Monday, November 21 2005
Duck…Duck…Duck…GOOSE!
Think the castaways of Survivor are tough? Does Fear Factor represent the ultimate endurance test to you? Well, according to Gibron, they're nothing compared to one of Spain's most celebrated '90s game shows.
Thursday, November 17 2005
Everything Is (Sort Of) Illuminated
In the rare case of a book and its cinematic adaptation complimenting each other, Makowsky looks at the link between the literary and celluloid versions of Jonathan Safran Foer's acclaimed novel.
Tuesday, November 15 2005
Trumping the Box Office Slump
Posner has some advice for all those suits who believe that the current box office slump is centered around bad films or the burgeoning sell-through schism of DVD: 'It's the marketing, stupid!'
Friday, November 4 2005
Food for Naught
In this initial look back at some of television's forgotten programming and people, Gibron 'elucidates the citizenry' as to the 'epicurean unusualness' of one of the medium's most 'egregiously erudite' cook show hosts: David Wade.
Tuesday, November 1 2005
UN-dermining Hollywood
Wood sheds light on the recent UN resolution allowing countries more control over their cultural heritage -- and how that might impact the billions of box office dollars flowing into Hollywood coffers.
Monday, October 31 2005
Black After These Messages
Harris wants to clean up TV advertising. So he's offering some advice to Madison Avenue on how it can make its current fixation with African American culture more 'real' for its intended 'peeps'.
Friday, October 28 2005
Mudlark Movies: Lucky Stiff
Turning the spotlight on those unfortunate films that have somehow fallen through the cracks in the entertainment system, Gibron champions the mudlark movie -- cinematic orphans that truly deserve a second chance.
Thursday, October 27 2005
Not the Cosbys
You know how they say everyone has a twin somewhere? Well, members of the Horn family look just like those people on (name that sitcom).
Wednesday, October 26 2005
Not Just Zombies
Even though George Romero is famous for his zombie flicks, he has directed a variety of other equally interesting fright films that are usually overlooked by the casual fan.
Wednesday, October 19 2005
Intervening Oliver Stone
Oliver Stone is in trouble, and its up to Posner and his pals to see him through this latest creative crisis, or else all might be lost for the once mighty Oscar winning moviemaker.
Tuesday, October 11 2005
Trick or Treat, Trick or Treat, Give Us Something Good to Read
Interested in some chilling All Hallows Eve fare? Our resident lady of literature attempts to glean the thrills from the spills as she searches the shelves -- both book and video -- for a good scare.
Thursday, October 6 2005
The Coiffure Connection
Ever wonder why Samuel L. Jackson seems so overly concerned with his fade? Follicle scholar Harris uncovers this 'very special episode' of a certain Bravo interview show which explains why, for this amazing actor, its hair, not the play, that's the thing.
Wednesday, October 5 2005
Turning In, Tuning Out
Many directors have used tried and tested avant-garde techniques to bolster the suspension of disbelief in editing, in camerawork, in sound design, and in narrative. But the single greatest gift to the escapist film comes from an altogether separate medium: music.
Friday, September 30 2005
Rudy Can’t Fail
Listen up, suckas. Dolemite is back on the scene...and to hear Gibron tell it, all them rat soap eating, born insecure jack-jawed wannabes better step aside.
Wednesday, September 28 2005
A Fistful of Maggots
In his second column, Lanzagorta focuses his attention on a ferocious Italian filmmaker whose gore-laden lunacy redefined the zombie horror genre.
Monday, September 19 2005
Gatherers
Before Katrina, network news had spent a lot of time bemoaning the lack of viewers, to which I would like to respond; maybe you shouldn't have been so stupid.
Wednesday, September 14 2005
Mirror Mirror on the Wall, Who’s the Dullest of Them All?
In this month's installment, Makowsky wonders why, in either kid-friendly or mainstream motion picture versions, the Brothers Grimm just can't get any respect.
Tuesday, September 13 2005
The Case for Tom Cruise
If we are indeed witnessing the death rattle of Cruise's career, then perhaps it's time to give him some credit for what it was that made his stardom so impenetrable for so long.
Tuesday, September 6 2005
The Black Die Young
Black genocide in the horror genre has reached hilarious proportions -- and Harris can't get enough of it.
Friday, September 2 2005
A Horror Renaissance
Horror is hot again. In his new column, Lanzagorta explains how the current scary movie revival is but a regurgitation of the fears and paranoias of the 1970s, and quite apropos for these times.
