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Watch: Sneaky stormtroopers and breakfast with R2 in final Film Nerd 'Star Wars' diary

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:20:00 GMT

So let's recap.  We ran the first video diary, a second video diary, and I published a review of the experience Toshi and I had with our screening of "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D." That means there's only one more piece to run, and it's the loosest of the three....http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/motion-captured

Watch: Woody Harrelson loves playing bad cop in his new film 'Rampart'

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:05:00 GMT

I read a piece this week in which a writer railed on Woody Harrelson for what sounded like a fairly terrible interview. This is right on the heels of a fairly disastrous appearance that Harrelson made at Reddit.  Taken as a one-two punch, it was not the most flattering week of press for H...http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/motion-captured

Review: Denzel and Ryan Reynolds almost bring anemic 'Safe House' to life

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:24:00 GMT

You will not be surprised by "Safe House." It is pretty much exactly what it looks like.  It's an action exercise with two fairly dynamic leads, both of them taking visible delight in putting the other through their paces.  It is a solid big studio debut for Swedish directo...http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/motion-captured

An open letter to the worst human being to ever sit in a theater

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:35:00 GMT

I considered my options carefully. My first impulse, one which I wrestled with for about a half-hour, was to use my elbow to strike you once in the throat, as hard as possible, hoping that if I were to crush your windpipe completely, it would silence you. Obviously, there are drawbacks to t...http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/motion-captured

Watch: Lightsaber battles, model making, and the return of Darth Maul

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:45:00 GMT

The first part of our video diary was all about the build-up to the trip out to Skywalker Ranch.  Once we got there, we had time for a little breakfast and Toshi and I started to discuss what sort of questions he might ask in the interviews he'd be doing that day. This was a different sit...http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/motion-captured

Review: Dwayne Johnson and Michael Caine struggle with flimsy 'Journey 2'

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:20:00 GMT

Even by the standards of family adventure movies, "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island" feels completely slapdash and indifferent, a trailer for a franchise that just happens to run feature-length.  It is scripted as if someone greenlit a first-draft treatment without bothering to fle...http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/motion-captured

Watch: Film Nerd 2.0 heads to Skywalker Ranch for a weekend of 'Star Wars'

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:35:00 GMT

It started with an e-mail while I was at Sundance. I was still gearing up for that festival, a massive drain of time and attention, getting settled in at the HitFix condo and figuring out my schedule for the days ahead, when I opened an e-mail from Fox. I had to read it several times before...http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/motion-captured

Lemony Snicket orders million copies in first printing of launch of new series

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:30:00 GMT

Harry Potter may be well and truly over, and I get the feeling that Jo Rowling is not kidding when she says she told the story and she's done and that's that.  But Daniel Handler left plenty of room for revisiting the strange and somber world of his Lemony Snicket novels, and now they've mad...http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/motion-captured

SXSW rounds out its 2012 slate with Midnights including 'Rec 3' and 'V/H/S'

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:25:00 GMT

Last week, we featured the announcement of much of SXSW's feature programming, but noted that they still hadn't announced the Midnights section. Now that they have, I think it's safe to say that SXSW plans to blow your ass off this year.  And I mean surgically and precisely.  They ar...http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/motion-captured

Review: Film Nerd 2.0 gets a sneak peek at 'Star Wars: The Phantom Menace' in 3D

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:40:00 GMT

Well, it's still "The Phantom Menace." That's pretty much all the review that matters.  Either you're okay going to see the first chapter of the "Star Wars" prequels, released to such heated response in 1999, or you're not.  The only new thing I can discuss is the...http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/motion-captured