I wasn't going to create this list, much less post it. But my friend John, of The Harvey and Bob Show, got an itch in my brain about it and I found that the exercise was much more interesting than my previous entry.

If I were a professional critic it would be my job to list ten films purely on the basis of their strengths as cinema. Since nobody is ( Read more... )

Because it's something of an accomplishment for me to have actually seen more than ten films released in 2009, my top-ten list will include only these such movies (with one exception, and I'll explain that when I get there).

That said, I finally caught up on a bunch of older movies this year and would recommend, without reservations, The Lives of ( Read more... )

Alan Moore, since the travesty that was the film of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, has demanded that all adaptations of his insanely brilliant comics work be done without his name appearing anywhere on the project1. In addition to aforementioned travesty, this also includes the adaptations of From Hell, and now, V for VendettaI saw ( Read more... )

I saw Episode III. I liked Episode III, which goes against the prevailing--or at least the prevailing vocal--opinion among most on my Friend List, including my girlfriend.

But I liked the film. And I'll tell you why.

( He tells you why. )

Sam Raimi, Bryan Singer, and Guillermo del Toro have previously done excellent jobs, in the past, of creating comic-book movies.

That was the past.

There is a Future, and it answers to the name Robert Rodriguez.

Depending on how conservative your place of employment is, the below links might not be work-safe, although they're less deliberately titillating than the average cover of Maxim. Viewer discretion is nonetheless advised.

Behold! Four excellent promo posters for the upcoming Sin City film, based on the gritty Frank Miller-penned noir serial ( Read more... )

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Just a general announcement for those who don't know...

Warner Bros. is finally getting set to release Batman: The Animated Series in its proper DVD box set format ( Read more... )

Oliver Willis posted an entry yesterday in regards to the Nick Berg video. Today, the comments section has all but been overrun by missives much like these:

( Hate Speech )

It's a story that's been told over and over again, but I'm highlighting another one because it's clear that it needs to be hammered into the heads of certain stupid executives.

The ordeal of Guillermo del Toro in trying to meet his vision for Hellboy is indicative of the sort of soulless art machine currently producing the crap we bemoan at the ( Read more... )