Hot Blogger and Hot Button colunist David Poland has posted his third, breezy "Lunch With David" vlog over at iKlipz and I think it's the funniest one yet. This week's topic: Secrets in Hollywood -- who tells 'em and whether…
Owen Wilson has released a statement responding to the claim by members of Steely Dan that "You, Me and Dupree" was a rip-off of their song "Cousin Dupree.": "I have never heard the song 'Cousin Dupree' and I don't even…
I haven't been able to post as much as I'd like recently (and I've got some real juicy Opening Shots waiting) because I've been so busy doing reviews for the Chicago Sun-Times and RogerEbert.com, to help pick up some of…
View image: From The Onion New York Magazine reports on "How Kevin Smith Reinvented Movie Marketing." By manufacturing a dust-up with a TV movie critic just before the opening of his film and getting lots of free publicity? Sure. But…
"Boo." Dennis at Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly Rule has posted his favorite Tex Avery cartoon, "Rock-a-Bye Bear," in response to posts by Peet Gelderblom and That Little Round-Headed Boy, who remarked that this exchange has turned into a…
Mr. C & me. Hooray, for America! On Monday's "The Colbert Report," M. Night Shyamalan made #2 on the "ThreatDown," thanks to my diligent review of "Lady in the Water." I wrote: The key to deciphering M. Night Shyamalan's fractured…
View image: "Vertigo": The bar View image: "Vertigo": The hand. View image: "Munich": The bar(s). View image: "Munich": The hand. Both movies begin with a close-up of metal barrier at night. A hand grabs it, and a man pulls himself…
From Nathaniel Soltesz, Pittsburgh, PA: One of my favorite opening shots is from Michael Tolkin's "The Rapture." First, a black screen, menacing ambient music, vague noises of typing, people speaking. The camera rises and we realize we're looking at the…
In the spirit of "Rashomon," two views of the opening shot of another Akira Kurosawa picture: From Or Shkolnik, Israel: We see a beautiful mountain landscape, a dramatic music starts playing while the name of the movie appears in big…
Cousin Dupree? A couple days ago we published an Opening Shot contribution for Woody Allen's "Annie Hall" in which Allen cited an old joke to illustrate a point about his view of life: Two elderly women are at a Catskills…
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