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Listology: Great Thrillers of Yesterday and Tomorrow

Friday, February 5th, 2010

Each decade seems to bring more and more films classified under the genre of thriller, especially as people now interpret them as erotic thrillers, psychological thrillers, and disaster thrillers. So there’s no way that I could peg every single one…

Ode to Matt Damon

Monday, December 7th, 2009

In honor of Invictus opening this week in theaters, I wanted to do a little tribute to Mr. Matt Damon
1. Good Will Hunting

2. Dogma

3. Oceans 11

this is from Ocean’s 12, but it’s my favorite Matt Damon…

‘Invictus’ Poster Is Impressive

Saturday, October 24th, 2009

Cole at FSR is calling the one-sheet for Invictus genius, and while I admire how concisely it gets the message across, I wouldn’t go to the same lengths. But have a look for yourself:

[Via Film School Rejects]
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Straight Actors in LGBT Roles

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Cinematical’s Jessica Barnes brings us some smart commentary, on what’s a new trend: straight actors playing LGBT characters in their aim for Academy acclaim.
Barnes compares this development — Sean Penn as Harvey Milk, Matt Damon as Liberace’s lover —…

Have a Digg Dialogg with Matt Damon

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

Who out there is excited for Steven Soderbergh’s The Informant!, featuring a chubby Matt Damon as the worst business traitor ever? From now until noon PST on Friday, you can submit your questions via Digg — anything you’ve wanted to…

What If 10 Best Picture Nominees Was The Norm?

Saturday, July 4th, 2009

Now here’s an interesting experiment in what-if: John Foote contemplates what films could have been nominated for Best Picture had the new ten-nominees rule existed for the past twenty years.
Going year by year and considering all genres, the behind-the-scenes…

Soderbergh’s ‘The Informant!’ Is, Surprisingly, a Comedy

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

We’d seen so much deep, serious Steven Soderbergh work lately — The Girlfriend Experience, Che, Che: Part Two — that I completely forgot that the man also helmed the laugh riot Ocean’s Eleven and the passingly good sequels. Now he…

Having tackled “Che,” Soderbergh moves onto, um, Liberace?

Thursday, September 11th, 2008

For those of you who enjoy spending roughly a quarter of your day shuttered in a dark theater watching movies with subtitles, you can breathe a sigh of relief. IFC Films announced Thursday that it would be distributing filmmaker Steven…