Posts Tagged movies

Needy Nerd Syndrome: Loving ‘Watchmen’ For What It Is

By • Mar 9th, 2009 • Category: watching

‘Watchmen’ is a spectacular piece of genre film that only fails at the unreasonable task we set before it.



An Animated ‘9’, Documentary on Design, and Mash-ups Online

By • Jan 13th, 2009 • Category: side notes

Shane Acker’s feature debut gets added to a list of animated films to see this year, ‘Objectified’ follows up from the ‘Helvetica’ team, and free best of Club Bootie tracks.



Our Favorite Shit: 2008

By • Jan 6th, 2009 • Category: side notes

Our panel of two sat down for an epic virtual discussion of our absolute favorite things of the year, in every category we could think of, and why each one made the list.



A Lifeless ‘Spirit’, a Pointless ‘Dante’s Inferno’, a Peerless Gaming Panel, and Soulless Best Of Lists

By • Dec 22nd, 2008 • Category: side notes

Why we’re passing on Miller’s new movie, wondering who thought Dante would make a good action game hero, year-end gaming thoughts and what makes a good Best Of list.



Rock Posters; Tool Toasters; a Maverick Roaster; and Austin, Closer

By • Dec 4th, 2008 • Category: side notes

A trailer for ‘Died Young, Stayed Pretty’, Maynard Keenan tours (wine tastings?), Taibbi reflects on the election, and some crazily detailed Austin City Limits Photos.



Casting Blood Meridian: or The Evening Redness in the West

By • Nov 24th, 2008 • Category: watching

Director Todd Field has what it takes to bring ‘Blood Meridian’ to life: now all we need are the people acting in front of the camera to be capable of matching Field’s discipline and talent.



RS Remembering Wallace, Aronofsky Wrestling Rourke, Sony Snubbing Netflix

By • Nov 22nd, 2008 • Category: side notes

An insightful look at the life of DFW, a discussion of over-and-under-rated directors, and a movie download battle continues.



The State of Modern Horror – Part IV: The Shining

By • Oct 27th, 2008 • Category: watching

Our special feature examining the past, present and future of the horror genre concludes this week by focusing on the best in recent horror films, and what they’re doing right.



The State of Modern Horror – Part III: Darkness Falls

By • Oct 20th, 2008 • Category: watching

Our series on the past, present and future of the horror genre continues. This week we look at the preponderance of terrible, terrible horror movies — by analyzing, in detail, a well-received horror movie from this year, why it is almost objectively terrible, and what basic rules of horror cinema it breaks.



The State of Modern Horror – Part II: The Lost Boys

By • Oct 14th, 2008 • Category: watching

Our special four-part series examining the past, present and future of the horror genre continues this week with Part II: The Lost Boys — How the most promising writer-directors in the field stopped making horror movies.