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Category Archives: Film watching

Jessica Alba and the Female Gaze

May 9, 2008 – 12:00 pm

You’ve been looking at Jessica Alba for years. Now it’s her turn to look back.

By Christopher Campbell | Also posted in Culture/art, Stars, Technology & Web, Video | Comments (1)

Iron Man Makes Internet Swoon in Unison

May 5, 2008 – 1:45 pm

Our referral logs suggest you’re interested in blog posts tagged “Iron Man Sex.” Here you go!

By Karina Longworth | Also posted in Hollywood | Comments (0)

CG: Death to Imagination

May 2, 2008 – 3:34 pm

Is it our own fault that The Incredible Hulk looks so terrible? One journalist says so.

By Christopher Campbell | Also posted in Film marketing and distribution, Hollywood, Technology & Web, sci-fi | Comments (0)

The Faux Feminism of Mr. Mom

March 21, 2008 – 5:29 pm

The early Eighties were a great time for feminist films (9 to 5 in 1980; The Incredible Shrinking Woman in 1981; A Question of Silence in 1982), so by 1983, Mr. Mom must have come off as a totally backwards step.

By Christopher Campbell | Also posted in Foreign Films, Politics | Comments (3)

Emphasizing the Slap in Slapstick

March 21, 2008 – 2:35 pm

A literal slap in the face became a figurative slap in the face for me during a recent viewing of Billy Wilder’s The Apartment.

By Christopher Campbell | Also posted in Classics, Humor | Comments (3)

Blockbusterly Illiterate

February 29, 2008 – 6:00 pm

Bravely admitting to the Hollywood blockbusters that I embarrassingly haven’t yet seen.

By Christopher Campbell | Also posted in Film Reviews | Comments (2)

Star Wars According to a 3 Year Old. Clip of the Day.

February 26, 2008 – 12:17 pm

The next Pauline Kael makes her debut on YouTube with a review of a little film called Star Wars.

By Christopher Campbell | Also posted in Clip of the Day, Film Reviews, Humor, Video, sci-fi | Comments (2)

Costume Design By Kanye West

February 20, 2008 – 10:42 am

If FLASHING LIGHTS is a critique of hip-hop misogyny, who’s responsible, Spike Jonze or Kanye West?

By Karina Longworth | Also posted in Music | Comments (1)

The People vs. George Lucas

February 19, 2008 – 11:25 am

Star Wars love/haters finally get a safe and healthy outlet for their passion. Because the entire internet wasn’t enough.

By Karina Longworth | Also posted in Community, Documentary | Comments (0)

The Suicide Shave

February 12, 2008 – 12:00 pm

A blogger who says she’s planning her own suicide looks to movies for guidelines.

By Karina Longworth | Also posted in Community, Editorial | Comments (2)