Category Archives: Ourselves

What’s The Worst First Date Movie?

Posted on October 23, 2011 by jlmicek

Empire asks this question: What’s the worst possible movie you can take a girl to see on a first date? Their answer: “Shame” with Carey Mulligan and Michael Fassbender. The film’s quite sexually graphic and she’ll be headed to the … Continue reading →

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Joe Queenan: Hollywood Is A Lousy Geography Teacher.

Posted on October 21, 2011 by jlmicek

Writing In The Guardian … … the eternally cranky Joe Queenan has a bone to pick with Hollywood over its mastery of geography and why it insists on doing stuff like dropping the comma separating “Minneapolis” and “Minnesota” so a … Continue reading →

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Critic: Whatever Happened To Kevin Smith?

Posted on October 19, 2011 by jlmicek

Writing in Salon, film critic Andrew O’Hehir asks a question I’ve been asking myself for a while now: What’s become of “Clerks” Kevin Smith? Smith was the first director of my generation to really make a smash, and, with “Clerks” … Continue reading →

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The Short Course: Becoming A Silent Movies Expert.

Posted on October 18, 2011 by jlmicek

As is their custom, the good folks at Brit film-mag Empire … … offer you a short course in how to become a silent films expert in just 10 moves. “From the opening frame of the Lumière brothers’ earliest film … Continue reading →

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They Died With Their Boots On (USA, 1942)

Posted on October 15, 2011 by jlmicek

Name: They Died With Their Boots On Release Date: 1942 Writers: Wally Klein (screenplay), Aeneas MacKenzie (screenplay), Leonard Coffee (additional dialogue — uncredited) Director: Raoul Walsh Cast: Errol Flynn: George Armstrong Custer Olivia de Havilland: Elizabeth Bacon Arthur Kennedy: Ned … Continue reading →

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A Defense: A Swash Well Buckled.

Posted on October 14, 2011 by jlmicek

With Yet Another … … iteration of “The Three Musketeers” set to hit the big screen (my favorite is still the 1948 version starring Gene Kelly), The Guardian’s Anne Billson explains why there’s still nothing more thrilling than a good … Continue reading →

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Weekend Box Office And The Monday Must-Read.

Posted on October 10, 2011 by jlmicek

The “Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots” rip “Real Steel” managed to fend off George Clooney’s political thriller “The Ides of March,” to win this weekend’s box office battle. Here’s the take, by the numbers, courtesy of Box Office Mojo: TW … Continue reading →

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Kenneth Branagh’s Belfast Homecoming.

Posted on October 9, 2011 by jlmicek

The Observer’s Elizabeth Day … … speaks with the director and filmmaker upon his return to his home turf in Northern Ireland. It’s a fascinating read about a very talented artist and actor. Here’s the nut graf: “Branagh’s return to … Continue reading →

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Is Clint Eastwood Intent On Outing J. Edgar Hoover?

Posted on October 9, 2011 by jlmicek

That’s the rather provocative question posed by The Independent of London today as it previews Eastwood’s upcoming biopic “J.Edgar” which stars Leonardo DiCaprio in the title role. The newspaper reports that the film has prompted unease in America’s top law … Continue reading →

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The Olsen Sisters Sell Out On Their $39K Backpack.

Posted on October 8, 2011 by jlmicek

There are responsible ways of using your celebrity, and then there’s this atrocity: That would be the $39K alligator skin backpack manufactured by The Row, the fashion line run by former child stars Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen.. This Salon … Continue reading →

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