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With the Tribeca Film Festival in full force, and me armed with my approved Tribeca/Film School Rejects press pass, I attended the media screening of The Groomsmen, written and directed by Edward Burns (who I loved in 15 Minutes and Life or Something Like It) The film stars Burns, Matthew Lillard, John Leguizamo, Heather Burns, […]

Here is something for all the fanboys to get excited about… The first peek at the upcoming film Dead or Alive, starring 5 hot chicks who whoop the shit out of 300 guys at a time. If you have ever played the game, you will know that these chicks are 5% sweet and 95% badass. […]

Final Grade: D+Woody Allen’s legacy is so great that he really needs not make another stellar film in his career. Like Speilberg or Lucas, he could do well by just sitting back, relaxing and enjoying his elder years. But then again, what would a great director be if he were not trying to push the […]

[Editor’s Note: There has been a lot of buzz around the internet these days about the new Transformers film currently in production, set to be released some time in 2007. As fans of film, we were curious to see what all the fuss was about, so we put Associate Editor Brian Gibson on the case. […]

You may notice something a little odd about the most recent review posted on this site. For one it is a review of Citizen Kane, which was made in 1941. This may cause you to ask yourself: Isn’t this a site that reviews new movies?
The answer to that question is yes, but there seems to […]

Final Grade: A
Mark Twain once said that a classic is something that everyone wants to have read, but no one wants to read. In the world of cinema, no one can point to a movie that is more of a classic than Orson Welles’ first feature, Citizen Kane. Ranked number one in Sight […]

Final Grade: B-
Any movie that pits the average and not so successful guy against the rich and attractive guy usually concludes with a clich© filled fantasy ending. Steve Martin takes every girl’s fantasy of finding that tall, dark and successful man who can sweep her off to a happy ending, and shows the harsh realities […]

Here is something I haven’t done in a while, featured some awesome movie trailers! Let’s get this thing rolling, I have a great list of 3 trailers for this week (just click on the pictures to check out the trailer):
Idlewild

First off the block is the HBO Films release of Idlewild, set to release in August. […]

One of the greatest books I have never been able to put down is Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend. Some consider Matheson to be the father of the literary sci-fi / horror genre in the 20th century. The legendary Ray Bradbury once called Matheson “one of the most important writers of the 20th century,” and […]

Final Grade: C+First let me write that I know that many of the critics are panning this film and yes, American Dreamz is far from being spectacular but it was still enjoyable and funny in its goofiness. It’s also not just an American Idol spoof but a commentary on American politics as well. In fact, […]

I was once asked to explain the secrets behind my prowess when it came to the matter of wooing over members of the opposite gender. I know you may ask yourself why someone would ever need to know such information, but the question was one that was honest. I gave the very simple explanation that […]

Final Grade: B-
The tagline starts, “In 141 years, there’s never been a traitor in the Secret Service….” and before you get to the end of the little dots you can already guess the next two words: “Until now.” Of course there is a bit more to it than that, but the tagline gives you […]

Here is a cool link that keeps with the “blog” nature of our site. Jason Kottke, master of all that is blog, has posted a list of the “50 Best Book to Film Adaptations” ever. It is his adaptation of a list written by Mark Brown of The Guardian. Here is a small snippet of […]

Final Grade: B
Harry Osborn…I mean James Franco is exploring new territory with a legendary love story that covers an era of history that most Americans know nothing about. Their love almost brought a kingdom to its knees, but instead inspired the best date / action movie since Braveheart
After the Germanic tribes invaded and took […]

Final Grade: B (A for Horror Fans)
I recall reading somewhere that Stephen King once classified two types of horror. The first type was mental or Psychological Horror featured in movies like Rosemary’s Baby or Jacob’s Ladder. The second type was the more physical, Gross-Out sort of horror used in 98% of the […]