Daniel Day-Lewis is about to win his third Oscar. Well, maybe. I’d predicted his scoring another Academy Award as soon as I read the news he had replaced Liam Neeson in the title role of Steven Spielberg’s much-anticipated historical chamber…
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OK, (vine) swingers: How are you planning to celebrate the Tarzan Centennial? A phenomenon ever since Tarzan of the Apes was first published in All-Story Magazine, Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Lord of the Jungle marks a century of dominion over popular…
Read more →We get a pretty decent turnout on the MovieFanFare polls, so hopefully that’s a sign that our faithful readers intend to exercise their franchise on November 6. Feeling edgy about those new “voter ID” laws? Make sure you know if…
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Why is Jack Torrance reading Playgirl magazine? What’s with all the Native American décor in the Overlook? Why does Jack’s typewriter change color? Which of the Seven Dwarves is the most prominent sticker seen on Danny Torrance’s bedroom door? And,…
Read more →When you see a shark, can you hear any particular tune in your head? What does it sound like? Well, of course: Has any other film composer so successfully identified a living creature through music? There are some film fans,…
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Do you crave resolution in storytelling? Or are you comfortable with ambiguity—not just in the movies, but in life? Do you seek to create order, or are you perfectly comfortable in chaos? Is your heart in the grip of the past,…
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Right now, I’m reading the book This Is Improbable: Cheese String Theory, Magnetic Chickens, and Other WTF Research by Marc Abrahams. Contained within this compendium of mind-boggling (and frequently hilarious) scientific research was the query that inspired this post. The…
Read more →…a genius? A criminal? One of the greatest film directors of all time? One of the shadiest reprobates to ever walk the Earth? While most people have strong opinions on the talents and character of the man who made Rosemary’s…
Read more →It’s too late to cast the Steve Jobs and Linda Lovelace biopics: not one but two films about them are already underway. The Hollywood biography blockbuster will continue, however, to remain a staple (from Lincoln to Marilyn Monroe to Mark Zuckerberg), so producers will…
Read more →Frequently cited as the “Worst Director of All Time,” Edward D. Wood, Jr. wasn’t trying to make “bad” movies when he made Glen or Glenda? and Plan 9 from Outer Space…nor was he trying to make “good” movies: Wood had set out to…
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