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Eric’s Bad Movies: Bad movies needed!
I write a weekly column at Film.com entitled Eric's Bad Movies, in which I watch a bad movie and then tell you about it. Aside from the watching, the hardest part is often choosing a film that's suitable. I'm not aware of every bad movie ever made, a...
Links to new ‘Snide Remarks’ &c.
To everyone's great surprise, a new "Snide Remarks" column appeared today, dully entitled "Strange Encounters with the Neighbors." Please to be clicking and reading enjoying.
Over at Film.com, "Point Break" is the subject of this week's Time Capsu...
Friday movie roundup – July 10
As expected, "Brüno" -- Sacha Baron Cohen's follow-up to 2006's "Borat" -- isn't quite as funny as its predecessor, but it's not a bust, either. Its main defect is missing some golden opportunities and being generally less focused than it should be. ...
Eric’s Bad Movies: ‘It’s Pat’ (1994)
Brüno and Borat may have been successful as movie versions of TV characters (they both came from Sacha Baron Cohen's HBO series "Da Ali G Show"), but the cinematic landscape is littered with people who failed to make the leap from the small screen to...
The scrapped ‘Transformers’ parody
I started to write a parody of "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," in the spirit of my "Twilight" and "Titanic" screenplays, but stopped before I got very far. I soon realized that, after less than a week of release, the movie had already been so ...
Eric’s Bad Movies: ‘The Care Bears Movie’ (1985)
It's kind of fun to have Eric's Bad Movies at Film.com be thematically linked to one of the week's new releases. If nothing else, it helps me choose subjects for the column, a process that would otherwise be fairly random. So this week, in vague conj...
Wednesday movie roundup – July 1
Used to be that the Fourth of July was a huge time at the box office, especially when it fell on a weekend. But this year's dominator, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," opened a week early, leaving Independence Day week to suffer. I'm pretty sur...
Friday movie roundup – June 26
No doubt you are already well aware of the presence of "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" at your local multiplex, but there's my review anyway.
Opening today as "counterprogramming" (i.e., for people with ovaries) is "My Sister's Keeper" (revi...
Eric’s Bad Movies: ‘Power Rangers: The Movie’ (1995)
In honor of "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," now deafening audiences in theaters everywhere, Eric's Bad Movies at Film.com this week features "Power Rangers: The Movie." The posters and other promotional material for the film referred to it by ...
Items of Mondayness
This week's SR®, "Ribald for Your Pleasure," is available for perusal. And what do you know, so is a new edition of Eric's Time Capsule at Film.com, celebrating the 27th birthday of John Carpenter's "The Thing." This groundbreaking horror film spawne...
Friday movie roundup – June 19
Hollywood has dropped its pants and befouled cinemas with two pungent piles of movie poop this week.
One is "The Proposal," of which the best that can be said is that it's not quite as suicide-inducingly awful as it looks. Strangely, I seem to hav...
Eric’s Bad Movies: ‘Red Sonja’ (1985)
First of all, you got your "Red Sonja" over at Eric's Bad Movies at Film.com. It stars Brigitte Nielsen in her breakout performance. Do you ever sit around remembering your favorite Brigitte Nielsen performances? I know I do.
And hey, while I've g...
Friday movie roundup – June 12
Good day to you! CineVegas is pretty high-energy this year. What was once a nine-day schedule has been collapsed into five days, so everybody's hoppin' like a frog that's been dropped onto a Las Vegas sidewalk at 2 p.m. on a June afternoon.
My tra...
Eric’s Bad Movies: ‘The Neverending Story III’ (1994)
Quick post! Super-busy! Covering the CineVegas Film Festival for Cinematical! No time for personal pronouns or complete sentences! Open all night! All-nude revue!
Eric's Bad Movies at Film.com: "The Neverending Story III," a children's film that r...
Friday movie roundup – June 5
You might have heard some buzz about "The Hangover," to the effect that it's real funny and stuff. Well, it is. My review is at Cinematical.
You might have also heard some buzz about "Land of the Lost," to the effect that it's a crazy, crack-smoki...
Eric’s Bad Movies: ‘The Ice Pirates’ (1984)
"The Ice Pirates," which is the subject of this week's edition of Eric's Bad Movies at Film.com, is another film that I'd never heard of until I asked for suggestions for the column. Several people mentioned it, which is always a good/bad sign (good ...
Update on Wayansgate 2009
Last week I posted an item that I thought would be entirely uncontroversial. It was simply a list of mistakes made by major North American newspapers in their reviews of the movie "Dance Flick." The movie was made by several members of the Wayans fam...
