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Escape to the Movies : Fast Five (UPDATED!)

Are we still obligated to pretend that it's a surprise that Michael Bay - who's entire skillset is creating the kind of brief actio...

Innevitably-shitty movie gets fantastic trailer

Below (and at THIS LINK ) my most-recent appearance on the Armchair Thinkers Podcast. Check them out.

Armchair Thinkers podcast

Dog-torturing waste of oxygen Michael Vick will NOT be Madden 2012's cover-man, losing the final vote by a significant margin to Peyton ...

Justice Prevails

First trailer for Tarsem Singh's "Immortals," starring Superman-to-be Henry Cavill, looks like "300" as reimagined...

And now you want to see "Immortals"

Like. Like. Like. LIKE. LIKE. LIKE! "We can be the better men." "We already are." YES. THAT is what a fucking "X...

MUCH better "X-Men: First Class" Trailer

OF GODS AND MEN (Dir. Xavier Beauvois, 2010) The most stirring scene of this immaculately affecting French film involves a group of Trappis...

OF GODS AND MEN: The Film Babble Blog Review

Big Picture: "Done With Dark"

"War of The Thinkers," for anyone who doesn't follow the other blog, represents the 7th and final episode of an in-series ...

Game OverThinker Episode 50

Nintendo announces a "Wii Successor" for 2012... in a pdf. We'll all find out how much money it's going to cost to play th...

It's Real

THE CONSPIRATOR (Dir. Robert Redford, 2010) Robert Redford's 8th film as director finds him again mining the political mechanics behind...

THE CONSPIRATOR: The Film Babble Blog Review

Intermission: "How To Read Film Criticism"

Escape to the Movies: "Atlas Shrugged"

SUPER (Dir. James Gunn, 2010) Add The Crimson Bolt to the growing list of superheroes that aren't really superheroes. Just like KICK A...

SUPER: The Film Babble Blog Review

I came home last night late from Durham to a neighborhood without power due to the Tornado sweeping through the area Saturday afternoon. Pr...

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2011: Days Three & Four

A nother day of nice weather greeted the second day of Full Frame (that may change tomorrow though). I saw a particularly strong group of do...

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2011: Day Two

Well, it's that time of year again - time for the 14th Annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in, and around the Carolina Theatre ...

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival 2011: Day One

HANNA (Dir. Joe Wright, 2011) Little girls kicking ass – we need more of that, right? This movie seems to think so. It introduces Saoirse...

HANNA: The Film Babble Blog Review

ARTHUR (Dir. Jason Winer, 2011) The one and only improvement that this remake of the fine but slight 1981 Dudley Moore comedy contains is ...

ARTHUR: Not Completely Artless, But Still Extremely Annoying

YOUR HIGHNESS (Dir. David Gordon Green, 2011) Sometimes really funny people make really unfunny films. The comic pedigree of the folks invo...