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Some sound gremlins invade the Magical Studio in the Sky as Neil prepares for drinking and partying at SXSW. Neil is also recovering from a bout with food poisoning while Kevin is recovering from seeing Robert Pattinson's
I know there's already a list of historically inaccurate films featuring
In Stolen tragedies link two fathers, living in the same town some 50 years apart. Each man abandoned his young son for a brief moment, never to see him again. The movie surrounding them is every bit the unpleasant slog one might expect, glum and murkily shot, wallowing in pedantic histrionics and badly lacking the breathing room it desperately needs.
Welcome back to Junkfood Cinema; the other white meat. Yes, this is the questionable truck-stop diner of the information super highway. Each week I serve up greasy, fattening cinematic Grand Slams in the hopes that your otherwise healthy viewing habits may be corrupted.
Movies and TV shows about the high school experience often share a handful of common themes and story-lines. From young love, to clique clashes, to teachers both good and bad... it seems teenagers experience the same highs and lows regardless of geography. Which brings us to that venerable American, well, Malaysian high school institution... the talent show.
After seeing Invictus get rightfully shut out on Oscar night -- lets fact it, folks, the movie was bad -- director Clint Eastwood is moving on to what is sure to be his next Oscar-grab biopic. This time, he's bringing his lens back into the confines of the United States, putting focus on the controversial FBI director J. Edgar Hoover.
This year, SXSW will host the US premiere of the Swedish film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Adapted from the novel with the same name, this is the first film in a trilogy. From seeing the trailer, I am immensely interested in checking this film out. It looks like a thriller that shouldn't be missed.
Should you ride this terror train or shell out the case for a flight instead?
Anyone who said they saw a big screen production in the future of Will Forte's MacGruber sketch from Saturday Night Live, would probably be lying...or they would probably be Lorne Michaels. I don't know if I was ever on board for this one in the beginning... but as soon as I saw Jorma Taccone was attached as writer and director, I was pretty much sold.
Today, we see the first trailer for Twilight: Eclipse, and it's mostly just fan service. All of those broody teen superhumans (and unhumans) talking about how much they will fight, if the fight happens. It's all very romantic, I suppose.
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