This is only for Mormons (if anyone)
Back in the days of the Garrens Comedy Troupe at BYU, I wrote a song in which I sang the names of all of the LDS Church's current general authorities, all 100 or so of them. 'Twas a big hit, back in the day. (The first performance of it was in early ...
New amusing-anecdote-based ‘SR’
Hey! What's that busting out all over? Why, I do believe it's June! June needs a stronger brassiere.
But the point is, here's a new "Snide Remarks" column, "In Which It Is Hard to Throw Away a Desk." It's the one that first appeared in "Something ...
Friday movie roundup – May 29
What a great weekend of new releases! Pixar's "Up" (reviewed at Film.com) is just about as fine a production as you're accustomed to from that brilliant bunch of computer nerds. And pulling you in the opposite direction is Sam Raimi's twisted and sc...
Eric’s Bad Movies: ‘The Other Sister’ (1999)
There's nothing sweeter than retards in love, as demonstrated in "The Other Sister," which is this week's edition of Eric's Bad Movies at Film.com. A friend of mine swears that when he first saw the trailer for this film, he didn't realize Juliette L...
Major newspapers baffled by plurals
If you were paying attention in elementary school English class, you might remember how plurals are formed. Generally, you simply add an "s," though if the word already ends in "s," "x," "ch," or "sh," you add "es." The same rules apply to proper nam...
Friday movie roundup: May 22
As you've no doubt already heard, "Terminator Salvation," which opened Thursday, is kind of meh, with a little bleh and eh thrown in for good measure. Without the time-travel element or Schwarzenegger in a leading role, and without the majority of th...
Eric’s Bad Movies: ‘The Forbidden Dance’ (1990)
Back in 1990, there was a phony dance craze called the lambada that was allegedly sweeping the nation, and two enterprising film producers sought to cash in as soon as possible. Thus, on March 16 of that year, two separate lambada films hit theaters....
New ‘SR,’ new Film.com feature
Well, lookee here! It's a new "Snide Remarks" column, bearing the title "Leaving the House, and Why I Don't Want To." Perhaps you will enjoy reading it. There's only one way to find out.
In other news, we're starting a new occasional feature at Fi...
Friday movie roundup – May 15
Is it just me, or is there approximately zero interest in "Angels & Demons"? "The Da Vinci Code" was a big deal because the book had been so popular, but is there any buzz for the sequel? Anyway, here it is, as overly serious and not particularly...
Eric’s Bad Movies: ‘The Wizard’ (1989)
You can relive the glory days of Nintendo in this week's edition of Eric's Bad Movies at Film.com: "The Wizard," released in 1989 as an extended commercial for the video-game system, and also as a cautionary tale about the dangers of letting video-ga...
Sky Mall: Dual Time Dot Matrix Watch
Like most people, I enjoy flipping through the Sky Mall catalog when I'm bored on an airplane and I've been bored long enough to have already read the airline magazine. The Sky Mall is a great place to see hilarious ads for ridiculous products that n...
Friday movie roundup – May 8
Hey, nerds! There's a new "Star Trek" movie -- and it's not just for you! Regular people will like it too. It's one of the best all-out entertaining movies so far this year.
Only one wide-release film dares challenge it, and it's a comedy called "...
Eric’s Bad Movies: ‘Star Trek V: The Final Frontier’ (1989)
In honor of the new "Star Trek" film hitting theaters tomorrow, this week's edition of Eric's Bad Movies at Film.com is about "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier," which is generally regarded, by people who think about such things, as the worst of the "...
Constructive feedback from Peter
Someone named Peter posted a comment on my very negative review of "The Informers." This is what he wrote:
Great movie, Eric and his site blows.
While I don't dispute the second part of Peter's statement, I'm curious about his motives. What is his ...
Friday movie roundup – May 1
That "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" movie? Not so great. On the other hand, if you have longed to see Hugh Jackman dashing naked through the countryside -- and you know who you are -- then you will not be disappointed in that respect.
I actually saw "...
Eric’s Bad Movies: ‘Howard the Duck’ (1986)
When Eric's Bad Movies at Film.com debuted just over a year ago, I asked readers for suggestions. By far the most frequently mentioned title was "Howard the Duck." Unfortunately, it wasn't available on DVD at the time -- probably because the studio k...
