I'm very happy to report that Roger Ebert has sent his first public e-mail about his recovery. The full text is at RogerEbert.com, but here's an excerpt: I have always believed in full disclosure. When I announced that I had…
Ad on a Poster. Chuck Klosterman has a story in Esquire magazine called "The 'Snakes on a Plane' Problem: The tragedy of the best-titled movie in the history of film." The truth is, I don't think "SOAP" is such a…
Your typical Cannes bathing beauties. Borat (Sacha Baron Cohen, currently appearing as Jean Girard in "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby") has a movie coming out in November with a title as good as "Ricky Bobby." It's called "Borat:…
Now that "The Descent" has passed its second weekend, I thought I'd begin posting some of the visual quotations I'd promised. But first, there's one auditory quote that should be mentioned. When Sarah goes off to explore inside the cave,…
This Sierra Mist commercial featuring Kathy Griffin ("It's Pat," "Pulp Fiction," "My Life on the D-List") and Michael Ian Black ("Ed," "The Baxter," "Stella") ran on Thursday night's edition of "The Daily Show," which featured a brilliant report about the…
One person's public relations screw-up is another's inspiration. This mash-up (on YouTube and iFilm) is the most inspired thing to come out of Mel's sordid episode. (tip: David Poland, a mensch among men)
Stephen Dorff plays a rescuer in Oliver Stone's "World Trade Center." Reading today's critical responses to Oliver Stone's "World Trade Center," I find it fascinating that the positive reviews and the negative reviews are saying essentially the same things. People…
9/11 is in the eye of the beholder: Michael Pena (center) in "WTC." That's a question everyone who sees Oliver Stone's 9/11 movie will have to answer for him- or herself. The studio's official line is that it's an inspirational…
View image: Channnnnnggggggg... From Sam Goldsmith: If there is any opening shot that truly shows the power of cinema, it comes from my favorite film, Richard Lester's "A Hard Day's Night." After crediting Miramax and Walter Shenson, the film makes…
View image From Tom Sutpen, If Charlie Parker Was a Gunslinger, There'd Be a Whole Lot of Dead Copycats: There is no more enigmatic image in the badly underappreciated canon of Richard Lester than the opening shot of his 1968…
Great Movies