Hollywood Typos

The worst place for a typo is in a title. In the fast-paced Hollywood environment, promotional materials are often rushed through development long before title typos or misunderstandings are caught. Check out some of these past and present...

Boardroom Speech at Stay-Puft Marshmallows Inc - 1984

I Think There's Something Wrong With This Movie Reviewer

Forgotten Faces of the Indiana Jones Trilogy

The fourth installment of the Indiana Jones adventures may be first and foremost on fans' minds lately, but that hardly means we should turn away from the unsung heroes, little-known villains, and forgotten faces from the original Jones trilogy.7...

Mr. Coen

Mr. Coen: Hi, Jim Marshall please?Mr. Marshall: Speaking, who's this?Mr. Coen: Hey Jim! It's Arthur, Arthur Coen!Mr. Marshall: Arthur Coen?Mr. Coen: Remember? The Tapersville Terrible Tarantulas? The bleachers? Must have been, gee whiz, like, 40...

"TV Guide's" Editor Tends to Grow Restless and Stop Watching After About 10 Minutes

A Letter from the Resident of a Back Alleyway in Eastern Europe

Dear American Agent/Renegade/Convict, Well, well, well, you have done it once again. Every time some political, criminal, or crazy international drug ring shows up, you soon follow. It begins when we hear you pull an E-brake turn in an attempt to...

Rejected Movie Titles

"The Lambs Are Making Plenty of Noise""Life Is Okay""Someone Strikes The Empire""12 Men Who Are Pretty Good-Tempered, All Things Considered""To Maim A Mockingbird Slightly""Taxi Passenger""Peccadillo City""The Wind Is Still Here""Partially Metal...

If Major Film Critics Reviewed Karen, This Girl I Know Who Gets Around a Lot

"Worth the cost of admission." "Bring your whole family.  There's something for everyone." "You can lose yourself in this magical world again and again." "Anticlimactic." "You'll emerge sadder and wiser." "If Will Ferrell were...

A Confession Down Below

Dear Mom,I have been silent for too long. I thought Dad would eventually tell you, but I see now that he is engulfed by his addiction and will never admit it to you. So I must. Mom, Dad likes Steven Segal movies. I just do not understand it. You...

Michael Bay Pitches His Next Big Movie Idea

Alright, so here’s what I was thinking: it’s gonna be Casablanca meets Tron.........on a submarine.  Bruce Willis is like, this ordinary dentist right? WRONG!  He’s actually a ninja.  He doesn’t know this for at least the...

What Can Be Learned From Watching Movies Set in the 50's

In the late 50's.... Everyone was Italian Popping your collar really was cool Every girl owned a pink jacket Every person wore a sweater or leather jacket You were either a nerd, jock, or greaser Motorcycles did not need ramps to...

Movies for Majors

When I first saw "Jurassic Park" in 1993, I left the theater convinced I would someday dig up dinosaur bones -- until I learned such a career would not include Laura Dern wearing khaki shorts and a tank top. However, Spielberg's film still taught...

This Film Is Not Yet Hated

Theater Trivia Slides for Film Students

A Different Perspective: Angels in Their Outfield

As the manager of the 1994 Chicago White Sox, I'm gonna have to call malarkey on this one.Listen: we're not the Yankees or anything. We don't have a huge payroll with which to buy the best players. We don't have a lot of supportive fans. Hell,...

"Superbad: The Drawings" Review

"Phal`lo`graph`ics (fa'lo graf'iks), n.: The pictorial representation of a phallus, or a depiction relating to or resembling a phallus."When it comes to drawings of peckers, nobody does it better than David Goldberg. Known for his drawings of...