The Smackdown There must be something about Scarlett Johansson in a foreign land getting mixed up in love, sex and forbidden romance that is like catnip to directors. So far it’s inspired two of them […]
The Smackdown Does the world actually need two films in less than a month starring Brendan Fraser as a cocky action hero in a film where the stakes are supposedly life-and-death but not really? How […]
The Smackdown Movies are already an illusion — stories committed to film that feel real but, at best, are only an impression of reality. With this Smackdown! we have a couple of competitors about real […]
After the Obama-Clinton slugfest this year, we all know that polls have their limitations. And we know that blog polls are even more unreliable than most. Still, we’re drawn to doing polls more often on […]
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 […]
The Smackdown Get your groove on with these two films that pit a pair of musical mommas against each other in a cinematic dance-off and sing-a-long. It’s Oscar-winner Meryl Streep against John Travolta in drag. […]
The Smackdown For years, everyone knew the Big Three of Classic Horror: Dracula, The Wolf Man, and Frankenstein. That other Undead Dude, The Mummy was second-tier, a guy with a few flicks but not the […]
The Smackdown In this corner, catty, clever and classic, The Women. Mother of all chickflicks. And striding confidently into the ring high atop a pair of Manolos, currently raking in the big bucks all over […]
The Smackdown Ever noticed how precocious, pre-adolescent girls in films are always decidedly smarter, more ambitious, and more mature than their underachieving dads? Movies love to tell us kids have the wisdom that adults lack. […]
The Smackdown How many ABBA movies do we really need? What is it about the innocuous, infectious Swedish pop music from the seventies that inspires filmmakers and filmgoers alike? The latest entry is this summer’s […]
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