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Review Soup: ‘Shutter Island’

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Word on Martin Scorsese’s new 1950s insane-asylum thriller is mixed; some are hailing it as the best of his career, while others found that he had trouble balancing the twisty plot with the lush visual detours. Here’s some of the…

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…

Martin Scorsese: Artist, Visionary, Legend

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

What makes someone legendary?  Is it based on financial success?  Professional ingenuity?  Luck?  Whatever “legend” is, director Martin Scorsese seems to have captured it.  With a directorial career spanning over 40 years, and with the massive critical and commercial success…

Jessica Alba Joins The ‘Focker’ Clan

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Jessica Alba is being brought into the third Fockers installment, Little Fockers, in an effort to keep men attracted to the franchise after 2004’s disappointing Meet the Fockers.
Since the rest of the story will revolve around Gaylord “Greg” Focker…

Avast Mateys! From The Seven Seas, Me Favorite Pirates

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

Ahoy mateys, seein’ as it be International Talk Like A Pirate Day, I felt obliged to share wit ye th’ rowdiest bunch of scallywags that ever sailed th’ sea… and th’ sky… and th’ Internet, even. So buckle up, lads…

Robert De Niro, Doodled

Saturday, September 12th, 2009

I just love cutesy Flickr sets, and this is no exception: Robert De Niro in forty roles, each bearing his trademark smirk. I want these for coasters, or something. A sampling:

Frankenstein

The Mission

Night and the City

Sleepers
[Via…

Judd Apatow Takes On Claims of Sexism in His Movies

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

Anna at Jezebel has written an insightful piece on Judd Apatow and the perceived sexism in his movies, drawing on Apatow’s own intelligent rebuttals to such claims, but also making the argument that he could stand to humanize his female…