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It took me a while to catch up on Netflixing some of these, but the time has come at last to reveal my picks for the 10 best and worst films of 2008. Dig it. Best: The Cream of the Crop1. Happy-Go-Lucky - This was probably my favorite film of the year. The story is [...]

Did you ever think about how many movies are named after songs? These are just a few that I can think of, and I mostly stayed out of the movie musical arena, because that isn’t really fair. If you can think of any other examples, leave them in the comments! Also, don’t forget to check [...]

There’s no shortage of movies named after songs, but strangely, there don’t seem to be a whole lot of songs about specific movies. If you can think of one I haven’t listed here, be sure to leave it in the comments!1. King Kong (Daniel Johnston, 1983) - Film referenced: King Kong2. Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Deep [...]

I’m sure everyone is bored to death of reading about all this Oscar claptrap, so I’ll keep my picks for the top categories brief. Here are my Academy Award predictions in photos!Best Supporting ActorBest Supporting ActressBest ActorBest ActressBest PictureMost Likely to Be Liz and Laura’s New CrushFilm that will take home the most awards

1. The Thin Man (W.S. Van Dyke, 1934)2. Leaving Las Vegas (Mike Figgis, 1995)3. The Lost Weekend (Billy Wilder, 1945)4. Sideways (Alexander Payne, 2004)5. Animal House (John Landis, 1978)6. Old School (Todd Phillips, 2003)7. When a Man Loves a Woman (Luis Mandoki, 1994)8. Beerfest (Jay Chandrasekhar, 2006)9. All About Eve (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950)10. Strange [...]

These nicotine-oozing movies are guaranteed to give you a wicked contact buzz…1. Coffee & Cigarettes (Jim Jarmusch, 2003)2. 200 Cigarettes (Risa Bramon Garcia, 1999)3. The Royal Tenenbaums (Wes Anderson, 2001)4. Breathless/A bout de souffle (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960)5. Fight Club (David Fincher, 1999)6. Reality Bites (Ben Stiller, 1994)7. The Good Thief (Neil Jordan, 2002)8. A Fistful [...]

Here are some patterns I’ve noticed from watching entirely too much television and cinema:-School classes always last 5 minutes. Just watch, you’ll see–the bell rings, people sit down, the teacher talks for a minute, and then the bell is ringing a scant few minutes later. Makes for good scene transitions, I know, but it’s also [...]

Happy Halloween, readers!  We hope this night brings you plenty of treats (and all the right kind of tricks). In honor of this, the awesomest of holidays, we’d like to save you precious downloading time by sharing with you Laura’s breakdown of which scary movie sequels are worth watching, and which ones would better be [...]

Did somebody make this film in a drunken stupor? It’s AWFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!Awful!I can’t believe I spent a whole hour downloading it. That’s a total of two and a half hours I’ll never get back. Mike Myers stole them from me.Let me count the ways I hate this film:1. It is really racist and offensive. If I [...]

When I originally heard them folks in Hollywood were adding a fourth film to the beloved Indiana Jones trilogy, I couldn’t help but think this was a somewhat awful idea. It irks me when tired movie makers dig up and reuse an idea that is already solid in movie history and holds an important place [...]