2012-01-27 14:32:50

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The Weekend Arena: 1/27

The biggest question this week will be whether or not Liam Neeson can continue his string of success with early-year movies. For some reason, Unknown and Taken both drew massive audiences.

What Joe Paterno Could Have Learned from Frost/Nixon

Back when news leaked out of Pennsylvania’s Happy Valley that an assistant college football coach had been accused of raping/abusing a number of prepubescent boys, the world began to

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close — If Ever There Were a More Accurate Title…

Of the nine Academy Award nominees for Best Picture this year, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close was a shocking addition. At the same time, if there were ever an award

We Need to Talk About Kevin — And Nature or Nurture

In We Need to Talk About Kevin, Eva Khatchadourian is a veritable Lady Macbeth from the opening scene that finds a youthful Eva in an orgiastic frenzy of bodies writhing

Haywire — Action Fiction and Realism

From the cuts between time differentiated by the presence of bruises and broken bones, to the seamless transitions from black and white shootouts to crimson-tinted, slow-motion shots of the prelude

Best of Gladiators

Date Night – Blue Valentine*

The Liberian Girl and I were running 20 minutes late for a late Sunday Brunch on U Street with our favorite lesbians. After the light at 12th Street turned green, ...

Beyond The Screen

What Joe Paterno Could Have Learned from Frost/Nixon

Back when news leaked out of Pennsylvania’s Happy Valley that an assistant college football coach had been accused of raping/abusing a number of prepubescent boys, the world began to ...

Columns

Take 5 — The Russia’s Power Mad She Wants to Take Our Cars From Out Our Garages!

So, in yet another film that has been “inspired by a true story” (OED definition: adj. vaguely related to something that happened to someone at some time, somewhere, while pondering ...

Movie Jokes

Post-Traumatic Jedi Mind Tricks Disorder

Oh, the humiliation. The sorrow. (via ...

News

The Weekend Arena: 1/27

The biggest question this week will be whether or not Liam Neeson can continue his string of success with early-year movies. For some reason, Unknown and Taken both drew massive audiences. ...

Mr. Rowles, over at Pajiba, got it partially correct when discussing last night’s Jason Segel-hosted episode of Saturday Night Live. The Muppets were a wonderful addition that overshadowed all the ...