Moviephile

Clay Adventures

All right, this is totally cheap of me to pass this off as a blog, but I'm going to take this chance to share with you a bit of claymation that my brother made - because I love it. Enjoy.

Spaced! - A Modern Britcom.

You might have heard of the films Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. These are a pair of excellently funny British films that I might have talked about on other occasions. (If not, expect more on them in the future.) Although I have a lot of respect for the ...

My Martian Christmas

I believe I already mentioned the fact that my in-laws bought me a trip to see Cinematic Titanic Live for my birthday earlier this month. It was delightful. For my full review of that show (typos and all) visit the official MST3k fan site. The movie ...

Sweeney Dud

Okay. I'm not a huge fan of musicals, or a huge fan of Sondheim. I don't have anything in particular AGAINST them, I just tend to prefer non-musicals or non-Sondheim. But I like Tim Burton (well, olden days Tim Burton, anyway) so I decided I would give Sweeney Todd a ...

100 Best Movie Characters? Really?

The British film magazine "Empire" recently compiled a list of the 100 Best Movie Characters of all time. And Empire also seriously undermined their credibility by declaring that the number one best movie character of all time is... get this... "Tyler Durden from Fight Club". Really. That one guy from Fight Club. Tyler Durden. Better ...

Cinematic Titanic

Did I mention lately that in addition to having the best husband ever, I also have the best in-laws ever? My birthday is coming up on the 7th (the day that lives in infamy, don't you know). Well, when I got home from work yesterday I discovered a birthday card from ...

The Perplexing Popularity of “A Christmas Story”

Now, don't get me wrong when you see the title of this post: I love the movie A Christmas Story. It delights me on many different levels. However, I am completely perplexed as to why my generation (think people in their 20's and 30's, i.e. small tots when the movie ...

Uncle Buck - on Film and Screen

I don't know how it originally came up in conversation, or what train of thought led to me remembering the conversation... but I recently recalled an episode where I was relating to my husband how I had watched the Uncle Buck sitcom (spin-off of the film Uncle Buck) when ...

Quantum of Solace: A Review

I don't mind saying that I was very excited going into Quantum of Solace. As I'd already mentioned, Mr. Hall and I enjoyed Casino Royale quite a bit - it only made sense that we would enjoy this one just as much. Unfortunately, it just didn't work out that way. From the ...

Star Wars Holiday Special 30th Anniversary

Time to haul out your long red robes and glowing orbs: it's Life Day, kiddies, better known as the anniversary of the first (and only) broadcast of the little known Star Wars Holiday Special. Today has special significance, though, because not only is this the anniversary - today is the ...