Mar 11 2010
Dir. Kevin Smith
Alamo Drafthouse Village, 3/7/10, 5:00pm
Kevin Smith’s most recent film, his first with a script that is not his own, is his best film since Clerks 2. That hilarious statement is much funnier than most of the jokes in this film that is part pastiche, part homage, and all train wreck.
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Tags: 30 Rock, Alamo Village, Beverly Hills Cop, Bruce Willis, Chasing Amy, Chris Rock, Clerks, Clerks 2, Cop Out, Craig Robinson, Dave Chappelle, Down by Law, Hannah and Her Sisters, Hot Tub Time Machine, Kevin Smith, Mallrats, The House of the Devil, Tracy Morgan, Videodrome, Zack and Miri
Mar 01 2010
Every week, we will be posting a prompt related to cinephilia, and some of our founding members will contribute a short response. Hopefully you, our dear readers, will feel compelled to respond in our comment section as well. This week’s prompt was:
Are there any actors/directors whose new films you will see regardless of any conditions?
Daniel
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Tags: 21 Jump Street, Alice in Wonderland, and Strange Wilderness, Anne Hathaway, Aziz Ansari, Becket, Ben Affleck, Bill Murray, Body of Lies, Breaking and Entering, Brian De Palma, Brick, Bruno, Caligula, Carl Dreyer, Caveh Zahedi, Charlie Kaufman, Chloe Sevigny, Chris Eigeman, Christopher Guest, City of Ember, Coen Brothers, Craig Robinson, Danny Boyle, David Cronenberg, David Fincher, David Lynch, Deception, Drillbit Taylor, Eager to Die, Ethan Hawke, Frank Capra, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Horton Hears a Who!, It's a Wonderful Life, James Spader, Jared Hess, Jason Schwartzman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jim Jarmusch, Jimmy Stewart, Jody Hill, John Lasseter, John Waters, Johnny Depp, Jonah Hill, Jude Law, Julianne Moore, Katharine Hepburn, Kevin Smith, Larry Charles, Lawrence of Arabia, Leonardo DiCaprio, Looper, Luke Wilson, Madagascar, Maid in Manhattan, Man of La Mancha, Mark Wahlberg, Mars Attacks!, Martin Scorsese, Max Payne, Michel Gondry, Michelle Williams, Miss March, My Favorite Year, Next, Nicole Kidman, Nine, Noah Baumbach, Owen Wilson, Panic Room, Paul Thomas Anderson, Pedro Almodovar, Peter O'Toole, Quentin Tarantino, Ratatouille, Rian Johnson, Richard Burton, Richard Linklater, Rob Zombie, Robert Bresson, Robert Englund, Sacha Baron Cohen, Sam Raimi, Scoop, Seth Rogen, Shadow of Fear, Spike Jonze, Spike Lee, State of Play, Steven Soderbergh, Sunshine, Supergirl: The Movie, The Brothers Bloom, The Jacket, The Lion in Winter, The Marc Pease Experience, The Rocker, The Ruling Class, Tim Burton, Troy, Venus, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Werner Herzog, Wes Anderson, What's New Pussycat?, Willem Dafoe, Woody Allen, xXx: State of the Union, Zodiac
Feb 20 2010
Dir. Steve Pink
Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, 2/15/10, 7:30pm
There are a few moments in popular cinema history when titles are so perfectly transparent, so ridiculously stupid, and so unpretentious that popular culture recognizes them as genius. The perfect example is the 2006 aviation-thriller Snakes on a Plane, but other recent examples include Harold and Kumar [...]
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Tags: Accepted, Alamo South Lamar, Better Off Dead, Bill Murray, Blake Lively, Blue Velvet, Chevy Chase, Craig Robinson, Dude Where's My Car?, Harold and Kumar go to White Castle, Hot Tub Time Machine, I Love You Man, John Cusack, Jonah Hill, Pineapple Express, Rob Corddry, Snakes on a Plane, Steve Pink, The House of the Devil, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Ti West
