I was shaving this evening. I like to shave at night, because the last thing I want to do when my eyes are still half-closed is rake a piece of…
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Scott Malchus
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Notorious (2009, 20th Century Fox) purchase from Amazon: DVD | Blu-ray As a 39-year-old white male who lives in the suburbs, I am clearly not the intended audience for the…
Zack Dennis
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Yeah, we just visited the Ferris Bueller soundtrack in one of Kelly Stitzel’s excellent Soundtrack Saturday posts — but one good turn deserves another, and Zack Dennis returns to the musical themes of the noted ’80s rapscallion with his latest edition of Motion Picture Soundtrack.
Kelly Stitzel
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Whenever I think of With Honors (1994), I think it’s Robin Williams who plays the homeless character, Simon Wilder, not Joe Pesci. Maybe it’s because Williams’s character in The Fisher…
Bob Cashill
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In this week’s No Concessions, Bob Cashill takes a look at the new Shout! Factory reissue of Dalton Trumbo’s Johnny Got His Gun.
Arend Anton
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How valuable is a college career for the creative professional? Arend Anton explores this issue in his latest edition of The Bigger Picture.
Jeff Giles
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2009, Criterion) purchase from Amazon: DVD | Blu-ray In a half-serious battle over whose giant robots rock harder, McG recently challenged Michael Bay to…
Bob Cashill
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Though a few days overdue by the calendar, Enchanted April (1992) has finally made it to DVD. And, boy, did I need it. The movie tells us that what women…
Lance Berry
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The cover has Sentinels on it. The opening credits have Sentinels in them. The back cover seems to promise this will be a really cool, animated adaptation of the classic…
Kelly Stitzel
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I’m a James Spader fan from way back. I would say as far back as Tuff Turf (1985), but I technically didn’t see that movie until a couple of years…
Lance Berry
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After years of anticipation, months of troubling rumors, and one Internet leak, Gavin Hood’s Wolverine is finally here. Is it sharp enough to cut it? Lance Berry lets you know.
Arend Anton
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Is there a key to creativity? Could there be some way of unlocking what is within the mind at any given time? The answer to this question has often eluded…
Bob Cashill
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Directing an Oscar-nominated picture might earn you the respect of your peers, but it doesn’t make you immune from the vagaries of the Hollywood studio system, as Rod Lurie has learned firsthand: the direct-to-DVD fate of his two most recent projects was just one of the topics addressed during a recent chat with Bob Cashill.
Lance Berry
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The Uninvited has recently come out on DVD, and if you choose to watch it, several other words with an “un-” prefix may wander into your mind. You’ll find the…
Lance Berry
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Although a major player in Norse mythology, the character of Thor is known primarily to comics fans, and only recently to the general public, due to the news that famed…
Zack Dennis
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Zack Dennis is back with another installment of Exit Music — and this week, he uses the closing credits of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas as a starting point for a discussion of Timothy Leary, Hunter S. Thompson, and the Kentucky Derby, all set to the strains of “Jumping Jack Flash.”
Scott Malchus
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The Spirit (2009, Lionsgate) purchase this DVD from Amazon: DVD | Blu-ray One of the drawbacks of being a comic book fan is that you hope each movie based on…
Kelly Stitzel
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The latest installment of Kelly Stitzel’s Soundtrack Saturday series revisits a kinder, gentler time of bangles and bustiers — yes, that’s right, it’s time for Desperately Seeking Susan.
Jack Feerick
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Nickelback played the Sturgis bikers’ rally in 2006, and now, a DVD commemorating the occasion is in stores. Jack Feerick asks the critical question: How bad can it be?
Bob Cashill
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In this week’s installment of No Concessions, Bob Cashill has his cinematic face rocked off by Anvil! The Story of Anvil.
Arend Anton
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Most people probably realize how important sound is to movies. In filmmaking, audio and visuals have at the very least a 50/50 relationship, though I might argue that audio bears…
Ken Shane
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Last week I told you about the Hold Steady’s new DVD, A Positive Rage. You may recall that it is strictly a lo-fi affair, and really more of a documentary…
Scott Malchus
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The Day the Earth Stood Still (2009, 20th Century Fox) purchase from Amazon: DVD | Blu-ray While purists may have shuddered at the thought of someone remaking Robert Wise’s classic…
Scott Malchus
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Bedtime Stories (2009, Disney) purchase from Amazon: DVD | Blu-ray The most disappointing aspect of watching Adam Sandler’s latest, Bedtime Stories, is how much wasted potential the film has. From…
Kelly Stitzel
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So, I know I normally write about films with soundtrack albums that are out of print or hard to find. I’ve avoided writing about Valley Girl (1983) because A) part…
Robert Cass
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Late last summer a DVD of August, which features David Bowie in a cameo, showed up at the office where I used to work. If you haven’t heard of this…
Lance Berry
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Hollywood’s summer crop is almost ready for market, and Lance Berry’s made a list of 10 blockbusters he may (or may not) remember fondly come fall.
Arend Anton
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I’ve been watching a lot of Alfred Hitchcock’s work lately. When searching for a new project, I tend to immerse myself in that which I wish to imitate. I have…