The AV Club has been rounding up their best of everything of the decade, and this week is their week of movies. I don’t have a ton to say about most of it, though they did pick the appropriate #1 movie, and I’m glad to see someone (anyone) finally line up with me that There [...]

I was a little underwhelmed by A.O. Scott’s recap of the decade in movies when I read it this weekend, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on why. Then, I read Isaac Chotiner’s blog post about the article, and it seemed exactly right. Not only did it feel like Scott was trumpeting middling movies, [...]

Over on the AV Club’s AVQ&A blog, they have a question up, prompted by a recent review of Big Trouble in LIttle China, about what art you missed out on. For me, Big Trouble in Little China is definitely on that list. I only saw it a couple of months ago (on TBS, of all places) and was [...]

So, I saw the above trailer  last night, and my first reaction was, “Come on, seriously? Nazis, zombies and Beethoven’s 9th? Really? Are people even trying anymore?” Normally, I just get a little irked by lazy moviemaking and move on, but, inexplicably, this trailer continued pissing me off. Now, keep in mind — this is [...]