Rudy Can Fail
Rudy from Rudy has been charged with stock fraud, proving you can overcome the odds to live the American dream. [via]
Worst Films
AV Club’s worst movies of 2011.
Ebert’s Best Films
Roger Ebert’s best films of 2011.
2011: The Cinescape
2011: The Cinescape.
Trailer for Rock Of Ages.
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Famous People on Star Trek
Famous people you didn’t know were on Star Trek.
Pulp Fiction in chronological order.
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Denby’s List
David Denby’s favourite movies of 2011. (Denby is relevant right now because he broke the review embargo on Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and, coincidentally, I’ve finally started reading Snark
The rehearsal version of the Karate Kid. It’s kind of like watching a fan version of the movie, except with all of the actual actors. Bizarre.
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The crew of Star Trek: TNG watches Star Wars: A New Hope.
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Casino > GoodFellas
Something I’ve always believed but was afraid to say out loud: Casino is a better movie than GoodFellas. [via]
Here is where a sturdy Scorsese theme is drawn out beautifully: the confounding nature of women. Stone is so dangerous. She’s a Stratocaster of sex. Blondes like Ginger have existed on the edge of sex and violence since their knee socks days. She possesses that white trash quality, straight out of Van Nuys, that scrambles the brains of second-generation boys raised by Catholic immigrant mamas. Ginger is more forceful than Ace. She bucks wildly and goes berserk at every attempt he makes to domesticate her. Unlike the other characters in Casino, or GoodFellas, Ginger never gets a voiceover. We are never cued into her motives. Even in GoodFellas, Karen (Lorraine Bracco) explains why a nice Jewish girl like herself gets her crank turned by a criminal who pistols whips sexual rivals. Ginger’s female hustler code, however, remains immediate and unknown; she is constantly mystifying the men around her. We only get to see Ace’s need and love for her turn into a suffocating paranoia. This sort of romantic pain that Ace suffers over again (something Henry Hill never experiences, as his world is replete with trashy, coke-addled girlfriends) creates a loneliness and frustration that De Niro does so well. When he finally unleashes on Ginger, Stone matches it, with glorious ferocity, it’s hard to look directly into her eyes. She’s like the sun—the performance in Casino is her best.
Why do reputable actors keep making movies with 50 Cent? (Related: This is the latest 50 trailer. “Deon Barnes had it all… until life got in the way.” Um, yeah.)
Naming nameless movie characters.
The Mariner in Waterworld (Kevin Costner)
Name: Blobfish Splashman
Why?: By the time the world’s polar ice caps have melted and the planet is almost entirely covered in water, we will all have aquatic names. Blobfish will be the new John.
Four words: Top Gun 3D Conversion.
Leaked photos of Henry Cavill in his Superman costume does nothing to make me think this movie isn’t going to suck. How do they keep fucking this up?
