I've mentioned this before: I'm not a big fan of animal death in film. That being said, I'm fine with it when it's necessary (and not a 20-tissue family film). I love pit bulls, but the bodies in No Country for Old Men made chilling sense. As did the dog death in Watchmen, or rat devastation in Will...

Now that the fireflies have flown through the garden, Julia Roberts wants more Dennis Lee. More specifically, old Dennis Lee. The Hollywood Reporter posts that the actress is reteaming with Lee to morph his short film Jesus Henry Christ into a feature film. The short, which won Lee a Student Academy...

Moviegoers are the Goldilocks of cinema, especially when it comes to book adaptations. We're ridiculously picky and always want it just right. If a filmmaker changes a bunch of plot points, we'll rant and rage and wonder why they even bothered. But on the flipside, if the project is too faithful, we...

While perusing my RSS feed, I came across a post from the NY Post that has sent me into a fit of giggles. It seems that in their piles upon piles of of media-influenced wardrobes, Rubie's has Watchmen costumes which are just about the funniest damned things I've ever seen. Some aren't bad, like the ...

The projects never seem to stop gravitating towards Mickey Rourke, ever since he became a Wrestler. He doesn't seem to be going the way of Iron Man 2 , but he is one of The Expendables , and now he's getting back into some familiar territory -- steamy, sexy, bodice-ripping dramas. Variety reports th...

Filed under: In Sixty Seconds Like mother like son -- John Schalkwijk took his mom's award-winning gouda know-how from the Netherlands and created Sylvan Star Goudas, which is now expanding to a new facility. Online food porn and gluttony with This Is Why You're Fat. Vikram Vij outlines the connecti...

Filed under: In Sixty Seconds Eric Vellend outlines the paper-thin and delicious art of phyllo pastries. Bitchin' Kitchen's cookbook gets a bad review and a garlic-adapted recipe for Mediterranean Chickpea Stew. If you wonder about small, farm-raised pigs, check out this rundown of Blue Haven Farms'...

Filed under: Foodie Flicks Being captured in Key West, at the whim of an Atlanta snowstorm, it's taking all my effort not to go rum crazy. Yes, key lime goodies are the usual sweet treat here, but rum is just as tasty, and rum cakes are an easy way to go tropical without special ingredients -- a rea...

When the Oscars roll around, we always talk about our predictions, our favorite wins, and our most infuriating losses and omissions. But rarely do we talk about the experience of watching the Oscars -- the memories that make the seemingly endless ceremony easier to stomach, or hard to forget. For me...

The Losers has been tossed around like a cinematic game of hot potato. Peter Berg wrote the adaptation and was going to direct it, then be backed out and McG took over in March of 2007, and then Tim Story took over a few months later in June, and then things got back on track and rejigged with Sylva...