20th Century Studios has landed Deliver Me From Nowhere, the Bruce Springsteen movie which has Jeremy Allen White in talks to star. It was announced today that 20th Century Studios and Disney will produce and distribute Deliver Me From Nowhere, a movie which chronicles the making of Bruce Springsteen’s iconic 1982 album Nebraska. Scott Cooper … Read more
I might have a Letterboxd problem. Is it unhealthy if I look at Letterboxd more than my email? More than I exercise? I More than I talk to my wife? Okay, I’m kidding about that last part. (On most days; some nights my wife goes to bed early! What else am I supposed to do?) … Read more
By now it should be pretty clear: I love Letterboxd. After my email and my homemade Gymkata fan page, it’s probably my most-visited site on the internet. I use it to log my own viewing habits, keep tabs on what my friends are watching, and get ideas for new things to check out. (Right now I’m working … Read more
The horror genre is all about shocking an audience, being subversive, trying new and risky things. Sometimes this means that the best horror movies are the ones you’ve missed. For every The Sixth Sense there’s a corresponding The Thing, only appreciated well after its initial release. Whether they weren’t marketed correctly by the studio, weren’t understood … Read more
3. “Cold Turkey”: Back in 1971, Roger awarded four stars to Lear’s scathing satire of the tobacco industry starring Dick Van Dyke and Bob Newhart. “What we need are mean comedies, filled with mean and petty people who hate and envy each other, and exhibit the basest of human motives. Comedies like that canonized W. … Read more
Deadpool 3 director Shawn Levy says the upcoming sequel will pay tribute to the 20th Century Fox era of Marvel movies. Before the Marvel Cinematic Universe reigned supreme, the biggest comic-book movies came from 20th Century Fox. Of course, Disney acquired the studio several years ago, bringing those movies and characters into the house of … Read more
Master Roddy McDowell, as he’s credited, plays the youngest observer in the valley, the one who witnesses the births and deaths and loves and marriages and betrayals. The film is one of the near-musicals of which Ford was so fond. Song was one of the few languages that can communicate like the moving image, and … Read more
The 21st century is now almost a quarter over. And in that time, according to Letterboxd, there have been more than 450,000 motion pictures released in theaters and on various home video platforms. Now I am not going to sit here and pretend I have seen all of those movies. I would guess and say … Read more