Friday movie roundup – April 24
Disney repackaged a bunch of material from the TV miniseries "Planet Earth," simplified the title to just "Earth," and released it in theaters on Wednesday. This was done in conjunction with Disney wanting to make money off something that was previou...
Eric’s Bad Movies: ‘The 13th Warrior’ (1999)
This week's edition of Eric's Bad Movies at Film.com comes from a time when they were trying to make Antonio Banderas a big-time movie star. It's called "The 13th Warrior," and it features many foreigners speaking in heavy accents.
Speaking of for...
Various items for your amusement
Happy April 20 to you! For some of you, 4/20 means celebrating marijuana. For others, it means celebrating Hitler's birthday. For still others, it means celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Columbine shootings. Whatever your celebration of choice,...
Eric’s Bad Movies: ‘Showgirls’ (1995)
Up until now, I've been avoiding "Showgirls" as a subject for Eric's Bad Movies at Film.com simply because it's too legendary -- so many people have already written about it that I didn't know if I'd have anything new to say. (I'm pretty sure I'll ne...
Grammar fight are fun for everyone!
In the April 17 issue of Entertainment Weekly, in a story about "Fast and Furious," Benjamin Svetkey writes: "Tens of millions of dollars ... were literally burned up on the film's wildly over-the-top, teeth-rattling chase sequences."
Well, no. No...
Eric Recommends: ‘Fablehaven: Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary’
"Fablehaven: Secrets of the Dragon Sanctuary," by Brandon Mull, is the fourth installment in the five-part series, and if the first three books were a little light on high-stakes risks, things are definitely beginning to crescendo now.
As always, ...
Friday movie roundup – April 10
Unless you load yourself up on spoilers first, it's a safe bet that you will be surprised by "Observe and Report" -- by its style, its tone, and by what actually happens in it. It's the one where Seth Rogen plays a delusional mall cop, but he has mor...
Eric’s Bad Movies: ‘The Garbage Pail Kids Movie’ (1987)
As further evidence that 1987 was one of the worst years in film history, this week's edition of Eric's Bad Movies at Film.com covers "The Garbage Pail Kids Movie," an astonishingly misbegotten failure from August of that year. (True fact: It came ou...
Being persecuted is fun!
Groups That I Have Recently Seen Someone Declare "the Most Hated Group in America" or "the Last Group That It's OK to Make Fun of" or Some Similar Statement of "Woe Is Me, Everyone Persecutes Us and Only Us":
Christians
Atheists
Mormons
Fat peo...
The things and stuff of Monday
Hey! What are you doing here? Go read the new "Snide Remarks" column, entitled "Receding Airlines"!
And then also read this week's edition of Eric's Time Capsule at Film.com, about "Losin' It," which was one of those teen sex comedies so popular i...
Friday movie roundup – April 3
I'd like to think both of this weekend's new wide releases are equally highly anticipated, but I have a sneaking suspicion "Fast & Furious" is the winner. Which is unfortunate, but there it is. My review is at Cinematical, as is my potentially am...
Eric’s Bad Movies: ‘Hudson Hawk’ (1991)
Here is "Hudson Hawk," this week's edition of Eric's Bad Movies at Film.com. Technical difficulties delayed it, but they couldn't keep it down forever! (Full disclosure: One of the technical difficulties was that I didn't finish writing it until this...
Why, yes. Yes I did.
This is what I got when I searched for "Paul Blart: Mall Cop" on Amazon:
As a matter of fact, I did mean "Paul Bear: All Cop."
Meet Paul. He's a regular police officer, with a regular partner and a regular life. Except for just one litt...
Eric’s Bad Movies: ‘Waterworld’ (1995)
We've reached a milestone in Eric's Bad Movies at Film.com, as this week's column -- "Waterworld," the ambitious flop from 1995 starring Kevin Costner -- is the 50th entry in the series. That means a year has gone by since we started (there were two ...
Friday movie roundup – March 20
"I Love You, Man," which opened the South By Southwest Film Festival last week and opens theatrically today, is a fine addition to the raucous R-rated-comedy genre. I have reviewed it for Film.com.
The other two wide releases, "Duplicity" and "Kno...
Eric’s Bad Movies: ‘Shanghai Surprise’ (1986)
This week's slightly belated edition of Eric's Bad Movies at Film.com addresses something that I have heretofore been quiet about: Madonna's film career. The subject is "Shanghai Surprise." The co-star is Sean Penn. The result is boring.
2009 SXSW Dispatch: In Which I Totally Rudd My Segel
Here's the story of how I botched my interview with Paul Rudd and Jason Segel.
