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Tag Archives: movies
Next Weekend’s Warriors
It’s a young guy’s world at the box office starting the March 16th weekend, as two sets of new Hollywood talent collide. First, there’s 21 Jump Street with Jonah Hill — fresh off an Oscar nomination — and Channing Tatum … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Coming of Age, Smackdown News
Tagged 21 Jump Street, Channing Tatum, comedy, cops, Ed Helms, film, IMDB, indie, Jason Segal, Jeff Who Lives at Home, Jonah Hill, movies, SONY, Wiki
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The Descendants (2011) -vs- About Schmidt (2002)
The need for a Smackdown between writer/director Alexander Payne’s earlier effort About Schimidt and his Oscar nominated The Descendants is so obvious that we just can’t let the final days before the Academy Awards go by without making it. After all, both … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Awards 2012, Book Adaptation, Drama, Indie, Oscar, Smackdown News
Tagged About Schmidt, Academy Awards, adultery, films, George Clooney, Jack Nicholson, movies, Oscar, Smackdown, The Descendants
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The Oscar as the Ultimate Smackdown
Despite the major studios’ insistence on making primarily mega-budget, tent-pole, comic-book, sequel-remake, monster-alien-scifi films as their bread-and-butter, challenging and compelling original films do get made every year through alternative means. And, despite the harping and complaining we all do, there always seems to be a great crop that bridge the divide and are worth saluting. Those are the kinds of films that the Academy Awards gravitate to as their nominees. Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Awards 2012, Bryce Zabel, Lists, News, Oscar, Smackdown News
Tagged Academy Awards, awards, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, film, Hollywood, Hugo, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, movies, Oscar, review, The Artist, The Descendants, The Help, Tree of Life, War Horse
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The Artist is Already a Lock for the Academy Award
That’s right. Everyone in Hollywood already knows The Artist is going to win Best Picture. It has already won top honors at the awards ceremonies for the Golden Globes, Critics’ Choice and Producers Guild. Sure there will be Academy Award nominations … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Awards 2012, Commentary, Smackdown News
Tagged awards, blockbuster, comedy, Critics' Choice Awards, entertainment, film, Golden Globe, Hollywood, love, movies, Oscars, romance, showbiz, The Artist
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Hollywood Directors at DGA Pick Their Top Five Films
The Directors Guild of America (DGA) announced its nominees today for the 64th annual DGA Awards. We all know the drill for what comes next in such coverage; in fact, we can probably recite it by memory. All together now: … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Awards 2012, Commentary, Lists, News, Polls, Smackdown News, Top Ten Lists
Tagged Academy Awards, awards, Best Picture, Billy Crystal, DGA, Directors Guild, films, golden globes, movies, Oscar, The Artist
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Hey, MTV: Stop Using Our Trademarked Name! Movie Smackdown®
UPDATE – JANUARY 3, 2012
MTV has backed off its use of “Movie Smackdown” after we made it clear that it was our trademarked name through this post and by official means. They have changed the name of their tournament competition to “Movie Brawl.” Still not sure how they could have let this happen, but at least they’ve done the right thing when their mistake was pointed out to them. Continue reading
Posted in Apocalypse, Awards, Bryce Zabel, Commentary, Lists, Polls, Smackdown News, Trademark
Tagged 2012, critics, Daily Variety, DHD, entertainment, film, films, Hollywood, Hollywood Reporter, Movie Smackdown, movies, MTV, review, reviews, sequel, service mark, showbiz, Smackdown, The Wrap, trademark
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If You Put a Smack and a Mashup in an Atom Collider…
The SmashUps! are a collaboration between Smackdown guru and iMovie addict Bryce Zabel, who writes and produces them, and myself. I voice them and add what Bryce calls “the cool, weird stuff.” (I think that’s a compliment, but you never know with Bryce.)
So, please, take a look at our latest, the one that came from sticking the upcoming Real Steel in that particle acceler-o-meter or atomic whatsis with the classic Rocky film that won the Academy Award back in 1976. Given that our site has a couple of awards statues boxing each other in its banner, this one hits pretty close to home. This is its world premiere but, because it’s virtual, we don’t have to provide the hor d’oevres which, in this economy, means a lot. Continue reading
Will Ferrell -vs- Bill Murray
Will Ferrell got booed.
Yes, you got that right. Will Ferrell, a beloved SNL comic and feature funny man, was booed by a couple of guys in the crowd I was in to see Ferrell’s new Everything Must Go. I can only assume that they saw the trailers which had been cut to make it look like a comedy, and they figured, hey, we love our man Will, so they let’s check it out.
I wondered as they left the theater just how far into the film they got before they realized it was not meant to be funny but was a tough story about substance abuse and how it can take away everything you thought you had or thought you wanted. These guys felt duped they did not get the Will Ferrell that they had paid to see.
They probably also didn’t love Bill Murray in Lost in Translation.
Most comedic actors secretly want to play serious roles. Despite what a great gift it is to be able to make people laugh, and despite how much we all need to laugh in this day and age, often times the people most talented at this want desperately to show you their “other side.” Sometimes we are very, very glad they did. Sometimes, not so much.
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Posted in Comedy, Major Star Vehicle
Tagged Bill Murray, book adaptation, box office, Everything Must Go, films, Lost in Translation, movies, review, Saturday Night Live, SNL, Will Ferrell
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Fast Five (2011) -vs- The Fast and the Furious (2001)
More than a few film franchises seem like a trip to the drive-up burger joints: the payoff is predictable, not always very nourishing, but the experience can be fun, and you won’t leave hungry.
That recipe worked perfectly for The Fast and the Furious in 2001. The film didn’t promise steak, just a lot of sizzle, which clearly satisfied a broad segment of moviegoers. This motorized morality play (of a sort) mixes brooding, inarticulate characters tied to a supremely implausible story sprinkled with lots of attractive women and fast cars.
This menu spawned a series of films that grossed nearly a billion dollars worldwide. So, of course, Fast Five just opened. It expects to do large business because it does not stray far from the basic formula. Continue reading
Posted in Action
Tagged blockbuster, cars, film, films, franchise, heist, movies, review, sequel, theft, Vin Diesel
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Dark Skies vs. Dark Skies
Our “Dark Skies” has established itself in the minds of a significant number of science fiction fans as a gripping piece of conspiracy drama set in the world of UFOs and abductions. It anchored NBC’s Saturday night “Thrillogy” concept in the 1996 season premiere and starred Eric Close (“Nashville”) and the late film character actor J.T. Walsh (“Sling Blade”). Its main title design won the Emmy award and its pilot screenplay received a Writers Guild nomination. The Syfy Channel aired the entire series multiple times. Since 2010 there’s been a Facebook page where thousands of fans from many different countries push Sony for a TV revival. Continue reading →