A spoiled masterpiece

LOONEY TUNES: BACK IN ACTION (Joe Dante, USA, 2003, 7)

That “7” is misleading....

My first item back couldn’t be anything other than Mel Gibson, could it? David Klighoffer, a [political] conservative...

Last Days of Jane Austen According to a recent edition of Variety, Whit Stillman has his next project, cited here on...

Howard Dean, theologian Probably reacting to this article in the New Republic, Howard Dean last week played the God card....

“We’re marching to a faster pace / Look out, here comes the Master Race” I haven’t seen the Nathan...

Artist input The original comment is now way down at the bottom of the site, so I’m replying up here.

My review of...

Bad in all the ways that’ll help win an Oscar

COLD MOUNTAIN (Anthony Minghella, USA, 2003, 3)

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St. Blog’s outsiders For the half of my readers who came here from film-criticism or entertainment sites, have fun with...

1492: Conquest of Islamic Paradise Ridley Scott’s upcoming film on the Crusades will probably not get 1/10th the...

Krzysztof nods THE BIG ANIMAL (Jerzy Stuhr, Poland, 2000, 5)

I shoulda saw this one coming, the latest example of unfinished-early-screenplay-by-deceased-great-artist-itis...

A fish story

BIG FISH — Tim Burton, USA, 2003, 8

I’m not a great Burton fan — in my annual Top...

Is it ‘It is as it was’? No … not the latest Bill Clinton rumination on sex and the English language,...

Fearless prognostication, part 2

The Golden Globes were handed out last night (a complete list of the winners...

Oscar-bait season, part 2

THE HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG — Vadim Perelman, USA, 2003, 8

Four Decembers ago, I...

Oscar-bait season, part 1

MONSTER (Patty Jenkins, USA, 2003, 7)

OK, Charlize Theron IS in full-beg “please...

Love and hate about the Oscar nominations Having trouble with my phone line at home (cursed ice storm), so I couldn’t...

A Passionate pitch to red-state audiences Father Sibley posted on his blog the link to a map that lets you see where...

Passionate fiskings In the truest of mutual back-scratches (and maybe more), Salon interviewed (link requires that you look...

Another sign of the Apocalypse … … when Spike Lee starts sounding like Dr. Laura or Pat Robertson or …...

Passion updates

A bunch of news on THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST these past few days (while I struggle over my Top...