Not bad. Could use more Anakin Skywalker, but Pajiba’s cheesiest quote video features three sweet Wicker Man quotes, has a ton from the Governor of California, highlights the ongoing retardation of John Travolta and gives us a full cross-section of Keanu Reeves’ career. Speaking of, I’ve had multiple people over the past few years try to […]
Jan20
The Satanic Mr. Fox
I’m not one for listening intently to animals, but when one is self-disemboweling and mangy, you might as well take heed. Turn around Willem Defoe! Your unnamed wife is brandishing a grindstone and is about to fasten it to your leg after she bores a hole through your ankle with a screwdriver! I guess it […]
Say what you want about the many terrible movies that Mr. Diesel has made, but the guy is doing something truly admirable now in real life by trying to do what he can to help out some of the millions in Haiti whose lives have been destroyed along with their capital city. Apparently, he rushed down to […]
Characteristically, Jeff Bridges captivates the audience with his portrayal of Bad Blake, a hard-drinking, serial marrying, downward-spiraling country singer who has gone from headliner to saloon-crooner. The film’s redemption theme is not unique—it’s really kind of a rehashing of 2008’s The Wrestler — so Crazy Heart offers nothing new to the category of “man must save his […]
[Ed. Note: Please welcome film aficionado Robert Cotto to the Do You Like Movies About Gladiators? team. He watches way more movies than I and is thus here to breakdown his best of 2009 as we enter Golden Globe/Oscar season.] 2009 was a rather important year in cinema for me. Not because of the films that came […]
Orphan I’m a bit disappointed about how much I enjoyed this film — I hated the reboot of House of Wax and categorize most recent horror/suspense/thriller-type movies as bits of films that have been recycled and placed over snippets of Dvorak opera. However, the acting in Orphan is quite solid as Vera Farmiga and Peter Sarsgarrd hold their own. […]
The vampire mythology fascinates me. Zombies get a bad rap because their pallid skin is usually bruised and covered in sores; they lack coordination and an adequate vocabulary beyond the oft-repeated “braaaiiins,” meander wildly from side to side and often have entrails hanging from their incisors. They can’t really be blamed for this affliction — everyone goes […]
Thus far, Jason Reitman is three for three and has managed to make the dramedy relevant again. In Thank You For Smoking and Juno, Reitman tackles the tobacco industry and teenage pregnancy without beating the audience over the head with the righteous stick or presenting epiphanies that change the characters from concrete villains to saccharine heroes. His […]
As the first decade of this millennium passes, there’s a focus on the “best of” well, everything. Can’t say I’m above this: in a previous post, I ranked the last ten Best Picture winners, and I’m currently working on an article that ranks the days of the week (screw Thursday). Why Thursday you ask? Well, because […]
Possibly the most beautiful movie I have ever seen, Avatar is visually stunning and a revolution of filmmaking. The 3-D technology that director James Cameron employs is flawless, but the greatest feat that Cameron has pulled off is eradicating the line between humans and their animated counterparts. In recent years, Pixar has released some of the […]