Browsing Month December, 2009
15 Worst Box Office Movies of 2009
By Norm Schrager at December 31, 2009 | 3:27 pm | 7 Comments
What causes a box-office bomb? Why does a movie fail? Lots of reasons. Negative reviews and bad word-of-mouth can keep people away. Sometimes, a distributor digs a sequel or remake but no one else does. And, of course, there are always films that suffer from poor promotion, the wrong promotion, or no promotion (see our friend Chris's site for more on that). Whatever the more...
The Quirky Queue: SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS
By Scott David at December 27, 2009 | 4:28 pm | 0 Comment
by Scott David, posted 12.27.09 4 / 5 stars (Editor's Note: Some post-Christmas fun for holiday week...Mystery Science Theater 3000 style.) At this point, you're probably tired of watching the same old Christmas movies. I mean, A Christmas Story is great, but 24 hours of it? And no offense to Frank Capra, but if I have to sit through another viewing of It’s a more...
Critics Poll: The Best Films of 2009
By Norm Schrager at December 26, 2009 | 10:07 pm | 0 Comment
Since 2006, the outstanding indieWIRE has taken a poll of 100+ critics to determine an unofficial rundown of the year's best movies. This is the list I trust. Dedicated critics, from print and online, cutting a major cross-section of locations and tastes. The #1 film for 2009? Olivier Assayas' Summer Hours, about how the sudden passing of a family matriarch affects more...
New THE CRAZIES Movie Poster
By Norm Schrager at December 22, 2009 | 10:58 pm | 2 Comments
Back in May '08, we were cautiously excited to learn about the remake of George A. Romero's 1973 anti-establishment chiller The Crazies. Hopes are still high, following the first couple teaser posters and now this new one, the final poster of The Crazies marketing series. Looks kinda Rob Zombie-ish. Good tagline for the kind of smalltown paranoia the story uses as more...