I usually don't do celebrity interviews, not because I'm too good for that kind of fluff, but because I'm lazy. (Side note: I am also too good for that kind of fluff.) ...
2009 SXSW Dispatch: ‘Troll 2’ Screenwriter Replies
At Cinematical, I wrote about my experience seeing the hilariously bad "Troll 2" for the first time, in response to the South By Southwest screening that followed "Best Worst Movie," a documentary about the film's cult following. Now Rosella Drudi, t...
2009 SXSW Dispatch #2
At Cinematical, I've written about the footage we saw of the upcoming "Bruno" film (Sacha Baron Cohen's followup to "Borat"), and about the screening of "Troll 2" I attended Saturday night. The latter article also explains why I won't be covering tha...
2009 SXSW Dispatch #1
While my custom has been to post lengthy daily diary entries about my South By Southwest exploits, this year will probably be a little different, with less emphasis on where I ate lunch and more emphasis on what terrible misfortunes befell me. I may ...
Eric’s Bad Movies: ‘Orca’ (1977)
Another week, another movie about killer animals. "Orca" is the subject of today's edition of Eric's Bad Movies at Film.com, and boy howdy is this one ever a stinker. It used to be on TV occasionally when I was a kid, and I'm pretty sure I thought it...
Various items for your amusement
Not so much "funny" as "well written and fascinating" is this week's edition of Eric's Time Capsule at Film.com, focusing on "New Jack City," which turned 18 this week. Read!
Elsewhere, my friend Ken describes a fun movie-related game called "If y...
Regarding the publication of ‘Snide Remarks’
I started writing my weekly column "Snide Remarks" for my college paper way back in 1997, took it with me to the small daily paper I worked for after I graduated, and subsequently made it an online-only feature after that paper fired me. There have b...
Friday movie roundup – March 6
There's only one movie to round up this week, an under-the-radar documentary called "Watchmen," about a Swiss family of watchmakers.
No! I kid! It's about superheroes murdering people!
I hope no one wanders into this thing thinking it's a regul...
Eric’s Bad Movies: ‘Congo’ (1995)
This week's installment of Eric's Bad Movies at Film.com is "Congo," in which Laura Linney and one of the guys from "Nip/Tuck" go to Africa to set monkeys on fire with lasers. I remember watching this on video in about 1996 with some other people in ...
Catching up on a few things
Briefly, here are some items of interest that may interest you if you are a fan of items.
This week's edition of Eric's Time Capsule at Film.com celebrates "This Is Spinal Tap," which turned 25 yesterday. Happy birthday, brilliant movie comedy! Li...
Friday movie roundup – Feb. 27
There's a big pile of nothing at the multiplexes this weekend. "Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience" and "Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li" are the two new wide releases, and they both open without having been screened for critics. That's ...
Eric’s Bad Movies: ‘Street Fighter’ (1994)
In honor of the new "Street Fighter" film coming to theaters this weekend, Eric's Bad Movies at Film.com today addresses the first "Street Fighter" film, released in 1994, back before everyone had caught on to the fact that video-game-based movies ar...
Let’s all pretend it’s Monday
Usually I provide these links on Monday, but I didn't this week for a variety of reasons, none of them interesting or funny.
Speaking of not interesting or funny, here's a "Snide Remarks" column about the 10 types of Internet comments.
And look...
A good example of a bad review
Browsing at my old stomping grounds, eFilmCritic (a mirror site for Hollywood B****slap), I saw the first paragraph of David Hollands' one-star review of "Slumdog Millionaire" and knew I didn't need to read any further. In just two sentences, Holland...
So — the Oscars. How about that?
Very few of the awards at last night's Oscars were a surprise, but the show itself was noteworthy for being slightly different from the norm. I appreciate that the producers, Laurence Mark and Bill Condon, actually made some changes in the way things...
Friday movie roundup – Feb. 20
The films opening today are ones that nobody wants to see, which I think is part of Hollywood's master plan to make everyone stay home and watch the Oscars. Which makes sense, really. Why cannibalize your audience?
Tyler Perry's new "Madea Goes to...
Oscar predictions and miscellany
It's Oscar season, and there's lots to talk about!
First, check out my exclusive Cinematical piece on the changes they've made for this year's show.
If you're in the mood for company, you can join me at Cinematical during the show, the first ho...
