Santa’s 2007 Movie Smackdown!
The Smackdown. You certainly don’t need to believe in Santa Claus to take inspiration from a good film that is either about the holiday or uses it as its backdrop. So here at Movie Smackdown! […]
Scott Baradell
No Country for Old Men (2007) -vs- The Terminator (1984)
The Smackdown “The thing that won’t die, in the nightmare that won’t end.” The tagline was created for 1984’s Terminator, the career-making hit for Arnold Schwartzenegger and writer-director James Cameron — but it also describes […]
Knocked Up (2007) -vs- She’s Having a Baby (1988)
The Smackdown Since my wife and I are expecting our first child next month, I thought I’d deliver a pair of battlin’ babies into Smackdown Nursery — pregnancy-themed comedies Knocked Up (by writer/director Judd Apatow) […]
Flannel Pajamas (2006) -vs- Annie Hall (1977)
The Smackdown Boy meets girl. Boy loses girl. Boy gets girl back. That’s generally how it works in Hollywood, but not with “Flannel Pajamas” and “Annie Hall,” two flicks that follow a relationship from its […]