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Star Wars, as retold by someone who has never seen it

Watching Star Wars should be a requirement these days... but when I ask people these days if they've seen it, they usually assume I'm referring to Episodes 1-3. WTF??? Episodes 1-3 sucked. The original trilogy is wher…
District 9 was pretty awesome

District 9 has a lot of explosions... crazy effects... and unbelievable gore... combined with a dark and powerful look at South African slum/shantytowns populated with nothing but alien "prawns". Source It was pre…
Weekend plans: watch District 9

I'm thinking about seeing District 9 this weekend... the new scifi movie that has aliens living in South Africa (of course, apartheid rears its head again). Source Source It has an 88% on RottenTomatoes... plus it …
Men That All Men Like: Quentin Tarantino

You mean to tell me that of all the men that all men like, you didn't list that man who:*made you look up the Bible for Samuel L. Jackson's famous line *said the famous line "dead ni**er storage" without and not even …
The "Top 40 Badass Movies of the Last 10 Years."

I honestly wonder if sometimes, people just throw darts at a dartboard of ideas to come up with their newest countdown ideas. This didn't really prove me wrong. This is Gunaxin's "Top 40 Badass Movies of the Last 10 …
What Is The Definitive Movie Of The Past Decade?

I was listening to Bill Simmons' (ESPN's The Sports Guy) podcast the other day and he mentioned to his guest that nobody seems to realize that the end of the decade is just around the corner. He postulates that this i…
The Terminator: the romantic comedy trailer mash

Wow this is sheer comedic genius! Best line: Now with a shattered soul, she'll decide between a man... or a love machine. If you love The Terminator, you'll love this trailer mash. Make sure not to miss 1:05, for t…
Scarlett Johansson - A Pictorial History

Scarlett has been in movies for 15 years now! Do you remember her in 1997's Home Alone 3? I hope not - she was only 13: She got her big break in The Horse Whisperer the next year. I didn't personally notice her u…
Shining: the Romantic Comedy

Speaking of trailers, have you heard of a trailer mashup (aka re-cut trailer): "a parody trailer for a movie created by editing footage from that movie or from its original trailers, and thus are a form of mashup. They g…
Sex Scenes That Aren't Sexy.

This obviously isn't from a movie, but it gets my point across. In general, sex scenes in mainstream movies are meant to entice, right? Sometimes, however, they fall a bit short. I stumbled across a list of five sex sc…