Archive for September, 2009
Regardless of whether or not you like Twilight (I don’t), you’ve got to admit that it was successful, especially in the way of soundtracks. The first film’s twelve-song soundtrack was a best-seller (America’s best since Chicago), and also featured a slew…
Read: ‘New Moon’ needs a Muse
Since this movie is about a world in which everyone tells the truth, let me admit something. Nightly TIFF premieres + having to go to your day job every day = unending sleep deprivation. My central nervous system is shutting…
If you haven’t seen anything really weird recently, Black Dynamite is the movie for you. An homage to blaxploitation movies of the ’70’s and ’80’s (i.e. Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song and Shaft), this film is just looking weirder and weirder (which…
Actor Patrick Swayze, most famous for films such as Dirty Dancing, Point Break, Ghost, and more recently Donnie Darko, has died. The actor, who was 57 years old, lost his battle with cancer Monday. The actor had been fighting cancer…
Michael Moore returns to the Toronto International Film Festival with his newest documentary about the recent economic crisis and the divide between rich and poor. Capitalism: A Love Story is a movie that will have you laughing, crying and itching to join a protest. Read my take on the North American premiere of Moore’s movie at TIFF 2009.
Read: TIFF Review: Michael Moore’s “Capitalism: A Love Story”
Megan Fox is trying really hard to destroy her career. After spewing all kinds of memorably stupid quotes recently, she decided that it’d be cool to insult director Michael Bay, who helmed the first two Transformers movies and will probably helm…
Kate Beckinsale’s Whiteout is awful, critics almost unanimously agree. Based on the 1998 comic book of the same name, the film follows a U.S. deputy marshal, played by Kate Beckinsale, who investigates a murder in Antarctica, three days before the antarctic…
I haven’t heard of Black Dynamite until recently, but just looking at the poster sold me on the movie. All three posters look like a mix between Undercover Brother and Grindhouse. Right up my alley.
The film, which stars Michael Jai Hall as…
Guillermo del Toro is putting too much on his plate. In addition to the still in pre-production Hobbit (which will consist of two films), the director is slated to direct four films for Universal: Frankenstein, Doctor Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde,…
This week, the summer’s first real blockbuster is coming to DVD…but not much else. X-Men Origins: Wolverine is hitting shelves this Tuesday, in both one- and two-disc DVD editions, as well as on Blu-Ray.
The original 1980 film version of Fame will be…
With Toy Story 3 coming soon, Pixar is already pushing its next film, 2011’s Cars 2. The film, a sequel to the 2006 animation starring Owen Wilson and Larry the Cable Guy, is already leaking plot details, first from Empire Online.
Read: Cars 2 – Plot Details
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Oscar Reactions – Best Supporting Actor
I think we all knew this was coming, but it’s no less satisfying to see Christoph Waltz take home the statuette for…
Oscar Predictions – Best Picture
And finally, the big one. This year’s Best Picture nominees were even more numerous than ever, due to the expansion of the…
Oscar Predictions – Best Director
The first of these final two races is a clencher, due to the fact that all of the nominees are really deserving.…
Oscar Predictions – Best Actor
This year’s Oscars have a healthy mix of clenchers and no-brainers, and the Best Actor award is one of the n0-brainers. Jeff…
Oscar Predictions – Best Actress
As much as I hope Sandra Bullock doesn’t get it (on principle more than anything else), she most likely will win the…
Oscar Predictions – Best Supporting Actor
Like the Best Supporting Actress award, this year’s Best Supporting Actor award is a giveaway — it’s going to Inglourious Basterds’s Christoph…
Oscar Predictions – Best Supporting Actress
It’s silly to think that anyone other than Mo’Nique will win the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. After her moving acceptance speech…
Oscar Predictions – Best Original Screenplay
As a writer, this is perhaps my favorite category. As I said about the Best Adapted Screenplay, though, you can’t really tell…
Oscar Predictions – Best Adapted Screenplay
Predicting the screenplay categories is very difficult, especially considering the fact that we haven’t actually read any of the screenplays being nominated…
Oscar Predictions – Best Animated Feature
In this part of our Oscar preshow, we’re going to take a look at the five nominees for Best Animated Feature, and…
Pick of the Week: Where the Wild Things Are
Since all the buzz this week will mostly be about the aftermath of the prestigious Oscars, it’s time to look at a…
2010 Oscar Coverage
Since the 82nd Annual Academy Awards will be held tonight at 8:30/7:30c, MovieOvermind will be bringing you live coverage of the event.…
‘Wanted 2′ Won’t Happen
Be careful! If you haven’t seen Wanted and do not wish to be spoiled, do not read on.
One of the strangest action films…
‘Hurt Locker’ Producer Breaks Oscar Rules
Here’s a good idea: when campaigning for the Academy Awards, don’t insult the other film. After all, the awards are based on…
Pick of the Week: Black Dynamite
Here’s a fun new segment that I’m going to start up, simply to give the podium to some of my favorite movies,…
5 Mindbending Movies
If you haven’t already seen Martin Scorsese’s newest flick, Shutter Island, yet, then I seriously suggest you do so. The entire film…
Ian McShane as Blackbeard in ‘Pirates 4′
Though the end of Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End featured Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) and his crew stealing Captain Jack Sparrow’s (Johnny…
