I was making my way back home from Boston earlier tonight and — per usual — got stuck in some traffic in the not-so-great state of Connecticut. So I ended up missing most of the Oscar show. But apparently they just went ahead and gave out the awards without me. Cool friends, guys. You likely already know […]
The 82nd Academy Awards are tonight, and the best, brightest and beautiful of Hollywood will gather yet again to honor the year that was in cinema. Below are my predictions for who will win the hardware tonight. Fill out your Oscar pools carefully. (And as a reminder, here is a full list of the nominees in all […]
(“New To Me” is a column wherein your intrepid reviewer watches the classics — both mainstream and cult — in an effort to fill in the holes in his pop culture literacy and avoid the garbage that generally defines modern cinema. Related thoughts below. See other entries here.) Obviously, Gone with the Wind is a Big Fucking Deal. […]
What if Forrest Gump was a horror movie? It’s not quite Shining, but this fake trailer is pretty great. And apparently this was actually done by AMC itself, so that’s pretty cool. (h/t @renano)
The power of disasters and the potential of an apocalypse fascinate movie goers, usually during times of strife or near the end of a decade. In the eighties, forty-six movies were released that focused on the dissolution of society as we know it, and most dealt with the threat or the consequence of nuclear war – alluding […]
Feb24
Date Night: Avatar
[Editor’s Note: Please welcome Tim Adkins to the Gladiator Movies team. You will hopefully be seeing more from him around these parts going forward and can catch more of his writing over at Backwards from 30.] On Monday, an hour after word first began circulating that Kobe Bryant may end his two-week injury-cation from the Los Angeles […]
Breaking News: We interrupt this program to bring you a Gladiator Movie exclusive — the YouTube clip below has been added as the 11th nominee for Best Picture at this year’s Academy Awards. Yup, you heard the erroneous news here first. It turns out that Fast & Furious (aka 4 Fast 4 Furious*) was not quite good […]
If you have seen Reservoir Dogs, you will think this is pretty clever. If you haven’t, throw that in your Netflix queue. And you can find some other sweet Quentin-related posters (Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill 1 and 2, Inglourious Basterds, Jackie Brown and Death Proof) at this here website, which makes them available for both your viewing […]
Feb23
Will Arnett Watches Hockey, You Should Watch “The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret”
If you don’t like Will Arnett, we’re not friends. GOB Bluth of Arrested Development is probably the greatest character in TV history, and here he is watching an Olympic hockey game up in Vancouver the other day. I’m pretty sure that Will has also been in some movies. That feels like enough of a movie-related tie-in to […]