Back in 1991, when Naked Lunch was released to theaters, famed critic Roger Ebert had a rather unique response to the film. While he admitted that David Cronenberg had done a terrific job adapting the feeling of the William H. Burroughs novel that the movie was based on (there’s no real way to actually adapt […]
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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Friday, August 13th, 2010
Tags: A Fistful of Fingers, Adam Lippe, Alison Pill, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza, Bill Hader, Brandon Routh, Bryan Lee O'Malley, Cameron Crowe, camp, CGI, Chris Evans, Cliché, Clifton Collins Jr., comic book adaptation, Crank, Crank 2, Edgar Wright, film, gay, graphic novel, homoerotic, homophobia, Hot Fuzz, Ione Skye, Jason Schwartzman, John Cusack, Kieran Culkin, Lily Taylor, limbo, Mark Webber, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Michael Cera, Mobius Strip, movie review, Neveldine/Taylor, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, PG-13, power up, punk, quarters, RegrettableSincerity.com, Roger Avary, Roger Ebert, romantic comedy, Rory Culkin, satire, Say Anything, Shaun of the Dead, Silent Hill, Simon Pegg, slapstick, Spaced, Superbad, teensploitation, Thomas Jane, Uwe Boll, video game, Youth in Revolt
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The Expendables
Friday, August 13th, 2010
Do you remember 200 Cigarettes? You know, the ‘80s nostalgia-fest about the ultimate New Year’s Eve party being thrown by Martha Plimpton, and the various vignettes involving those who will end up at said party? The 1999 film where Kate Hudson spends a lot of the movie covered in dog poop, Christina Ricci and Gaby […]
Tags: 200 Cigarettes, 3000 Miles to Graceland, Adam Lippe, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Avenging Angelo, Avi Lerner, B-movie, Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, Battlefield Earth, Ben Affleck, Boaz Davidson, Bruce Willis, camp, Casey Affleck, CGI, Charisma Carpenter, Christina Ricci, CIA, Cliché, Cobra, Courtney Love, Credence Clearwater Revival, Dave Callaham, Dave Chappelle, David Zayas, Dolph Lundgren, Don "The Dragon" Wilson, Driven, Elie Samaha, Eric Roberts, exploitation, explosions, film, Gary Daniels, Generalissimo, Giselle Itié, graphic violence, Groupie, guns, henchman, Hulk Hogan, Janeane Garofalo, Jason Statham, Jay Mohr, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jeff Speakman, Jet Li, JFK, Kate Hudson, knives, Latin America, Lexi Alexander, Mark L. Lester, Martha Plimpton, Michael Madsen, Mickey Rourke, Millenium Films, movie, movie review, Ocean's Eleven, Predator, Punisher: War Zone, R rated, Rambo, Randy Couture, RegrettableSincerity.com, religion, Renny Harlin, Risa Bramon Garcia, Rocky Balboa, romance, Showdown in Little Tokyo, stereotype, Steve Austin, Steven Seagal, Sylvester Stallone, Terry Crews, tool, True Romance
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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Friday, August 13th, 2010
Tags: A Fistful of Fingers, Adam Lippe, Alison Pill, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza, Bill Hader, Brandon Routh, Bryan Lee O'Malley, Cameron Crowe, camp, CGI, Chris Evans, Cliché, Clifton Collins Jr., comic book adaptation, Crank, Crank 2, Edgar Wright, film, gay, graphic novel, homoerotic, homophobia, Hot Fuzz, Ione Skye, Jason Schwartzman, John Cusack, Kieran Culkin, Lily Taylor, limbo, Mark Webber, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Michael Cera, Mobius Strip, movie review, Neveldine/Taylor, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, PG-13, power up, punk, quarters, RegrettableSincerity.com, Roger Avary, Roger Ebert, romantic comedy, Rory Culkin, satire, Say Anything, Shaun of the Dead, Silent Hill, Simon Pegg, slapstick, Spaced, Superbad, teensploitation, Thomas Jane, Uwe Boll, video game, Youth in Revolt
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The Expendables
Friday, August 13th, 2010
Do you remember 200 Cigarettes? You know, the ‘80s nostalgia-fest about the ultimate New Year’s Eve party being thrown by Martha Plimpton, and the various vignettes involving those who will end up at said party? The 1999 film where Kate Hudson spends a lot of the movie covered in dog poop, Christina Ricci and Gaby […]
Do you remember 200 Cigarettes? You know, the ‘80s nostalgia-fest about the ultimate New Year’s Eve party being thrown by Martha Plimpton, and the various vignettes involving those who will end up at said party? The 1999 film where Kate Hudson spends a lot of the movie covered in dog poop, Christina Ricci and Gaby […]
Tags: 200 Cigarettes, 3000 Miles to Graceland, Adam Lippe, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Avenging Angelo, Avi Lerner, B-movie, Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, Battlefield Earth, Ben Affleck, Boaz Davidson, Bruce Willis, camp, Casey Affleck, CGI, Charisma Carpenter, Christina Ricci, CIA, Cliché, Cobra, Courtney Love, Credence Clearwater Revival, Dave Callaham, Dave Chappelle, David Zayas, Dolph Lundgren, Don "The Dragon" Wilson, Driven, Elie Samaha, Eric Roberts, exploitation, explosions, film, Gary Daniels, Generalissimo, Giselle Itié, graphic violence, Groupie, guns, henchman, Hulk Hogan, Janeane Garofalo, Jason Statham, Jay Mohr, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jeff Speakman, Jet Li, JFK, Kate Hudson, knives, Latin America, Lexi Alexander, Mark L. Lester, Martha Plimpton, Michael Madsen, Mickey Rourke, Millenium Films, movie, movie review, Ocean's Eleven, Predator, Punisher: War Zone, R rated, Rambo, Randy Couture, RegrettableSincerity.com, religion, Renny Harlin, Risa Bramon Garcia, Rocky Balboa, romance, Showdown in Little Tokyo, stereotype, Steve Austin, Steven Seagal, Sylvester Stallone, Terry Crews, tool, True Romance
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On Cold Fish:
Though the 16 year old me described the 1994 weepie Angie, starring Geena Davis as a Brooklyn mother raising her new baby alone, as “maudlin and melodramatic,” Roger Ebert, during his TV review, referring to the multitude of soap-operaish problems piling up on the titular character, suggested that it was only in Hollywood where Angie would get a happy ending. “If they made this movie in France, Angie would have shot herself.”
Well Cold Fish was made in Japan, where Angie would have shot herself and that would have been the happy ending.