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Old Ass Movies: Duck Soup

Old Ass Movies: Duck Soup

War! Politics! Insults! Absurdity! The greatest comedy group of all time makes their funniest movie.

By Dr. Cole Abaius on November 15, 2009 | Comments

Review: Pirate Radio

Review: Pirate Radio

Pirate Radio is a perfectly balanced comedy with a brilliant cast. Hard to believe it’s only Richard Curtis’s second film as director.

By Dr. Cole Abaius on November 13, 2009 | Comments

Reject Radio: Episode 25: Ring-a Ding Ding

Reject Radio: Episode 25: Ring-a Ding Ding

This week, on a very special episode of Reject Radio, Jake Gyllenhaal ends up appearing in almost every segment randomly. Him as a topic. He doesn’t actually appear on the show.

By Dr. Cole Abaius on November 11, 2009 | Comments

Movies We Love: A League of Their Own

Movies We Love: A League of Their Own

“We are the members of the All American League. We come from cities near & far. We have got Canadians, Irish ones & Swedes. We are all for one, we are one for all, we are all American!”

By Dr. Cole Abaius on October 28, 2009 | Comments

Exclusive: We Shoot the Sh*t with Kevin Smith

Exclusive: We Shoot the Sh*t with Kevin Smith

On the 16th anniversary of the first public screening of Clerks, we get personal with the man, the myth, the lunchbox as he rips his heart off his sleeve and slams it down on the table.

By Dr. Cole Abaius on October 18, 2009 | Comments

TV Review: 30 Rock – Season Four

TV Review: 30 Rock – Season Four

Welcome back, 30 Rock. How I missed you. Did you miss me? Of course you didn’t. You’re a multi-Emmy Award-winning comedy show on NBC and I’m an online film and TV critic who ate Sour Patch Kids for dinner tonight.

By Jim Rohner on October 16, 2009 | Comments

10 Great Films You Didn’t Know Were Directed By Women

10 Great Films You Didn’t Know Were Directed By Women

Remember all of those movies you love to sit around watching and loving and talking about? Some of them were directed by women. You didn’t even know that. Did you, you chauvinist pig?

By Dr. Cole Abaius on October 8, 2009 | Comments

Review: Couples Retreat

Review: Couples Retreat

From the long list of names on the posters and trailers, you’d think that this comedy would rise above the usual average drivel, but you’d be wrong.

By Dr. Cole Abaius on October 8, 2009 | Comments

Fantastic Fest Review: The Revenant

Fantastic Fest Review: The Revenant

Iraq War Veteran Bart comes home in a body bag, but he doesn’t stay in the ground for long. He comes to his best friend Joey for help and they both enter a life of finding human blood so that Bart can avoid decomposing.

By Dr. Cole Abaius on October 7, 2009 | Comments

Reject Radio: Episode 20: The Second Fibonacci Sequence of Death

Reject Radio: Episode 20: The Second Fibonacci Sequence of Death

This week on a very special episode of Reject Radio, we discuss spoilers (what they are and where to find them), zombie attacks, and why Ricky Gervais really loves being told he’s a fat slob.

By Dr. Cole Abaius on October 5, 2009 | Comments

Fantastic Fest Review: Gentlemen Broncos

Fantastic Fest Review: Gentlemen Broncos

After attending a writing camp, Benjamin hopes that his science fiction novella will win the top prize being judged on by his idol Ronald Chevaliar, but the pompous has-been ends up plagiarizing it and earning a best-seller.

By Dr. Cole Abaius on September 27, 2009 | Comments

Fantastic Fest Review: Fish Story

Fantastic Fest Review: Fish Story

In 2012, with a meteor going to destroy Earth, three men spend the afternoon inside a record store listening to an obscure band. As the band’s story is told, it shows how their song might save the planet from the oncoming apocalypse.

By Dr. Cole Abaius on September 27, 2009 | Comments

Fantastic Fest Review: The Men Who Stare at Goats

Fantastic Fest Review: The Men Who Stare at Goats

Bob Wilton is having a mid-life crisis of the marital strife brand so he sets out to prove himself as a journalist by leaving his small desk at the local newspaper and heading for Iraq. There, he runs into Lyn Cassady a man claiming to have been trained as a psychic spy by the U.S. military.

By Dr. Cole Abaius on September 27, 2009 | Comments

Fantastic Fest Review: Trick ‘r Treat

Fantastic Fest Review: Trick ‘r Treat

A school principle explores his dark side, a young girl seeks to lose her virginity, a group of children plan a macabre tribute to the town’s scariest myth, a hermit sits bitterly in his home, and a couple debate the merits of the rules of Halloween. How are these stories connected? Are they connected? Who the hell is that creepy little bastard in the burlap sack?

By Brian Salisbury on September 26, 2009 | Comments

Fantastic Fest Review: Kamogawa Horumo – Battle League in Kyoto

Fantastic Fest Review: Kamogawa Horumo – Battle League in Kyoto

Akira Abe foolishly joins a strange club in order to get closer to the beautiful Kyoko. They go rafting, throw parties, and have the ability to see and control Oni (the tiny demon trolls of Japanese lore) in epic battles. Apparently, Kyoto University doesn’t have a football team.

By Dr. Cole Abaius on September 25, 2009 | Comments

Review: I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell

Review: I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell

Professional film critics should never walk into a movie already knowing whether or not they’re going to like it. However…

By Rob Hunter on September 25, 2009 | Comments

Review: The Informant!

Review: The Informant!

When an employee gets the FBI involved in a price fixing investigation, a witless goon and his mustache become the keys to a governmental investigation.

By Brian Salisbury on September 17, 2009 | Comments

What The: Gentlemen Broncos Web Series #1

What The: Gentlemen Broncos Web Series #1

Jared Hess has had trouble proving that he’s completely insane, so he and Sam Rockwell are putting out these short videos for Gentlemen Broncos to drive the point home.

By Dr. Cole Abaius on August 26, 2009 | Comments

Exclusive: Carla Gugino Spells and Sells ‘Trouble’

Exclusive: Carla Gugino Spells and Sells ‘Trouble’

A very cool new advertisement for Women In Trouble has popped on the internet on our site. Did I mention it involves Carla Gugino looking sexy as always? I have now. So check it out.

By Dr. Cole Abaius on August 26, 2009 | Comments

Exclusive: Bobcat Goldthwait Talks ‘World’s Greatest Dad’

Exclusive: Bobcat Goldthwait Talks ‘World’s Greatest Dad’

Rejoice in another fantastic Reject Interview! As you can imagine, when discussing a movie of this emotional weight and dramatic consequence, we end up discussing Robin Williams’s penis for most of the piece.

By Dr. Cole Abaius on August 19, 2009 | Comments