Could the Letter “M” Help Save the Oscars?
With a shrinking viewership and even smaller relevance to the annual awards season shuffle, how will the Oscars save itself?
The Big Rewind
‘Room 237’ and The History of Cinematic Representations of Cinephilia
Room 237 is one of the only films that respects and even admires cinephilia and its various forms.
How to Fix a Film Like ‘If I Stay’
This YA tearjerker could have worked, and it should have worked, but it had it's own demise already written into its DNA.
My First Midnight Movie: ‘Phantom of the Paradise’
On a regular basis, yours truly will discuss many of the movie "firsts" that have occurred in his life over the last half century. Let's start with Brian De Palma's Phantom of the Paradise.
Fifty Shades of Fail
With the release of the new teaser trailer, Fifty Shades of Grey proves that what might work in the boudoir just doesn't translate to the big screen.
Revisiting ‘Garden State’ 10 Years Later
Despite the film’s hipster soundtrack and depiction of twenty-something malaise, it ultimately embraces the human spirit and all of the sentimentality that goes with it.
Jumping Off the Bay-Wagon
With his picture postcard imagery and similarly shorthanded scripting, Michael Bay's movies may be nothing more than a colorful crib mobile.
Five Reasons Why ‘Transcendence’ Failed
It could have been a late April sleeper. Instead, Johnny Depp's sci-fi thriller failed to ignite the box office. Here are five reasons why.
Dear Studios: Stop with the Post-Credits Stingers!
Whatever the case, the stinger trend, once seemingly novel, has now run its course.