MGM's financial shortcomings and inability to manage their studio are to blame.

Sad Matt is sad.

OK, so I thought this might be a fun idea for a series. Posting up the best movies I don't think many others have seen, ones I'd like to share with more people. This isn't a thread for typical "mainstream" films (for instance, I loved Star Trek and want to evangelize about it, but it really doesn't need any help in the publicity department, does it ( Read more... )

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OMGwant.

http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/watchmen/

On Feb. 6, John Alvin passed away. His is a name you may not be familiar with, but I'm sure you've seen his work. He was the preeminent movie poster artist in Hollywood, a trade that sadly seems to have fallen by the wayside as studios use, more and more, simple retouched publicity stills or "floating head" posters with no sense of composition or ( Read more... )

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The long-awaited Iron Man trailer is now live. The film stars Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts, Jeff Bridges as Obadiah Stane/Iron Monger, Terrence Howard as Jim Rhodes, and is directed by comic uber-fan Jon Favreau.

I'd suggest feasting your eyes upon the luscious hi-def QuickTime vids at the official ( Read more... )

Ooooh, a real update.  Dig me, I must be bored.  No pretense, then; on to the show.

The promise of a sneak peek at a new Aaron Sorkin show tempted me back into a relationship with Netflix.  I have something of a love-hate relationship with Netflix.  There's something very comforting about having new DVDs arrive in one's mailbox with astonishing ( Read more... )