Saturday, January 12, 2013

Why an R-rating for A Good Day To Die Hard matters...

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Bruce Willis let it be known to Harry Knowles late Friday night (and Fox confirmed sometime later) that A Good Day To Die Hard  will be open...
Thursday, January 10, 2013

Why Kathryn Bigelow's Oscar snub is a moral outrage.

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For a general discussion of the Oscar nominations, go HERE . In the broad scheme of things, the only Oscar snub that qualifies as an outrage...

The year the presumed favorites didn't even get nominated. Thoughts on the 2013 Oscar nominations...

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Despite all of the pre-awards chatter and what-not, there were still a few surprises in this morning's Oscar nominations.  The biggest s...
Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Brandon Peters returns! Brandon Peters dissects the Dirty Harry franchise V: The Dead Pool (1988)

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The Dead Pool 1988 Director:  Buddy Van Horn Starring:  Clint Eastwood, Patricia Clarkson, Liam Neeson, Jim Carrey, Evan C. Kim Rated R Fuck...

Review: The Gangster Squad (2013) is LA Confidential for kids.

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The Gangster Squad 2013 110 minutes rated R by Scott Mendelson I've long spoken of the irony of Warren Beatty's Dick Tracy being one...
Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Never an Absolution: 15 years later, a look at the 5 best films murdered during Titanic's 4-month reign of box office terror.

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This winter will of course mark the fifteenth anniversary of the momentous box office run of Titanic.   For over three months, the James Cam...
Monday, January 7, 2013

Love the sinner, hate the sin: Films I like or love despite finding them morally or ideologically objectionable.

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Let's pretend for a moment that Zero Dark Thirty does in fact do all of the things that its critics, many of whom have not even seen the...