Eric’s Bad Movies: ‘Zardoz’ (1974)
We go all the way back to 1974, the year of my nativity, for this week's edition of Eric's Bad Movies at Film.com: "Zardoz," an infamous trainwreck starring Sean Connery, a creepy mustache, and a tiny pair of shorts. I'd never even heard of this thin...
What decade is it at Variety?
Robert Koehler's review of the new film "Fired Up," published in Variety, says it's just "a sad, cheapo bid to be the 'Bring It On' of the '00s."
One problem, Bob: "Bring It On," released in August 2000, is already the "Bring It On" of the '00s.
Long-weekend link dump
Whew! Welcome back from the long Valentine's Day/Presidents Day weekend! I hope you enjoyed your romantic evenings/sober reflections on the majesty of our republic. I know I did!
Catching up on stuff: Here's this week's "Snide Remarks," entitled "...
From the desk of your dead grandfather
Mom sent me a little package with some treats the other day, just because she's cool like that, and it included this note:
John was my grandfather, who died Nov. 1 and on whose personalized notepad Mom had written this note. A frugal man, John wou...
TSR Movie Awards: the alterna-Oscar
My pal Jeff Bayer has a site called The Scorecard Review, which rates various elements of a film on a scale of 1-10, making it the perfect movie-review site for numerophiles and illiterates. He also has the TSR Movie Awards, designed as an alternativ...
Friday movie roundup – Feb. 13
All three of this week's new releases are tied in to the current woeful economic climate.
First there's "Confessions of a Shopaholic" (reviewed at Film.com), which would be bad anytime (it's terribly unfunny and formulaic) but especially when no o...
Eric’s Bad Movies: ‘Judge Dredd’ (1995)
I hope you appreciate my restraint in limiting Sylvester Stallone's appearances in Eric's Bad Movies to once every few months or so. Between him and Van Damme, I could keep myself occupied for a year. Sly shows up in this week's entry, "Judge Dredd,"...
Eric’s Bad Movies needs suggestions!
It is time once again to solicit suggestions for Eric's Bad Movies at Film.com. There are far too many bad movies out there for me to keep track of them all, and you guys gave some terrific suggestions last time I asked. I used a bunch of them!
Be...
Jeff Wells Festival draws to a close
Two final updates on JeffWellsOxfordGate 2009 (see previous items here and here) and then I believe the matter is closed.
At the Oxford Film Festival's awards ceremony Saturday night, one of the prepared comedy bits involved a category for Best Pe...
Update on JeffWellsOxfordGate 2009
Jeff Wells update! The festival provided a fantastic lunch yesterday at a local restaurant called City Grocery. It was for the filmmakers and the fest's invited guests, including, apparently, those who had not actually done what the fest brought them...
Jeff Wells should be ashamed of himself
There is a film blogger named Jeffrey Wells, whose site, Hollywood Elsewhere, is fairly well read within the industry. He's not a film critic, per se, though he does often express his opinions about movies. Mostly he writes about the whole Hollywood ...
Friday movie roundup – Feb. 6
I made it to Oxford, Miss., for the Oxford Film Festival yesterday afternoon, met by several of my movie critic friends and some of the nice people I met when I was here last year. It's good to be back in Mississippi, where every dish at every restau...
Eric’s Bad Movies: ‘Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold’ (1987)
Sorry for the tardiness, but I've been on the road, heading south to Dixieland. That's nothing, though, compared to the marvelous journey undertaken by the title character in "Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold"! It is this week's selection f...
You! Me! Oxford! This Friday!
Do you remember how last year around this time I took a last-minute trip to Oxford, Miss., to appear on a panel at the Oxford Film Festival, filling in for my friend Weinberg, who'd had a dental emergency? No? Well, you can read about it here.
The...
Welcome to Monday! Again!
Happy Groundhog Day to you! I hope you are gathered with your family and loved ones to observe this sacred holiday.
In the meantime, "Snide Remarks" is back from Sundance hiatus (yeah ... that's the excuse I'll use this time) with "The Oaf of Offi...
Friday movie roundup – Jan. 30
The interesting thing about Renee Zellweger is that even though I can't stand her, I often like her films. So it's nice to see her starring in "New in Town," which is every bit as awful as a Renee Zellweger movie ought to be. This is where you belong...
Eric’s Bad Movies: ‘Supergirl’ (1984)
After a Sundance-induced hiatus, Eric's Bad Movies at Film.com is back with a careful examination of "Supergirl," a superhero spinoff that failed to spin anything off. It does, however, feature a campy Faye Dunaway (pardon the redundancy) and a super...
