“De Niro. Pacino. What else do you need to know?” That’s the minimalist message the Righteous Kill commercials present you. What else indeed? The De Niro/Pacino tag team is a movie lover’s wet dream, the unification of two forces of nature, that has occurred only once before in cinematic history in Michael Mann’s classic Heat. (The Godfather Part II doesn’t count). So significant was this occurrence that many cinephiles chose to forgo the use of B.C. and A.D. to denote the passing of time and opted instead to refer to history as simply “pre-Heat” and “post-Heat.”...
For those of you who remember Will Ferrell’s last film, Semi-Pro, you’ll probably agree that there wasn’t much worth remembering about it. Despite the box office success of more recent films like Talladega Nights ($158 million worldwide) and Blades of Glory ($138 million worldwide), it has been argued by some that Will Ferrell movies have lost their charm. Whether the problem with such films is that Ferrell’s man-child act has become boring or that sub par writing has been thrust towards the star in hopes he’ll redeem it, the fact remains that the quotability, sidesplitting...
For those of you who remember Will Ferrell’s last film, Semi-Pro, you’ll probably agree that there wasn’t much worth remembering about it. Despite the box office success of more recent films like Talladega Nights ($158 million worldwide) and Blades of Glory ($138 million worldwide), it has been argued by some that Will Ferrell movies have lost their charm. Whether the problem with such films is that Ferrell’s man-child act has become boring or that sub par writing has been thrust towards the star in hopes he’ll redeem it, the fact remains that the quotability, sidesplitting...
Raise your hand if you went to film school. Come on, raise them up, don’t be shy; I went there too. Alright, so now that we’ve got that sorted out, do you remember what it was like the first time you watched The Godfather or Citizen Kane or Casablanca in class and realized that those films actually are as amazing as everybody through the decades has said they are? Sure, there were a few detractors here and there, and Citizen Kane isn’t exactly a film that you pop in during a party - but (much) more often than not, it’s clear why the classics are considered the best. Accompanying...
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