5 For Friday: Give Me These Summer Reading Adaptations, Please!
Swoon. This week, The Great Gatsby comes to theaters. Whether you loved or hated the book, chances are it was part of your course curriculum some time in high school. So in celebration, I’m going to...
View Article5 For Friday: Sexy Alien Babes
With Star Trek Into Darkness being released in theaters this week, it brings to mind the original series and Captain Kirk’s fetish for some Green Orion Slave Girl action. It seemed to be the theme of...
View ArticleNumber 1′s: Movie Duos
In the spirit of our March Madness picks we did a few months back, we’re going to try out a co-written feature called “Number 1′s”. Each week, we will pick a new topic each week and we’ll each pick...
View ArticleNumber 1′s: Movie Beatdowns
A good fight scene can really make a movie and an amazing beatdown is something that can be remembered for years to come. So today, we’re picking our top ass-kickings in all of movies. Dan’s Pick –...
View ArticleNumber 1′s: Movie Themes
It’s easy to overlook music when thinking about how good a movie is. A lot of the time, music is used more to achieve a background effect rather than draw attention to itself. Ever so often, a movie...
View Article5 For Friday: 5 Deadly Sins as Played by Vince Vaughn
The Internship brings together once again the dynamic duo of Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn, who we saw last romancing the ladies in Wedding Crashers. Vince Vaughn has had a wildly varying career. From...
View ArticleNumber 1′s: Movie Montages
The montage is a time-honored tradition of speeding up the passage of time and getting Sylvester Stallone into fighting shape. Throw on a great song and a montage could even give the Cleveland Indians...
View ArticleA Revisit: Going Back to the Garden State
2004 hardly seems like it’s in the past, but in case you haven’t been paying attention, it’s nine years ago. For myself, 2004 marked the end to the first year of college and the uncertainty that goes...
View ArticleNumber 1′s: Dance Sequences
Some times, you just gotta dance and these following scenes prove it. Whether it’s around a dinner table or on the dance floor, to us, these are the best. Dan’s Pick – The Dinner Table Dance,...
View Article5 For Friday: My Bad Ass Zombie Apocalypse Team
World War Z is all ready to hit theaters and to be honest, this tidal wave of zombies I keep seeing in the preview doesn’t seem like a whole lot of fun compared to those slow-moving walkers from the...
View ArticleSay Hello (Again) to the Bad Guy: Despicable Me 2 Review
The landscape of animated films in the new century is arguably dominated by two rival studios: Pixar and Dreamworks. Pixar has always been the front-runner, while Dreamworks has been forced to play...
View ArticleNumber 1′s: Villains in Comedies
When you talk about movie villains, the first ones that come to mind are the serial killers and madmen of thrillers and horror films, but there are plenty of comedies that rely on a great antagonist...
View ArticleNumber 1′s: Worst Torture Scenes
Torture’s bad, mmmmkay… probably. We’re not here to discuss politics of beating the piss out of prisoners or making them eat human feces, Saló style; we’re here to talk about its impact on some movies...
View ArticleThree Reasons Why Idris Elba Should Be the Next Batman
By Mark Myers If you don’t know Idris Elba, then you are probably a big fan of the Grownups series, which means you have no taste in films. Any person who has any self-respect and likes a good...
View ArticleThree Reasons Why Ryan Gosling Should Be the Next Batman
By Anthony Del Vecchio To me, the decision to make the next appearance of Batman a movie in which he teams with Superman is a pretty genius idea. DC Comics has the unenviable position of not only...
View ArticleThree Reasons Why Christian Bale Should STILL Be Batman
By Dan Aquino The San Diego Comic Con is always THE place for dropping the biggest news on everyone’s favorite superheroes, whether it be upcoming movies, television shows, or even just comics...
View ArticleGo! Go! Jaeger Rangers! – Pacific Rim Review
By Dan Aquino Director: Guillermo del Toro Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi Let me get this started by saying that Pacific Rim lost out to both Despicable Me 2 and Grown Ups 2 on...
View Article5 For Friday: Top 5 Fictional Characters Named George
This week, the whole world was wrapped up in Royal Baby Fever; news coverage even pre-empted the summer schedule of the networks’ primetime lineups just to let you know that they named the kid George....
View ArticleBabes, Bikinis, and Bullets: Spring Breakers Review
Directed by: Harmony Korine Starring: James Franco, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Amber Benson, Rachel Korine I never went anywhere crazy on Spring Break. I wouldn’t step foot in Florida if I played...
View ArticleNumber 1′s: Worst Best Friends
Sometimes, you just have that friend that gets you into trouble or just becomes the thorn in your ass for your entire relationship. Maybe they mooch off you, get you in trouble with Russian...
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