Lobby readers have recently been debating and commenting about the endings for two movies: Frank Darabont’s film version of The Mist and The Coen Brothers’ exceptional adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s No Country for Old Men (winner of the National Board of Review’s Best Picture). NY Times blogger The Carpetbagger (aka David Carr) will tell you that’s just the tip […]
Disney makes fun of its own movies… and wins big at the Thanksgiving holiday box office. Enchanted, the studio’s apparent farewell to their modern animated classics, grossed just under $50 million in its first five days.
LOBBY REVIEW
Enchanted is an average movie stuffed into an above-average concept: Characters from an animated fantasy world — like those in, say, Beauty and […]
Twenty-five years ago, I giggled my way through Fast Times at Ridgemont High, director Amy Heckerling’s all-too-real take on high school life in the 1980s. I was just about to enter high school, so this was damn important stuff. Two-and-half decades later, it remains important (added to the National Film Registry in ‘05) for teens and […]
Halloween’s over and it’s time for some hair of the dog that bit you. But forget Saw, Hostel and The Descent. Don’t bother with Freddy, Pinhead and Jason. Here’s a handful of creepy, moody movies we recommend for your weekend viewing. (Plus, everything we just listed, and greats like Halloween and The Exorcist, are probably still out of stock.)
:: Rosemary’s Baby […]
Holy moly. There’s gonna be some serious security at the ArcLight Hollywood theater October 3. That night, the American Film Institute celebrates its 40th anniversary with 11 films and an unbelievable lineup of presenters. Really unbelievable. Really.
Ready? Here are the actors and filmmakers, and the films they’ll introduce:
Kirk Douglas, Spartacus (1960)
Tippi Hedren, The Birds (1963)
Julie Andrews, The […]
Introducing our newest Lobby contributor, Elijah Scott. After some sharp-witted 25 Words or Less reviews, now he’s posting. Go for it, buddy.
Tim Burton is perhaps one of the most imaginative American filmmakers of the last 25 years. While previewing his upcoming Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at the Venice Film Festival, Burton received the […]
