Jun 07 2010
Dir. Nicholas Stoller
Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, 6/5/10, 11:05am
Well, it’s early June, and that means that comedy fans are at their yearly crossroads. The TV season is over. That means that sitcoms and cartoons are done until September, and the boob tube is a wasteland of nothingness. Where can we, as a nation, [...]
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Tags: Alamo South Lamar, Bachelor, Bachelor Pad, Bachelorette, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Get Him to the Greek, Grown Ups, Jonah Hill, MacGruber, Nicholas Stoller, Puff Daddy, Russell Brand, Saturday Night Live, The Other Guys
Mar 26 2010
Dir. Noah Baumbach
Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, 2/19/10, 2:00pm
I am so glad to be able to write about a beautiful film. Most of the time I am mired in mediocrity, forced to view and write about rubbish or moderate achievements (i.e. Hot Tub Time Machine, The Crazies, Saint John of Las Vegas). Greenberg is [...]
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Tags: Ben Stiller, Carlos Jacott, Chris Eigeman, Dumb and Dumber, Elephant, Eric Stoltz, Greenberg, Greta Gerwig, Gus Van Sant, Harris Savides, Highball, Hot Tub Time Machine, House of the Devil, Jack Black, January Jones, Jeff Daniels, Jesse Eisenberg, Jonah Hill, Judd Apatow, Kicking and Screaming, Margot at the Wedding, Mr. Jealousy, Nicole Kidman, Noah Baumbach, Robert Yeoman, Saint John of Las Vegas, Seth Rogen, SNL, The Crazies, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Squid and the Whale, Wes Anderson
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
I [...]
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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