Wrapping up Sundance loose ends
I left Utah on Saturday, stopped in Boise for the night (making sure not to stay in the hotel where I almost got shot), and arrived safely in Portland yesterday afternoon. But echoes of Sundance still reverberate, and here we shall address them.
F...
Friday movie roundup – Jan. 16
Guess what! The 25th annual Sundance Film Festival has begun, and I am here for the 10th annual time! I'll be providing coverage for Film.com (my spouse) and Cinematical.com (my mistress), as well as for EricDSnider.com (my narcissism). In particular...
Eric’s Bad Movies: ‘Timecop’ (1994)
With this week's edition of Eric's Bad Movies at Film.com we return to the vast, abundant well of Jean-Claude Van Damme movies: "Timecop," which is actually one of his better offerings yet still manages to be really stupid.
Monday brings thoughts of HDTV, cannibalism
This week's devotional reading -- that's what I'm going to call "Snide Remarks" from now on -- is entitled "The Book of Highdef," and it's about that time when I bought a TV. Fans of creaky, archaic syntax will especially enjoy it!
At Film.com, th...
Friday movie roundup – Jan. 9
No one bothered to release any films last weekend, so this is the first movie weekend of 2009. And whoops, they didn't bother to release much today, either. Maybe Hollywood is taking the year off???
The widest (and worst) release is "Bride Wars," ...
Eric’s Bad Movies: ‘The Beastmaster’ (1982)
Quite a few men of a certain age will fondly recall the subject of this week's edition of Eric's Bad Movies at Film.com: "The Beastmaster," a goofy sword-and-sorcery tale from 1982 that was thereafter shown endlessly on cable. I say men because this ...
Go ruin someone else’s pizza!
I snapped a photo of this sign posted on the door at The Huddle, a sports bar near my apartment:
Sorry, 1980s Domino's Pizza advertising mascot! You'll have to drink and watch football somewhere else!
Monday things that aren’t ‘Snide Remarks’
Apparently I didn't write a "Snide Remarks" column this week. Huh! Weird.
But last week's edition of Eric's Bad Movies at Film.com got lost in the New Year's Day shuffle, so perhaps you overlooked it. It is "Xanadu," which is one of those movies t...
Winter TV premiere dates
Here is a list of season premiere dates for your winter TV shows, followed by a list of when the shows that premiered in the fall will return from their winter hiatuses with new episodes. All information is swiped from E! Online's handy schedule; omi...
Monday’s items of interest
The final "Snide Remarks" of 2008 is, as is customary, a clip show featuring my favorite parts of all of this year's columns. So put on your reminiscing hat!
Eric's Time Capsule at Film.com is off this week, but I forgot to tell you about last wee...
Mother Nature thwarted, & other news
It's a Christmas miracle! When I called the airline Monday night to see how to proceed with my refund after my flight was canceled, the ticket agent did some checking and found ONE seat on ONE flight Wednesday at 6:50 a.m. She booked me on the flight...
Four videos to brighten your spirits
Sure, we're sequestered in Portland, unable to spend Christmas with the family in Southern California, but that's no reason to be gloomy! Here are four videos that will spread good cheer throughout the land.
First of all, while I was disappointed ...
New ‘Snide Remarks,’ new ad pimping
Having done a column in July about things we learned at the movies in the first half of 2008, it was only proper that I should do another one now, covering the second half of the year. That is, as you know, how I roll.
Speaking of movies, allow me...
Friday movie roundup – Dec. 19
Your three pre-Christmas wide releases are varying degrees of so-so. 'Tis the season to be middle-of-the-road!
"Yes Man" (review at Film.com) is the best of them, and it's only OK. Jim Carrey keeps it fairly reined in as a man who decides to accep...
Warm tidings on a frosty Monday
Portland is experiencing some of its coldest weather EVER, with highs below freezing expected all week. Right this minute it's 21 degrees, with the wind chill making it feel like 1 degree. Yes, one degree. How many degrees are there today? Just the o...
Friday movie roundup – Dec. 12
The onslaught of December movies continues apace with the usual blend of Oscar bait, populist fare, and family flicks. Put on your movie pants, b-cuz there's lots to talk about today!
"The Day the Earth Stood Still" takes place on a day on which t...
Eric’s Bad Movies: ‘Jack Frost’ (1998)
This week's edition of Eric's Bad Movies at Film.com continues the seasonal festivities with "Jack Frost," a heartwarming family comedy from 1998 about a boy's dad being reincarnated as a snowman. It's one of those films that never had a chance of be...
