Book Day has always been a holiday in our home. It’s a day when we get up early, slam our coffee down...
To: Kristen Wiig c/o Hollywood Dear Kristen, First and foremost massive congratulations on Bridesmaids. Not only was it a well-deserved financial success but a...
A lot can be said about Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and why it didn’t “work” as well as the...
The big, but quietly reported news out of Hollywood this week is that domestic movie attendance is at a 16-year low. That’s obviously a...
I’ve increasingly noticed that blood splattering in movies is being done in post-production with computers. I’ve ignored it for a while, but after watching...
A few weeks ago a woman launched a lawsuit against the makers of Drive because the film’s trailer bore little resemblance to what the...
By Marc N. Kleinhenz Stop me when this sounds familiar. You’re a space marine, tough-as-nails and all out of chewing gum. Or maybe you’re...
There’s been a big brouhaha in the last week or so over Netflix’s decision to boost rental rates. While monthly prices are only increasing...
Last weekend the worst-case scenario happened: I dropped my iPhone 3GS and the glass screen shattered. While the phone still worked, my iPhone is...
By Bridey Elliott When you hear the word “summer” you IMMEDIATELY think about the “Thong Song” by Sisqo or maybe going to the beach,...