‘The Hobbit’ To Be Three Films
Peter Jackson breaks the news: We know how much of the story of Bilbo Baggins, the Wizard Gandalf, the Dwarves of Erebor, the rise of the Necromancer, and the Battle of Dol Guldur will remain...
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Spotify Challenge for Sci-Fi/Fantasy Fans
I need your help, friends, with putting together a Spotify playlist of thirty-three tracks from science fiction, fantasy, fairy tale, or otherwise otherworldly films, television shows, and video games. Please leave suggestions in the...
“Snow White” Had Better Be the Fairest Film, Dammit
Permit me to echo io9’s causes for hope and causes for concern regarding the upcoming Snow White and the Huntsman. Like them, I so desperately want it to prevail for its own sake and...
Paul Thomas Anderson Returns!
No other filmmaker can hold a sacred candle to writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson when he directs his mind, heart, and camera to American religiosity. Those who’ve seen Magnolia and There Will Be Blood can...
Film “Judith” Instead of “Noah”
Alex Knapp figures the big-budget movie adaptation of the Noah story will disappoint due to the straightforwardness and unsustainability of the plot, and I’m inclined to agree. The myth of Noah wouldn’t be the...
Spoiler Etiquette
Alyssa Rosenberg doesn’t mind being spoiled: “I regularly spoil myself on things I’m watching thanks to Wikipedia, and I fully believe the study that came out last summer that spoilers increase our enjoyment of...
Friday Morning Film Reflection
Woody Allen’s film concepts range from the brilliant to the brainless, and his execution from masterful to mediocre. I’ll usually give his movies a shot, in hopes of seeing his genius on display, but...
Friday Morning Film Reflection: Willow
I saw Willow in the theater when it was released in 1988, and I thought the world of it. On the car ride home, I hummed the musical themes I could remember and tried...
Whit Stillman Returns!
Comedy of manners virtuoso Whit Stillman has a new feature film coming to theaters: Damsels in Distress. If the trailer below is any indication, his first film since 1998’s The Last Days of Disco...
A Qualified Defense of Prequels
I gather Alex Knapp is not overly fond of prequels: For reasons surpassing my understanding, current pop culture has just become entranced with prequels, prologues, and unnecessary exposition. What writers today seem to have...
