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Let's see: his crime is that he was traveling with his own money…
Delaware Libertarian | August 5th 2008 by Steve Newton
From the Associated Press:A film critic is accused of illegally trying to return to the U.S. with nearly $12,000 stashed in a cigar box. Elvis Mitchell's explanation: Oops. He was traveling with the wrong box. Mitchell was entering Detroit in a cab f read more
U.K. Video Game Critic Keith Vaz Has a New Target: The Dark Knigh…
GamePolitics | August 5th 2008
Labour MP Keith Vaz, long a critic of violent video games, has taken umbrage to the BBFC's rating of new Batman flick The Dark Knight.As reported by The Register, Vaz and Conservative MP Iain Duncan Smith object to the film's 12A rating, which m read more
Hard as I try, can't really be madder about Mad Men
Too Much TV | August 4th 2008 by MindyTV
As much as I wanna jump the bandwagon, I still cannot get into all the Mad Men frenzy. It's getting all the Emmy buzz that it might just win Best Drama this year, there must be something good to it, right? So, I tried watching another episode recentl read more
Weekend Box Office Recap
Media Morgue | August 4th 2008 by Judge
It looks like everything I predicted this past week has come true. Dark Knight continues its claim to the top spot for the third weekend in a row, while the new Mummy sequel has pretty much cemented critic's opinions that the franchise is dead and sh read more
Lighten Up! ‘The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor’ Is Not So…
Geeks of Doom | August 4th 2008 by Geeks of Doom
I went to see the film this evening, thoroughly braced myself for bad CGI, cringe-inducing dialogue, and the possibility of over-all badness. It turns out it was all for nothing, because The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor was a fun, enjoyable acti read more
Not Everyone’s a Film Critic…
Doe Maar Gewoon | August 3rd 2008 by Kelly McGuire
As promised, I started writing a review of The Dark Knight but after a few minutes of struggling to piece together a coherent piece of text, I discovered two things. One, I’m not cut out to be a film critic, and two, there’s nothing I can read more
Believe It or Not
Movie Dearest | August 2nd 2008 by Kirby Holt
Controversy has erupted over perceived homophobia in The X-Files: I Want to Believe, which opend last weekend to lackluster reviews and middling box office (guess there won't be an X-Files 3 ... although, apparently nobody told Chris Carter). Report read more
Life Coach Suggests People Be More Like Psychotic Murdering Clown…
Evolving Times | August 1st 2008 by Edward Mills
Last week, David Templeton, a local film critic, took me to see the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight. After the film we sat down and chatted for a while so that he could write up an article for his Talking Pictures column in Marin County’s Pac read more
BLOG: Undead Film Critic
El Blog de Bea | August 1st 2008 by beatriz
Las fotos que publica este blog son delirantes read more
Song and Dance number
Wapsicle Popsicle | July 30th 2008 by Vee
The Philippine film industry has come a long way. It has vastly improved in a lot of aspects. Don't get me wrong, I am no movie critic nor do I have any background in the arts of movie-making. However, I do love to watch movies. My tastes range from read more
What The Hellboy? pt 1
Woods of Eternity | July 30th 2008 by Cybearg
NOTE: This article contains satire and is not to be taken seriously.WARNING: This article contains EXTREME SPOILERS.In order to avoid pretentiousness, I feel I should point out that I don't consider myself in any way to be a witty critic, so if this read more
Ultimate Family DVD List
mellow creme pets- Parenting and other crazy ideas. | July 29th 2008
Andrew O'Hehir, the self-proclaimed "pretentious art-film snob" critic for Salon, asked his readers for family film suggestions that were off the beaten path, and likely to be enjoyed by both kids and parents. It's a great list, I plucked a dozen of read more
Review: The Dark Knight (2008)
Matte Havoc | July 29th 2008 by DJ Heinlein
So, how many negative reviews have you read or heard regarding the summer blockbuster film The Dark Knight, which stars Christian Bale in the lead role as Batman? So far, I have read one negative review from a blogger and heard about another negative read more
Sexman Monday: Step Brothers and No Country for Old Men
Awesomely Shitty | July 28th 2008
It’s Monday, so it’s time for another review from our site’s official film critic, Sexman. He begins with a review of the recently released Step Brothers, and then goes off on a tangent about the shitty oscar winning No Country for read more
BRANDON FIBBS SLAMS WILL FERRELL
Media Slog By Cneil | July 28th 2008
Film critic Brandon Fibbs reviewed Will Ferrell's newest film Step Brothers. I've been reading his reviews for a few years now and I've never seen him assess a film in such a scathing manner. Read his conclusion:Being childlike is far from being chi read more
What I have learned from the movies - Written by JB!
