DVD: Are We Allowed to Call Broadcast News a Classic Yet?
While Network is the movie that prophesied the future of corporate-controlled TV news, James L. Brooks' 1987 Broadcast News was more zeitgeist-y. The shift toward…
DVD: Piranha Still Fun Even with Jerry O'Connell's Severed Penis in Just Two Dimensions
One of my most entertaining moviegoing experiences had to be the full-on freak-out of Piranha 3D on the big screen, but I worried that the 2-D version of home video -…
DVD: Greta Garbo's Final Movie Better Than Its Reputation
When one of the most popular actresses in Hollywood walks away from show business at the height of her career, it's natural for people to assume that her early…
DVD: Actors Love David Fincher's Penchant for Multiple Takes, Says the Social Network Making-Of
David Fincher's let's-try-it-again method of shooting, whereby each take is done dozens, if not hundreds, of times, has gotten some mixed reviews from veterans of his…
DVD: Nothing Goes Viral Like Syphilis(-Themed TV Movies Starring Cloris Leachman)
If you haven't already had friends leave you a message on your Facebook wall to get yourself over to Netflix Instant immediately to watch Someone I Touched, a 1975…
DVD: 3 Wonderfully Wince-Inducing Puns from the Newly-Boxed Rocky and Bullwinkle Show
The pun may be the lowest form of verbal wit, according to some no-fun-having people, but wordplay is central to the ongoing adoration of Rocky and Bullwinkle, whose…
DVD: Dinner for Schmucks and a Brief, Sad History of US Remakes of French Comedies
Lest you think this is going to be one of those knee-jerk articles that assumes that the subtitled version is always better, let me begin by granting that Dinner for…
DVD: In Defense of Big Love's Fourth Season
Much of the press around the upcoming (and final) season of HBO's Big Love seems to be saying, "It's good again," after the widespread harumphing about last year. But…
Danny Trejo on the Politics of Machete and His Own Texting Policy
Who says Hollywood isn't a meritocracy? Danny Trejo may be a 65-year-old ex-con and recovering addict -- and People magazine will probably never have the creativity to…
James Franco in Howl and 5 Other Favorite Movie Beatniks
While James Franco's performance in 127 Hours has him on the likely-to-be-nominated list this year, his other real-life turn -- as Beat poet Allen Ginsberg in Howl (out…
DVD: The Best Colin Firth Performance You've Probably Never Seen
As awards season kicks into high, and pundits and audiences alike unpack their adjectives to describe Colin Firth's performance in The King's Speech, it seemed like the…
DVD: Twelve Keeps the Our-Youth-Are-Doomed Genre Alive
You've probably heard this quote from eighth century BC philosopher Hesiod in some high school valedictorian's speech: "I see no hope for the future of our people if…
The American and 6 Other Mis-Marketed Movies of 2010
Whether or not you were down for George Clooney's somber and nearly-silent turn as a hitman looking to retire in The American (out today from Universal Studios Home…
DVD: Buy Archer: Season One With Your Gift Card
It's Dec. 27, and you've got a gift card for Amazon or iTunes or Barnes & Noble or wherever burning a hole in your pocket, but dither no more over how to spend it: Pick…
DVD: Futurama Holiday Spectacular (and Other Classic Christmas Home Viewing)
One of the most welcome resurrections in recent TV history has been the Futurama revival on Comedy Central, and if you missed the show's brilliant comeback, Twentieth…
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