When The Dark Knight Rises was first announced, I said two things to myself: (a) “Another one?” and (b) “Shitty title.” Then the early-bird teasers and the Bane footage began to turn things around. Then that terrible “ohh, say can you see?” trailer happened and I felt negative again. Last night’s MTV Movie Awards trailer was/is the best one yet, but a part of me is muttering, “Is it me or is everyone kinda Batman-ed out? I feel soaked, saturated.”
To my great surprise and delight, Christy Hall‘s Daddio, which I was remiss in not seeing during last year’s Telluride...
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7:45 pm: Okay, the initial light-hearted section (repartee, wedding, hospital, afterlife Joey Pants, healthy diet) was enjoyable, but Jesus, when...
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It took me a full month to see Wes Ball and Josh Friedman‘s Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes...
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Unless Part Two of Kevin Costner‘s Horizon (Warner Bros., 8.16) somehow improves upon the sluggish initial installment and delivers something...
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For me, A Dangerous Method (2011) is David Cronenberg‘s tastiest and wickedest film — intense, sexually upfront and occasionally arousing...
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