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  • Blogs

    May 18, 2012

    Rihanna In Battleship: How Does She Do?

    Battleship is a long, headache-inducing blend of cliches and explosions, about a fleet of ships out to save the world while making money at the box office. One of the more notable things about it is that Rihanna makes her film debut as Petty Officer Cora 'Weps' Raikes, a kickass, sarcastic, but ba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2012

    BitTorrent-Based Internet Piracy Does Not Hurt U.S. Movie Sales: Study

    As the movie and music industries continue to bemoan internet piracy -- and push for internet-censoring laws like SOPA, PIPA, and the TPP to curb illegal file sharing -- a new academic study has come out that debunks a major belief about piracy and profit loss. In "Reel Piracy: The Effect of Onlin ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    November 2, 2011

    FREE TO BE 3D

    Ali Hossaini’s true colors

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2011

    Taylor Lautner: Can He Be A Film Star?

    ​Yes, I know he is a film star, thanks to a little something called the Twilight franchise. But can Taylor Lautner make it as a bonafide movie star apart from that? If you can't pull that kind of thing off, then you might as well be Francis the Talking Mule. And face it, it hasn't been all ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2011

    Rightbloggers Celebrate the Unprecedented Success of Sarah Palin's (10-Theater) Movie Opening

    The Republican 2012 Presidential race, which has given us so much pleasure, remains in flux. Mitt Romney holds a lead, but is unacceptable to "the base" because he once tried to help uninsured sick people; thus, various fringe candidates compete ferociously (and that is the right word) for the right ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 14, 2011

    So How Did The Beaver Do?

    ​Mel Gibson disgraced himself last year with all those foul rants, which didn't exactly endear him to the moviegoing public. The more he fulminated, the more his comeback vehicle, The Beaver, seemed like a miracle vehicle as far as its chances to make Mel loved again. And sure enough, due to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2011

    Kathie Lee and I Battle It Out Over The Book of Mormon

    ​ Yes, Today show host Kathie Lee Gifford and I are the focal points of the print campaign for the smash Broadway musical The Book of Mormon! That's the one about Mormons going to Uganda and spreading lies, which results in the Ugandan natives putting on a fabulous musical revue!

  • Voice Choices

    January 26, 2011

    Hearts and Minds

    ​ Yes, Today show host Kathie Lee Gifford and I are the focal points of the print campaign for the smash Broadway musical The Book of Mormon! That's the one about Mormons going to Uganda and spreading lies, which results in the Ugandan natives putting on a fabulous musical revue!

  • Blogs

    October 19, 2010

    Presenting the Single Greatest Magazine Quote of 2010, Starring a Dentist, a Chipped Tooth, and an Explosive Bowl of Dicks

    ​Jackass 3-D grossed more money at the box office this weekend than the three films below it combined. The dangers of making such a monumental, adventurous piece of cinema?

  • Blogs

    October 3, 2010

    Bad Facebook Puns Plague The Social Network Box Office Headlines

    ​Everyone who's anyone saw The Social Network on its opening weekend, including the staff of Facebook and presumably its founder, Mark Zuckerberg. Today, preliminary estimates put the movie's pull at $23 million for its opening weekend, a respectable, if not extraordinary showing, but more tha ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    June 8, 2010

    DEATH AND THE CITY

    Does this mean the term 'fabulous' has to go, too?

  • Voice Choices

    June 8, 2010

    DEATH AND THE CITY

    Does this mean the term 'fabulous' has to go, too?

  • Voice Choices

    June 8, 2010

    DEATH AND THE CITY

    Does this mean the term 'fabulous' has to go, too?

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2010

    MacGruber Bombs, SNL Movie Curse Lives On

    ​It was naive to think it could turn out any other way, marketing gimmicks, the show's resurgence and Will Forte be damned. The latest Saturday Night Live skit-turned-feature film is crashing and burning, taking in a paltry $1.5 million at the box office on Friday, leaving the action parody un ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    May 4, 2010

    ALL THE RAGE

    Chuck Palahniuk gathers his book club

  • Voice Choices

    February 23, 2010

    The Big Parade

    Chuck Palahniuk gathers his book club

  • Voice Choices

    February 16, 2010

    HOT AND COLD

    A theater festival in the winter?

  • Voice Choices

    December 15, 2009

    Playtime

    A theater festival in the winter?

  • Voice Choices

    December 8, 2009

    Holiday

    A theater festival in the winter?

  • Voice Choices

    August 18, 2009

    WHAT IS THAT FLICK?

    Fritz Lang’s oddball 1930s movie defies definition

  • Voice Choices

    August 4, 2009

    Holiday

    Fritz Lang’s oddball 1930s movie defies definition

  • Voice Choices

    February 18, 2009

    ROCK ON

    Paul Scott Goodman and Miriam Gordon present Rooms: A Rock Romance

  • Film

    December 31, 2008

    2008 Film Poll: Coming (at You) Soon

    Jeffrey Katzenberg's cure for an ailing movie economy, in all three dimensions.

  • Voice Choices

    October 22, 2008

    SEXY BACK

    Avant-garde with some brotha-ly love

  • Voice Choices

    October 1, 2008

    LOLA-CITA

    Restoring Max Ophül's masterpiece

  • Voice Choices

    July 9, 2008

    RAINING REVOLUTION

    Rock, romance, heartbreak, and the Purple One

  • Voice Choices

    June 17, 2008

    ATTACK OF THE MERFOLK!

    Feelin’ fishy? Walk it off

  • Voice Choices

    March 4, 2008

    SO BAD IT'S GOOD?

    A notoriously bad film finally gets some appreciation

  • Film

    May 8, 2007

    'Shrek the Third'

    A notoriously bad film finally gets some appreciation

  • Film

    May 1, 2007

    'ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway'

    A notoriously bad film finally gets some appreciation

  • Screens

    June 27, 2006

    Russia's Famous Occult Thriller

    A notoriously bad film finally gets some appreciation

  • Film

    August 23, 2005

    Slump Fiction

    Hollywood's real moneymakers yet to come

  • Screens

    May 31, 2005

    Torrent Rain

    Fat content's equivalent of the South Beach Diet provides healthy alternative to paying buttplugs

  • Film

    December 28, 2004

    Bringing Out the Dead: Scorsese's Sordid Everyman Returns

    Fat content's equivalent of the South Beach Diet provides healthy alternative to paying buttplugs

  • Film

    September 7, 2004

    The Last Picture Show

    Ghosts in the machine: Tsai's haunted movie house evokes the shadows of cinemas past

  • Music

    July 6, 2004

    Live Dead

    Concert biz endures summer; Clear Channel screws bands

  • Art

    August 26, 2003

    Open Admission

    High Culture on a Low Budget

  • News

    May 28, 2002

    Warming Up to Soccer

    The U.S. Finally Shakes Off Its Cold War Prejudices

  • Film

    March 5, 2002

    Thinking Inside the Box

    Test-Tube Babies

  • Home

    January 1, 2002

    The American Dreams

    Patriotic Critics Boost Gross Domestic Product

  • Film

    May 9, 2000

    Get a Clue

    Patriotic Critics Boost Gross Domestic Product

  • News

    November 16, 1999

    'Access' Denied

    Studios seethe over HSX predictions

  • Film

    August 24, 1999

    Defining Deviancy Down

    By treating audiences with kid gloves, the MPAA delivers a lethal blow to grown-up fare

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