In the first corner: Surf's Up! A lightweight contender, practically unknown! But does this little guy have the strength to take on the literary bruiser in the opposite corner? That's right, folks. Beowulf, the old-timer, the classic, has come out swinging once again, this time in CGI… and 3-D! With new manager Neil Gaiman, can anyone stop this train? Let's find out…

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One night a couple of weeks ago, I sent the boy to the video store with

Okay, I've tried to confine movie mash-ups to films that are new to me (one in the theater and one from Netflix), but we've been busy, so this installment is Into the Wild and Thoroughly Modern Millie, my most recent Netflix pick. Guess which one I've seen before.

Into the Wild, an adaptation of a nonfiction work about a real person, made me want to…. Oh fine, SPOILER ALERT…. exhume the body of the main character (because he fucking dies

Last week saw me seeing two more movies. The first, on video because it's old, was Hidalgo, starring Viggo Mortenson. Nico, who selected it, maintains that their relationship is merely platonic.


Hidalgo is the almost certainly entirely fictional story of Frank T. Hopkins and his trusty mustang, Hidalgo, as they participate in a 3000 mile horse race through the Arabian desert. The movie claims to be based on a real story, and there was a man named Frank Hopkins who

[I suppose I should say there's spoilers below, in the sense that I reveal plot points. But we're talking about Cronenberg here. And you can't spoil vinegar.]

Everyone who knows me knows how much I dislike David Cronenberg, so much so that I'm not even going to check if that's the proper spelling of his name. Granted, I've only seen a very, very few of his movies, but one that I did see was the infamous Spider. (Yes, Brent. I

Last two movies watched: Gia (1998) and King of Kong (2007). I am delighted to offer my combined insights to you, my readers.

Gia is mostly famous for Angelina Jolie spending a good chunk of the film naked. Carla has often insisted that I watch this film, since it is so awfully awful, and there is a hilarious scene involving an "artsy" photographer, Jolie, another woman, and a chain link fence. The most Carla-quoted exchange?

Photog: "Who wants to make