Memorable Matchups of 2012 – Part 2
“Why is he splitting them up?” “Why are they so long?” “Why must he take something we love and ruin it?” No these are not reviews for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. They were the...
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Movies To See Before You Die: “Raiders of the Lost Ark”
Harrison Ford, as Indiana Jones, is an archaeologist who goes on a search for the mystical Ark of the Covenant, while outwitting Nazis who compete to obtain the Ark for its fabled supernatural power. Raiders...
The Hedgehog and the Fox or: How Not To Be Distracted By Faye Dunaway On Your Quest For Flickchart Enlightenment
A few weeks ago, I erased all of my rankings (over 2,000) after receiving a shocking revelation: Many of the movies that I’d ranked exist in my mind as fragmented, abstract memories that are only tenuously representative of my overall opinion of the actual films. This...
Reel Rumbles #21 – “Bandidas” vs. “Turistas”
In This Corner… Machete, the Robert Rodriguez action massacre, was released into theatres recently. While it delivers plenty of sleaze and carnage, the movie also takes time to comment on the plight of illegal Mexican immigrants...
