What the H is a Maguffin anyway? And why is it better to only have one, as opposed to 15 driving the plot of in your movie? Mike ponders this question after last night's midnight screening of Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows pt. 2
Look out Avatar, here comes Zookeeper! Surely, this film represents a turning point in modern human civilization, let alone Hollywood filmmaking. I'm surprised people from the future haven't arrived in their time machines to meet Kevin James in person as he is sure to become some sort of messianic ...
Horrible Bosses is made by the same guy (Seth Gordon) who happened to make one of Mike's top 100 favourite films in the known universe. Both films deal with interesting characters who, on the surface seem as whitebread as they come but underneath it all harbour a darkness that only seems to emerge ...
Holy crap! It's a non-stop special effects eye-candy extravaganza! ANd it's way better than the previous two on account of its close(r) resemblance to an actual 'movie'. It's like a lasagna made out of Big Macs.
As we gear up for a summer jam-packed with superhero goodness, we thought we'd invite a bunch of our closest friends in for a friendly debate which poses the question:
Are comic book superhero movies a lasting, viable genre unto themselves?
Arguing FOR: Matt Price of MAMO
Arguing AGAINST: ...
If you liked The Hangover, and you want to see it again except only this time set in Thailand, then go see The Hangover Part 2. Otherwise, there's this cool trailer that's been making the rounds...
Terrence Malick's TREE OF LIFE recently won the Palme D'Or at Cannes and opens in theatres this friday. We asked Malickian scholar Matthew Price to examine the master's body of work in this week's Very Important Dudes And Dudettes in Film History Show
Rajo comes moustache to moustache with Morgan 'SUPERSIZE ME' Spurlock! The have a quick chat about branding, product placement and the like right before his new film kicked off hotDocs 2011.
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