Australia (2008) -vs- The Castle (1999)
The Smackdown I love Australia. I love their cute marsupials and their adorable accents. I especially love Australian films so you can just imagine how fast I ran down to the nearest multiplex to see […]
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Australia (2008) -vs- Moulin Rouge! (2001)
The Smackdown Australia is a continent, my country, a state of mind and now, finally, a movie. To get the silver-screen version made, they gave one of the most visually stylish directors working today more […]
It’s A Wonderful Christmas Story Actually
With Thanksgiving behind us now, Americans are doing their part to jump-start the national economy by buying things they don't need in order to employ people they don't know and, of course, Movie Smackdown has […]
Twilight (2008) -vs- Edward Scissorhands (1990)
The Smackdown Teenaged girls are a force to be reckoned with. Like tsunamis and hurricanes. Oh sure, industry wisdom has it that teenaged boys go to the movies; they’re the prime target audience. Anyone who […]
VOTE NOW: The Smackdown Polls Are Open
This just in: Batman is kicking Spider-Man’s ass… The End of the World is too close to call… and the famous runner with the French name is in a dead heat with himself… We know, […]
Wikipedia -vs- Movie Smackdown
NOTE: This article was once on Wikipedia until one day it was challenged and wasn’t. So here it is in its original form, without editing. Go Free Speech! Movie Smackdown is one of a growing […]
Quantum of Solace (2008) -vs- Casino Royale (2006)
The Smackdown It’s the longest running movie franchise in the history of the world. In total, it has grossed billions worldwide, surpassing perhaps the gross domestic product of many small nations. In 1964, James Bond […]
Hancock (2008) -vs- Superman: The Movie (1978)
The Smackdown You’d be forgiven for thinking that Hollywood has forgotten how to make anything but superhero movies. They come out as regularly as the comic books that spawned them once did for adolescent boys […]
Spy Smackdown: Bond -vs- Bond
Editor's Note: Before "Quantum of Solace" finally hit the theaters, we asked two of our critics — Beau DeMayo and Stephen Bell — to go into Total Bond Immersion. After all, there have been six […]
Revolutionary Road (2008) -vs- American Beauty (1999)
The Smackdown The hype around “Revolutionary Road,” of course, will center around the fact that it re-unites Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Rose (Kate Winslet) for the first time since the mega-super blockbuster “Titanic.” But smacking […]