Movies

The BBC adaptation of the classic thriller The 39 Steps is, by my calculations, the fifth version of John Buchan's 1915 book. The incredible landscape of Scotland, vivid colors, and gentle acting performances give credence to director James Hawes's Read More

Better than a plain, boring hoodie is one that allows you to (literally) wear your fandom on your sleeve, and even better than that is something unique and different from the usual Hot Topic fare. That's why these ten fans made their own hoodies, either Read More

Last week we featured an interview with Brooke Lemke, one of the co-founders of the all-female production company Silent-But-Deadly Productions. I also had the opportunity to interview the company's other founder, actress and screenwriter Rachel Grubb. Read More

Inspired by Sean's post from last week, Paige responds with her own list which takes the idea in the opposite direction: actors whose regional U.S. dialects disappointed. Read More

With Burton at the helm, I was hoping for a ramped-up, psychedelic trip sprinkled with some familiar characters. Yet, in the theater with my plastic glasses on, I was so underwhelmed. This bizarre retelling and merging of texts is too hard-to-follow and Read More

Call it a pet peeve, or call it a personality quirk, but there's one phenomenon that is really starting to get on my nerves: forcing foreign actors to cover up their accents when they are hired for Hollywood movies or TV shows. It's time to let actors Read More

This production of Alice in Wonderland, directed by Jonathan Miller, is dark, surreal, and frequently haunting. Alice doesn't smile and doesn't seem curious about anything — just critical, and even bored. But the DVD is well worth the cost just for the Read More

Paige talks to independent actress/director Brooke Lemke, co-founder of Silent-But-Deadly Productions, about the all-female production company. Read More

Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is considered to be a timeless classic, and Tim Burton's movie (out this week) has brought about new interest in the peculiar tale of logic and fantasy. Here are ten fan-made crafts which show tribute to Read More

Why is it that Tiger got in trouble for his co-ed adventures, but Dennis Rodman built an entire career on his? Why can other superstars avoid career threatening situations while Tiger walks blindly into them? What's the secret they have learned that Read More

It's not enough to know that Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves — Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov plan to tell us that Lincoln also killed vampires. What a guy! Read More

Time itself is important to the merits of any Best Picture winner. I contend that the Academy should vote not every year, but every 10 years. By that time, Best Pictures will have truly earned an Oscar. Here are 5 examples of movies that won Best Read More