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It’s time for fun, it’s time for screams

Steph — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 12:00:47 +0000

Dustin wants to know what your favorite October movies are. His top picks: Donnie Darko, The Crow, The Nightmare Before Christmas.

How do you follow up the mocking of dog owners and folk singers?

douglasandmain — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:34:56 +0000

You mock, “the world of obsessive collectors of all things vintage or retro, e.g., comic books, Barbie dolls, vintage magazine ads, vinyl 45-rpm singles, etc.”

“Because we love” Bonus: As you read this update imagine the sound of air rushing out of a tire.

Piranah 3D’s place in cinema

douglasandmain — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:00:43 +0000

Lewis is to Piranah 3D as Martin is to ____________?

Eric fills in the blank for you.

Added value: Greg takes us back to a simpler time when Sandahl Bergman was a nurse and Rowdy Roddy Piper was still out of bubblegum.

Reviews of the blue (people)

douglasandmain — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:09:16 +0000

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Dave’s view? Fabulous effects, pedestrian story.

Fed Reb thought its politics reflected reality. Except for the ending.

Eric says it’s fun to see but has no kind words for the actors or the script.

The best of 2009 (so far)

douglasandmain — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:48:31 +0000

Eric Armstrong at The Moving Arts Film Journal is a prolific blogger, on a team of bloggers concerning all things cinema. At the halfway point of 2009 he has a list of his top five movies so far.

More importantly he has the dish on who will play the Green Lantern. Two great things about this news: 1. Hal Jordan will be this film’s GL (accept no substitutes) and 2. Justin Timberlake will NOT be the star. (Sorry Shannon, squeee or no squeee, he’s not right for this part.

A good thing spoiled

douglasandmain — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 13:46:37 +0000

Jerrod has graduated. He posts a kind and gracious tribute to some of the people that have helped him arrive at this milestone in his life.

Then he loses major man-points at the end by quoting the lyrics from The Golden Girl’s theme song. He recovers, somewhat, from the stumble with the Marcus Aurelius quote but both Douglas and Main are troubled by his unreasoned rejection of the Y chromosone. We urge him to regain man-points by following the link Stan has to 75 movies every man must see and catching up on the 70 or so he obviously hasn’t absorbed yet.

We are not entirely happy with this list either. Tootsie? Really? And Johnny Dangerously? Being male does not mean we have no standards. We would replace it with The Big Lebowski (Donnie, Walter and the Dude are the yin, yang and yup of the male ego) and we would replace Tootsie with The Magnificent Seven. The theme song alone is worth five man-points.

Movie trailer: Where the Wild Things Are

douglasandmain — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:28:12 +0000

Yep. The book you loved is now a movie.

Why? Money.

Our company policy is we approve of any movie, sight unseen, if it includes Catherine Keener in the cast. We approve of, sight unseen, Where the Wild Things Are.

Wondering about the next Wolverine movie?

douglasandmain — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:31:25 +0000

We were too. The Prefect gets us caught up on the vibe surrounding the upcoming flick, X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

If you have seen at least 100 movies

douglasandmain — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:49:38 +0000

you can help the NAACP:

rate films by, for or about people of color, primarily African Americans, that have significantly impacted our culture and society. The resulting film collection, which will be announced in June, is being assembled in honor of the NAACP’s 100th anniversary which began the year long celebration on Thursday, Feb. 12th.

Real geeks don’t choose

douglasandmain — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 15:13:30 +0000

Dr. Fox is on the horn’s of the classic “free ticket” dilemma; should he use the tickets to see Watchmen, Star Trek: The Reboot, or Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. You can help him decide which one his wife will let him see in his comments section.