Via DHD: Universal’s $70M-budget holdover Dr Suess’ The Lorax is #1 and Disney’s $250M-budget 3D sci-fi epic John Carter will finish only #2. Friday’s box office numbers for director Andrew Stanton’s turkey came in even weaker than predicted. Now let’s
An Associated Press article titled, “Obama Promotes Modest American Dream” , highlights Obama’s grim view of the American dream from comments he made in his January 25th speech to Conveyor Engineering & Manufacturing in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The President remarked
Georgia’s Republican primary will be held on March 6, 2012, otherwise known as Super Tuesday. Other primaries that day include Alaska, Idaho, Massachusetts, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Vermont and Virginia. The latest polling via the Atlanta Journal Constitution has things tied at
On January 12, the Tennessean ran a story highlighting President Obama’s pursuit of celebrity backing for his re-election. In the body of the story, the newspaper released a list of 194 “celebrities” whom Obama is counting on to carry water
Unlike the corrupt mainstream media, Disney Studios has no obligation, moral or otherwise, to inform anyone about the White House throwing a lavish Hollywood-themed party during the depths of the Great Recession. But it is more than a little revealing
REVIEW OF SODERBURGH’S ‘HAYWIRE’ The trailer is at the bottom of the story linked above and looks fantastic. Smart, stylish and incredibly well crafted, Haywire is as ludicrously pleasing to the eye as the best of Soderbergh’s recent work and
Unlike the corrupt mainstream media, Disney Studios has no obligation, moral or otherwise, to inform anyone about the White House throwing a lavish Hollywood-themed party during the depths of the Great Recession. But it is more than a little revealing
Director Brad Bird is basking in boffo box office returns for his first live-action feature, “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol.” But Bird proved he could tell a terrific story way back in 1999 with the beautifully crafted animated film “The
Person of the Year: The NAVY SEALS!!! – and our intelligence personnel who make what they do possible. Rock on! “The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday” Commenter of the Year: Cowboy Logic – for all his brilliance. Talk Show Host
IS ‘BATTLE: LOS ANGELES’ THE MOST UNDERRATED MOVIE OF 2011? If it wasn’t for the evil shaky-cam, this would rank as a contemporary conservative classic right alongside “300,” “Taken,” and “The Dark Knight.” Battle: Los Angeles is a totally un-ironic
‘WAR HORSE’ WARNING FOR PARENTS FROM ORSON BEAN Yesterday Orson emailed me a heads up for parents with respect to Steven Spielberg’s “War Horse,” which hits theatres Sunday. Some vague plot points are given away, so consider this a spoiler
WERNER HERZOG TRASHES ‘LAWRENCE OF ARABIA’ Whuh? German director Werner Herzog (Aguirre, the Wrath of God; Nosferatu; Cave of Forgotten Dreams) has disparaged Lawrence of Arabia as “not really that good anymore.” Herzog criticized the screenplay by Robert Bolt for
PIRATES DOWNLOAD FLOPS, IGNORE HITS If Hollywood despised child rapists and terrorists as much as they do the 99%-ers who steal from movies and music from the 1%, the world would be a much better place. PAGING ARMOND WHITE: ‘GROWN
TEN MUST-SEE MOVIES OF DECEMBER 2011 Personally, I could only come up with four: “Mission Impossible 4” — These have all been good thus far. Especially the last one. “Sherlock Holmes 2” — The chemistry between Robert Downey Jr. and
—– Leftist Hollywood hates that the American people now have so many methods with which to communicate, including the Fox News and Fox Business channels, the only television news outlets not completely in bed with the left. The above clip,
Didn’t we learn the dangers of genre mashups with “Cowboys & Aliens?” “John Carter,” the new wannabe franchise heading our way March 9, 2012, looks like another attempt to fuse multiple genres into one popcorn-pleasing adventure. The first trailer doesn’t
Apple names Disney CEO Bob Iger to its board, bringing both companies unprecedented access to each others’ ideas.
This week on the HomeVideodrome podcast, Hunter reviews Lars Von Trier’s “Melancholia” and “Atlas Shrugged Part I,” Jim offers up his love for William Wyler’s “The Collector” and we both talk about our love of “The Cannonball Run,” all while
In this week’s edition of the HomeVideodrome podcast, Jim Dirkes and I discuss education documentaries, review Kevin Smith’s Red State and go through this week’s releases, including Cars 2, Cop Land, and Quigley Down Under. So be sure to go,
Forget ABC’s undercooked ‘Once Upon A Time’ as the fall’s fairy-tale showcase. NBC’s newest supernatural horror ‘Grimm‘ shows more loyalty to fans of the fairy tale and horror genres alike. [youtube Kh3rFsv_WSE nolink] —– ‘Grimm’ shares the same premise as
This week’s HomeVideodrome podcast finds us debating the pronunciation of the last name of John Cazale, discussing the lovely disposition of Tommy Lee Jones, as well as the goings on at the Austin Film Festival. Of course, we also go
I’m a lifelong ‘Tintin’ fan and have read every one of the Georges Prosper Remi (pen name Hergé) books multiple times, including his crude earlier works like ‘Tintin in the Congo’ and his unfinished ‘Tintin and Alph-Art.’ Like any author
Steve Jobs personified capitalism and free markets in as pure and beautiful a way as the world has seen in the modern generation of industrial giants. His pursuit of excellence — his passion to make Apple the best and most
CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) – Steve Jobs, the Apple founder and former CEO who invented and masterfully marketed ever-sleeker gadgets that transformed everyday technology, from the personal computer to the iPod and iPhone, has died. He was 56. Apple announced his
DISNEY AND PIXAR TO RE-RELEASE FOUR FILMS IN 3D IN 2012 & 2013 Well, why not? With “The Lion King” 3D making a fortune 17 years after its initial release, this makes perfect sense. I do think, though, that “The
