I hate 3D. I abhor 3D. I absolutely loathe 3D. Am I making my point? It’s gimmicky and adds zero benefit to a movie, except to make a few kids in the audience “oooooooh” and “aaaaaaaaaaah” until the trickery and amusement wears off. With that said, I’m fine with 3D speckling the myriad of cartoons aimed at young kids, but adding it to the Oscar-winning – and damn fine film, I might add – Titanic is nothing more than James …
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I’m not sure Carnage will be a box-office success, but I can’t imagine with this cast (and pedophilia-loving director, Roman Polanski) – Jodie Foster (The Brave One), Kate Winslet (The Reader), Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Bastards) and John C. Reilly (Cyrus) – the movie won’t get massive critical praise and, one might assume, Oscar buzz. The story is quite simple: After their children are involved in a schoolyard fight, the two sets of parents meet to discuss what happened and iron out …
Bird flu. Swine flu. Pandemic. Chances are you’ve heard those words in the media over the last few years, and, if you’re like me, even though you scoffed somewhat at the chance of some violent outbreak, you’ll readily admit your buttcheeks were clinched at the prospect of the flu reaping havoc on life as we know it. Thanks to our Hollywood pal, Steven Soderbergh, the director behind such movies as Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Erin Brockovich, Traffic, Ocean’s Eleven (and …