What’s in a Name?
Recent movie titles have often pared out any mystery and cut straight to the point. Perhaps this is an additional sign of our shortening attention…
Zodiac – To Catch a Serial Killer, Please Complete Form ZC87 in Triplicate, Filing the White, Pink and Yellow Copies with their Respective Offices
With releases like There Will be Blood, No Country for Old Men, Michael Clayton, Charlie Wilson’s War, Atonement, Eastern Promises and Juno, 2007 is one…
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son – Imitation Might be the Sincerest Form of Cliche
It seems a bit futile to discuss a Martin Lawrence film in the Gladiators forum because logically, it will just be relegated to a worm…
A Robocop Statue in Detroit: Awesomely Ironic
Last night, Watson completed his route of Jeopardy competitors Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, ushering in our new “computer overlords.” 1 Appropriately enough, this comes…
Exit Through the Gift Shop – Rooting for Chaos
A writer for a movie site should probably relish watching the Academy Award nominations and prepare for the witty banter that comes from surprise winners…
Preview Review: Red Riding Hood – Xenophobia and Cynophobia … Maybe
While my first instinct is to avoid analyzing a trailer to uncover the potential validity of the new Amanda Seyfried reincarnation of Red Riding Hood,…
Freeway – What if Red Riding Hood Had a “Tiger Mother”?
Amy Chua, Yale law professor and author of the derided yet oft-purchased best-seller Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother in which she criticizes the Western…
Preview Review: Just Go With It – The Enigmatic Adam Sandler and the Love of Peepee
I am less boggled by whether or not the Raelean’s have figured out the true origins of life on Earth as I am by the…
Cropsey – Urban Legends and Mirrors for Our Motives
What begins as the exploration of an urban legend evolves into a glimpse at how society needs to manufacture visible boogey men to alleviate internal…
The Perils of the Recession!
Here at Gladiators, we rarely try to sway public opinion; instead, we spout opinions in the hopes that discussions are fostered, movies are watched or…