On October 23, Warner Home Video will launch the first in their new series featuring influential films from some of history’s greatest directors, starting with Stanley Kubrick. Among the new films, “2001: A Space […]
October 10 Birthday Greetings As the English writer and gay icon Quentin Crisp once remarked, "If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style." By that standard, Ed D. Wood, Junior achieved Hollywood […]
The Smackdown Yesterday, my wife and I went with six other couples to an afternoon showing of the new “The Heartbreak Kid” at our local cineplex. Then we went out for a nice Italian dinner, drank a […]
The Smackdown You’ve probably seen a movie written by Robin Swicord and didn’t even know it. Her specialty is adapting popular novels for the bigscreen, and this South Carolina native has transformed some books I […]
According to SiteMeter, Movie Smackdown has set a new record for site traffic for the eighth month in a row! This screen capture which follows shows that every month this year has set […]
They are the champions of modern animation — The Simpsons — and after nearly two decades on-the-air they are nearing their 500th episode. But this week belongs to the challenger — South Park — which airs its own 200th episode on Wednesday night, April 14. Both TV animation sensations have spawned exactly one feature film. Even though it came to TV on the heels of the success of “The Simpsons,†it was “South Park†that broke free from the small-screen to try its luck in the cineplexes first. Both film versions tested whether audiences would pay good money to see something they were used to getting for free. […]
The Smackdown Both “Eastern Promises” (2007) and its companion piece “A History of Violence” (2005) are brutal dramas from director David Cronenberg who has, apparently, moved beyond the fantastic (infections, mutations, genetic accidents) and settled […]
Summer’s over at Movie Smackdown! but we’ve got a lot to celebrate! Several new critics have joined in this year, the site traffic now sets a new record every month and we’re getting a lot […]
The Smackdown Many actors will tell you in order of preference working continuously tops the list, closely followed by portraying quirky, obsessed characters. Billy Bob Thornton knows how to pick ’em: Sling Blade, Monster’s Ball, […]
The Smackdown It’s been over a full decade since Eugene Levy caught his son Jim doing, well, unspeakable things to innocent baked fruit. I remember thinking that it was a great comedy if only I […]
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