I recently recieved an email regarding the episode of Celluloid Spotlight about the relevance of modern day film critics (which can be found here). I wanted to share it with you all: Merrill, Hey there. I apologize that this letter is late in coming. I’ve been wanting to write you about this episode and have not had the opportunity. I think that the conversation missed a huge portion of the way critics serve their readers, and how their job has changed over the years. Kevin Carr touched upon this but didn’t fully hit upon it. The massive difference between critics today and critics...

I am going to make this explanation short and sweet. Now I love Iron Man as much as the next guy. It was a wonderfully crafted super hero film. It deserves all it’s praise but, there is no chance in hell that it is going to beat The Dark Knight box office record. The reason for that is very simple, Batman’s audience is much, much, much more vast than Iron Man’s. Batman has fans that are in their 80′s at this point. So think about that logically for a second in the way people go to the movies. The Dark Knight’s opening night was filled with people ages 13-35. A massive...

Say what you will about 2009 but there have been some amazing films. So I decided to give you my top 10 favorites of 09. Honorable Mentions: Watchmen UP (500) Days of Summer The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 Top 10: 10 – Taken Any film that can turn Liam Neeson into an ass kicking, no holds bard, killing machine gets an A in my book. A film that came out of left field and completely wowed anyone who saw it. Truly a classic in the action genre. 9 – Precious A film that says so much, Precious deserves all the praise it gets. It has a lot to say about inner city life and pulls it off with spectacular...

DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVNT SEEN THE FILM!! This week the 10th anniversary Blu Ray version of one of the best films I have ever seen will hit stores. Unlike so many other films like it, Fight Club is something special. I saw it for the first time in 2007 when I had only heard of it in passing and knew almost nothing about it other than the fact that Brad Pitt was in it. I watched it, I was sucked into it, and I was blown away by it. It’s rare when a film with a twist so powerful manages to keep it hidden and never makes me guess that it exists. No one told me there was a twist and that the film...

It has been a long time since I ever had a true blog. Sure, I have had a Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, but it has been many years where I ever kept a running on-line journal. I have wondered from time to time why that is. The answer is rather simple actually, i didn’t know what the point was. Why was I sharing my thoughts through out the day with people who really don’t give a crap. But ever since I got into Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/sonic43) I realized that it really doesn’t matter. Also, I finally found a topic I enjoy writing about, movies. Well not just movies, TV, internet,...