The Reel Ninja | July 28th 2008 by Reel Ninja
I may not be a cinephile, but I love movies. I’m the type of person who collects her movie stubs and pretends to be a somewhat knowledgeable film critic when I tell my blog readers why I think Rambo had nuance. I’ve skipped school to se read more
PSYCHO BEACH PARTY (2000)
353 Review | July 27th 2008 by Leeny
GIRL SURFER IS SHE THE KILLER ODDBALL FUN Directed by: Robert Lee King Written by: Charles Busch Starring: Lauren Ambrose, Nicholas Brendon, Thomas Gibson, Danni Wheeler, Charles Busch Rating: 8.5 out of 10 stars IMDB ROTTEN TOMATOES FILM CRITIC Par read more
LAMB #144 - Deadpan
The Large Association of Movie Blogs (LAMB) | July 26th 2008 by Dylan F
URL: http://iamshawnsblog.blogspot.com/Site Name: DeadpanCategories: Reviews, Humor, General. Mainly reviews/essays.Rating: PG, maybe PG-13What is the main focus of your site (reviews, editorials, news, lists, etc.)?I mainly want to focus on writing read more
The Bad Film Club: so bad they’re good
A2to.info "Online Magazine" | July 26th 2008 by Dinesh
Our film critic meets the Bad Film Club founders as they prepare their tinseltown trash for Edinburgh As a film critic who regularly has to sit through hour after hour of execrable cinema, just so that I can warn you, dear readers, not to waste your read more
The Dark (K)night of Postmodernist Crappola
Melody & the Pier to Forever | July 25th 2008 by Shawn Michel de Montaigne
Dark Knight is getting all the press these days. I've read in at least half a dozen publications that Heath Ledger will be a shoe-in for the Oscar; his performance as the Joker apparently (I've not seen the film) takes it to a level of chaotic evil t read more
Best Movies Ever Sex Scenes - Xvid - [ 2007 ]---LINK FiXeD
DOWNLOADS n HACKS | July 25th 2008 by Aditya Kumar
Best! Movies! Ever! counts down the Top 10 sex scenes and boy, is this list scorching! Men with women, women with women and men with men - something for everyone! SexTV's Cynthia Loyst, STAR! Daily reporter Sean Gehon and film critic / author Richard read more
Thumps Up for Ebert & Favre, Thumps Down for Disney & Thompson.
Passion = Truth | July 24th 2008 by Jeff Ircink
Did you know that Roger Ebert is the copyright holder on the signature "thumbs up/thumbs down" judgement that he and Gene Siskel made part of each of their film reviews?Now Ebert is taking his thumbs with him, as he's cutting ties with Disney and the read more
Why We Need Movie Critics: Slate Makes the Case
Scribe Life | July 24th 2008
(meant to post this a while back ...)"Despite popular belief, critically acclaimed movies actually sell better," according to Erik Lundegaard, who writes for the New York Times, MSNBC and the Believer mag."Almost any way you slice it, if a majority o read more
Quotes of the Week: Dark Knight and Mamma Mia
The Movie Mom | July 23rd 2008 by Nell Minow
The Dark Knight has inspired some very thoughtful reviews. Anonymous DC critic "J.J." wrote that the film moved him to tears: Perhaps it's because the film has characters I grew to care about, scenes that soaked my heart in adrenaline... read more
ebert and roper replaced by some major tools
Things I come up with | July 23rd 2008
So Disney wants to take ebert and roper at the movies and take it in a new direction. but with out ebert and roper. also ebert and roper wouldn't take part in the new direction but the good news is that they're just gonna make a new show with the thu read more
R.I.P. Ebert & Roeper
NYIndieSeen | July 22nd 2008 by NYIndieSeen
America's most famous film critic Roger Ebert and his regular co-host Richard Roeper are leaving their movie review show which first began airing in 1975 with Ebert and the late Gene Siskel.To be honest though the show hasn't really been the same si read more
"At the Movies, with two people you've never heard of"
Media Morgue | July 22nd 2008 by Judge
They sure didnt take their time announcing who would replace Roeper and Ebert.Yesterday, we reported that Roger Ebert was leaving his balcony seat, along with his partner Richard Roeper from their film review show "At the Movies with Ebert and Roeper read more
Missing: Female Film Reviewers
Women & Hollywood | July 22nd 2008 by Melissa Silverstein
As a person who writes about films and sees lots of critics at screenings I can tell you that men (many boys) dominate the critic ranks. Dr. Martha Lauzen, the guru of stats and the head of San Diego State's Center for the Study of Women in Televisi read more
Now The Bad
Cinebanter | July 22nd 2008
It was officially announced yesterday that Ebert & Roeper At The Movies will discontinue this summer. I have personally watched Mr. Ebert and his various partners for the past 25 or so years. I can't really say that about much of anything else. Ma read more
The Balcony Is Officially Closed
You need peace of mind? Here's a piece of mine! | July 22nd 2008
Roeper can take six steps off of a 4 foot pier, but Ebert was my man. I know he had not been on the show in a long while due to illness and the contract dispute, but I will definitely miss him now that it is officially over. He IS movies to me. He read more