movies

Movies No Longer Worth It

Hamilton Nolan · 05/21/10 09:08AM

With the release of the appropriately monstro-schlocky Shrek Forever After on IMAX, movie tickets (in Manhattan, at least) are passing the "symbolically important" $20 price point. Yea, you know what else is symbolically important? Netflix. [WSJ]

Netflix Sunday Matinee: Mulholland Drive

Jessica Poolt · 05/16/10 12:30PM

Widely regarded as one of David Lynch's greatest works, Mulholland Dr. is a puzzling neo-noir psychological thriller about an amnesiac woman and a young Hollywood newcomer, played by Naomi Watts.

Netflix Sunday Matinee: Being John Malkovich

Whitney Jefferson · 05/09/10 12:30PM

In one of the quirkiest plots of all time, puppeteer Craig Scwartz discovers a portal into actor John Malkovich's mind and attempts to capitalize by selling tickets. Directed by Spike Jonze, this is truly a one of a kind film.

Netflix Sunday Matinee: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

Jessica Poolt · 04/25/10 12:30PM

A landmark film of the German expressionist movement, This movie tells the tale of an evil hypnotist and his unwitting pawn, Cesare, the somnambulist. Equal parts art house, romance, and horror this 1920s silent film is not to be missed!

Movie Scenes That Should Have Had The Wilhelm Scream

nightintern · 04/19/10 11:32AM

In case you're not familiar, the Wilhelm scream is a stock sound effect, from 1951, of a man screaming and has become an in-joke among movie lovers. Here's a hilarious compilation of scenes the Wilhelm scream should have appeared in.

Sexual Milestones of Old Hollywood

Michael Jordan · 04/12/10 12:30PM

The debate over how and when sex should appear in films is a prominent contemporary issue. Concerns about common decency and sexual objectification, exploitation, and stereotyping fuel an important discussion on the cinematic depiction of sexuality in today's society.

DVD Commentary: The Movie

Michael Jordan · 04/06/10 01:09PM

If you hate lame, self-indulgent babbling as much as I do, you'll love this very smart lampooning of DVD commentary tracks.

Pac-man: The Movie

Michael Jordan · 04/06/10 11:26AM

Check out this hilarious fake trailer for a movie version of Pac-man. Re-imagined as a Saw-type horror/thriller, Pac-man is scarier and more disgusting than ever.