...even though they're still afraid of his fucking mask. Holy. Shit. One thing, though - I thought the "international" release...
It's unsurprising but still sad that many people still haven't given Mike Judge's ambitious "Idiocracy" - best descr...
Things To Come
Here's the first teaser for Steven Spielberg's "War Horse," an adaptation of the 1982 Michael Morpurgo children's boo...
War Horse teaser
Trailer for Pixar's "Brave," featuring the studio's first female solo-protagonist. I think she's also a "princes...
Pixar's "Brave" Trailer
Stop asking me if I've read this Hollywood Reporter story about Warner Bros. still being hot to make a "Green Lantern" seque...
Warner Bros. Blowing "Green" Smoke
THE TRIP (Dir. Michael Winterbottom, 2010) The best parts of this eccentric comedy featuring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon, as fictionalized...
THE TRIP: The Film Babble Blog Review
NBC passed on David E. Kelley's "Wonder Woman" show. Now you can watch a clip and see why... I dunno about you, but seeing the...
Here's a clip from "Wonder Woman"
RiffTrax is coming back to theaters in August, and bringing along a significantly more 'high profile' movie than usual: The 1962 Har...
RiffTrax Live Returns!
UPDATED with less-generic image (Empire State Building, all rainbowed-up for the occassion) courtesy ThinkProgress. My two favoritest thing...
New York Legislature Does The Right Thing (UPDATED!)
As seen in lots of places today... It will surprise no one that I am exactly the sort of asshole film snob goes to "difficult" m...
Rated B For Brainy
EDIT: I am aware that there is a spelling-error, it's being worked on. EDIT: I am also aware of the bitter irony in mispelling a common...
Escape to the Movies: "Cars 2"
CARS 2 (Dirs. John Lasseter & Brad Lewis, 2011) CARS and its new sequel opening today, CARS 2, are the most commercial and formulaic fi...
CARS 2: The Film Babble Blog Review
BAD TEACHER (Dir. Jake Kasdan, 2011) If you've seen the trailer for this crude Cameron Diaz classroom comedy, you've already witnes...
BAD TEACHER: The Film Babble Blog Review
Hat-tip: Hollywood-Elsewhere Good sign: That business with the chair. That's cool. Seals the deal: How can you NOT respect an action t...
"Killer Elite" trailer
Apparently the final theatrical poster for "Captain America," via Yahoo. (hat-tip to BAD ) I'm going to go out on a limb and ...
Final (?) Captain America Poster (UPDATED with awesome new trailer!)
Chris Pranger and Kyle Martinak, whom some of you may know as the "Armchair Thinkers," have a show now called "No Right Answe...
"No Right Answer"
This is probably only a curiousity item for most of you, but here in Boston this is probably the biggest local news story in very long time...
Whitey Bulger CAUGHT!
Alright, so... as you can probably tell, there is now a PayPal "Tip Jar" button on the sidebar of both blogs. I just wanted to cla...
Regarding the "Tip Jar"
"Pacific Rim," a treatment/spec-script from Travis Beacham, has the good fortune of being Guillermo del Toro's next movie... ...
Idris Elba signs for "Pacific Rim"
Trailer for David Cronenberg's upcoming feature, adapted from the play "The Talking Cure." Viggo Mortensen is Sigmund Freud, M...
A Dangerous Method
Hat tip: Hollywood Elsewhere Conan the Comedian offers the most concise appraisal of "Green Lantern" yet: In case you're wonde...
Conan vs Green Lantern
Steve Head and John Black invited me back to the PMP this past weekend; mostly to help deliver a eulogy upon the untimely passing of "G...
Post-Movie Podcast - Green Lantern etc.
Hat-tip to Hollywood-Elsewhere Magnet has picked up U.S. distribution for mad (and criminally overlooked in the States) Spanish shock-cinema...
Let "The Last Circus" Trailer Wash "Green Lantern" Out Of Your Mind
THE TREE OF LIFE (Dir. Terrence Malick, 2011) This is sure to be the most debated film of the year. Just a cursory glance at internet messa...
THE TREE OF LIFE: The Film Babble Blog Review
MR. POPPER'S PENGUINS (Dir. Mark Waters, 2011) Isn't Jim Carrey too old to be doing this kind of movie? A decade ago it seemed like...
MR. POPPER'S PENGUINS: The Film Babble Blog Review
A complete and utter disaster - immediately a contender for the worst film of the summer and a new frontrunner for the worst superhero movie...
Escape to the Movies: "Green Lantern"
FYI, the "Blackwater Game" is the topic on a NEW "Game OverThinker" episode now LIVE on ScrewAttack and The Other Blog. ...
New TGO on The Other Blog
Hat-tip: "M"/facebook I dunno how it's recieved elsewhere in the country, but around here the notion that the "Chick-fil-...
Anti-Gay Chick-fil-A
Call this an experiment. Like it? Please tweet, retweet, facebook-like etc :) Below, the first episode of my attempt at a political-comedy/c...
presenting... "AMERICAN BOB"
QUICK THING: I know the site was down much of the day (no, I'm not going to elaborate) but The Escapist i s back up now, and if you did...
Are These The Avengers? (UPDATED!)
Let's try this again, now... The Escapist : The Big Picture : Going Green, Part II
Big Picture: "Going Green - Part II" (UPDATED)
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (Dir. Woody Allen, 2011) At first glance, Owen Wilson looks like an unlikely Woody Allen surrogate. Yet in Allen's be...
MIDNIGHT IN PARIS: The Film Babble Blog Review
SUPER 8 (Dir. J.J. Abrams, 2011) Having grown up during the golden age of Spielberg (i.e. the late '70s-early '80s) I was immediate...
SUPER 8: The Film Babble Blog Review
The Escapist : Escape to the Movies : Super 8 Intermission: "About Critics: Part 2"
Escape to the Movies: "Super 8"
JUDY MOODY AND THE NOT BUMMER SUMMER (Dir. John Schultz, 2011) In 1996 former Raleigh resident, and former member of local favorites the Co...
JUDY MOODY AND THE NOT BUMMER SUMMER: The Film Babble Blog Review
Steve Head and John Black graciously had me back on the PMP last week for "First Class," and lots of "issues" cropping ...
Post-Movie Podcast "First Class"
For anyone not keeping tabs, as part of a publcity stunt brand-optimization for their new day-and-date pricing for downloadable comics, DC ...
