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X Men: First Class Movie Review The Comic Book Movie Genre
Comic book movies are Hollywood's commercial god send. Or in the case of Thor, a gods-send. Let's light a candle at the altar of Hollywood's politically correct multicultural gods of Norse Mythology. Asian Vikings. Why didn't Kurosawa cast more Mexicans in Rashomon? In a movie industry...
Tales from the Picture Show
Texas Monthly, that always fine bastion of calm, rational journalism, has teamed up with the Alamo Draft House, the Vince Young of movie theaters, to compile the ten greatest Texas films of all time. This list (No Country For Bad Movies) forms the lineup for this year's Rolling Road Show. Which is...
Jimmy Page, The Edge and Jack White walk into a bar…
(ADAM NOTES: Needed to get this in before college football completely absorbs my life. This is one hell of a film.) It Might Get Loud examines and discovers art in a way that few movies ever achieve. The art, rock-and-roll. The medium, guitar. The film, directed by Davis Guggenheim, brings together...
Review: The Disappearance of Alice Creed
But little Mouse, you are not alone, In proving foresight may be vain: The best laid schemes of mice and men Go often askew, And leave us nothing but grief and pain, For promised joy! ~ Robert Burns, "To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest with the Plough" Last Thursday, I caught the premier of...
30 For 30 - No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson
The upcoming documentary series, No Crossover: The Trial of Allen Iverson , airs Tuesday evening on ESPN. On Valentine’s Day 1993, 17-year-old Bethel High School basketball star Allen Iverson was bowling in Hampton, Va., with five high school friends. It was supposed to be an ordinary...
Review: Hot Tub Time Machine
I generally consider myself a connoisseur of highbrow intellectual pursuits. My bookshelves are stocked with great works of philosophy, science and literature, many of which I have flipped through. I subscribe to The Atlantic Monthly, listen to NPR and linger in coffeehouses. Barking Carnival is...
Bargain Bunting: A Look at the Oscar Race
Let the bunting begin. And, NO, this is not an invitation for HenryJames to devolve this thread into a debate on the merits of Augie Ball sacrifice statistics. The entertainment industry has released its nominees for its most prized… prizes. The 82nd Academy Awards will be given away on March...
Blind Sided
h/t EDSBS Good news! The movie trailer for The Blind Side is on its way to theaters. Bad news! The movie trailer for The Blind Side suggests that it will be focused on the person commanding the premium salary - Sandra Bullock - and that her agent, having not read the book, or any books, but only...
How to Lose Fans and Infuriate Me
Mas cinema. This from SydneyCarton. - S.R. __________________________________________ Hi! Due to the continued dearth of off-season topical conversation, Sailor Ripley has entreated a few guest lecturers to contribute to The Barking Carnival. Fortunately for him, my unchecked hubris, proclivity...
The Best Movies You May Have Never Seen
As we continue our quest to turn this sports blog into Ain't It Cool News, I give you another Guest Film Crit lecturer - our pal, Scagnetti. - S.R. _______________________________________ There seems to be no middle ground on here, albeit a ground that’s well-tread with expansive, intelligent...
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