Golden Globes Get Smacked Around Good!
Over here at Movie Smackdown! we've already put seven of the ten Golden Globe "best picture" nominees in the ring against worthy opponents. If you're new to the Smack, this might be a good […]
Awards
2008 Emmys Demand a “Recountâ€
With the 2008 election showing signs of being as close as the 2000 and 2004 near-ties, Sunday night’s Emmy success for “Recount” seems like a perfect moment to re-visit our Smackdown between that film and […]
Bottle Shock (2008) -vs- Sideways (2004)
The Smackdown With 2008’s Bottle Shock and 2004’s indie darling Sideways, we have two films that put their respective audiences smack into the middle of the California wine growing scene. One is more about making […]
Brideshead Revisited (2008) -vs- Atonement (2007)
The Smackdown There’s no doubt that superheroes and stoners are king at this summer’s box office, but if you’re craving a little romanticism – oh hell, a LOT of romanticism – and stories that don’t […]
It Was No Contest for NO COUNTRY!
The Power of Two The Oscars did not break form. They joined the enthusiastic worldwide embrace of No Country For Old Men. Critics and the creative community bestowed 79 awards on this film and another […]
“Best Picture†Noms Get a Well-Deserved Smack
In a lot of ways, the Oscars and other awards shows are really the Ultimate Smackdown, although a little cluttered for our tastes, given our preference for mano-a-mano film-on-film violence. Still, now that the writers […]
There Will Be Blood (2007) -vs- Gangs of New York (2002)
The Smackdown It’s easy to admire virtue and nobility. Possessing either can be difficult. Maybe that’s why our movies seem to feature five Norman Bates and ten Gordon Gekkos for every George Bailey or Atticus Finch. […]
The 2008 Critics Choice Awards: Movie Smackdown! Edition
Even as the Golden Globes were falling apart over the on-going WGA strike, the show at tonight’s 13th Annual The Critics Choice Awards managed to go on because the event is put on by the […]
Hairspray (2007) -vs- Saturday Night Fever (1977)
Thirty Years of Dancing Travolta! The Smackdown It was three decades ago that a charismatic sitcom star named John Travolta crossed over into feature film fame with the cultural sensation Saturday Night Fever. In the […]
American Gangster (2007) -vs- The Godfather, Part II (1974)
The Smackdown It can’t be easy being a young criminal crime boss and drug lord, coming from a struggling underclass, living in the shadow of an even more powerful criminal. Both Frank Lucas and Michael […]