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J.J. Abrams and Steven Spielberg: together again for the first time
When I was a kid and fell in love with movies and decided I wanted to make movies (an ambition that later morphed into writing about movies, so no, I’m not quite the cliché of the critic who’s a...
View Articlequestion of the day: Ron Howard’s Stephen King’s ‘The Dark Tower’? No,...
Have you read any of Stephen King’s series The Dark Tower? No? Imagine if Clint Eastwood and James Joyce collaborated on a trippy fantasy about the mystical quest of a gunslinger. It’s weird and...
View ArticlePolanski speaks (but doesn’t apologize); sexist iPad ads?; Mr. Rogers is...
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View Articlewhat would Mark Twain do?; Michael Moore joins the Oscar board; Sam...
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View Articlequick list: five really relevant filmmakers working now
What is relevance? It’s not just popularity, but that’s part of it — it’s hard to be relevant if not many people see your movies. It’s not just something-to-say-ness, but that’s part of it too — it’s...
View Articlewhat you don’t understand about Twitter; Facebook defriends Roger Ebert;...
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View Articletrailer break: ‘Super 8’
Hey, I didn’t know J.J. Abrams was remaking The Goonies? Looks like Super 8 isn’t just produced by Steven Spielberg, but actually could well be a lost Spielberg film from the 80s. I like. Well, it...
View ArticleTyler Perry tells Spike Lee to go to hell; an apology for ‘Superman Returns’;...
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View ArticleClose Encounters of the Third Kind (retro trailer)
I can’t wait to see Super 8, J.J. Abrams’ tribute to Steven Spielberg, which doesn’t open here in the U.K. till August. It looks like I may get into a screening this week, but for now, I have to make...
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Super 8 (review)
All About Steve Is it weird that the overwhelming feeling I’m left with after Super 8 is one of a nostalgic melancholy? The reason I went to film school, back when I thought I wanted to make films, is...
View ArticleSuper 8 (great movie quotes)
“It’s on the news. That means it’s real.” –Charles (Riley Griffiths) “It looks like a disaster movie.” –Joe (Joel Courtney), about the disaster he was shooting for his movie, in a disaster movie “This...
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question of the day: Is J.J. Abrams being a troll when he says, “If you’re so...
I was pretty stunned to read — in the Guardian — that J.J. Abrams isn’t too impressed with all the complaints about the ending of Lost (emphasis mine): For years, I had people praising Lost to death,...
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The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn (review)
Raiders of a Past Flick Steven Moffat (of Sherlock and Doctor Who). Edgar Wright (of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz). Joe Cornish (of Attack the Block). Peter Jackson (of The Lord of the Rings...
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The Cabin in the Woods (trailer)
What the–? Did you watch the trailer before you read this? If not, do that now. … I can’t remember a trailer that surprised me the way that this one surprises me around the 1:00 mark. But I expect...
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question of the day: Has J.J. Abrams lost his mind?
It’s like a negative Christmas present. Perhaps Jimmy Kimmel is punking geeks? From Hollywood.com: J.J. Abrams to Convert ‘Star Trek 2′ to 3D After Shooting We’d expect J.J. Abrams to know better than...
View Articleso, Adele’s Skyfall theme is very classic Bond, no? (and other adventures in...
What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today: • This is what it’s all come to, folks. Hollywood is yanking the collective fanboy chain. J.J. Abrams Shows 3 Frames of ‘Star Trek Into...
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monsters invade thrift store paintings! (and other adventures in social...
What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today: • I presume Abrams’ *Star Wars* will involve a minor Sith Lord traveling back in time and destroying Tatooine before Luke Skywalker is...
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feel the rush of endorkins (Star Trek Into Darkness review)
I’m “biast” (pro): love everything Star Trek; madly in love with Benedict Cumberbatch I’m “biast” (con): nothing (what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) There’s a thing that makes me very sad...
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