Category Archives: Directors

Scorcese’s newest gets a title change for the (maybe) worse

Posted on January 30, 2008 by root

Cinema Blend has an interesting bit, if it’s true. Martin Scorcese, who scored very recently (finally) for The Departed, has a new movie in the works that had been, up until recently, known as Shutter Island. Shutter Island is about the … Continue reading →

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Martin Scorcese and ….. Liza Minelli?

Posted on November 8, 2007 by root

Yeah, I don’t get it, either. Was she ever attractive? No way. For those of you who don’t subscribe to Mental Floss magazine (or who don’t get the awesome RSS feed of its blog), there’s a brief entry on the many … Continue reading →

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9 Awesome Directors Who Temporarily Lost Their Mind

Posted on November 6, 2007 by root

When I was growing up, there were basically three parody-style kids’ magazines: Mad, Cracked, and Crazy. (At least I think there was a Crazy.) But over time, with the advent of the Internet and a zillion other ways for kids … Continue reading →

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Worst movies by Great (or at least Good) directors: Part II

Posted on August 23, 2007 by root

Here we are with Part 2 of our scintillating series on Bad movies by at least somewhat-excellent directors. In our first installment, we covered some real humdingers: Match Point, Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things, Vanilla Sky, and Internal Affairs, … Continue reading →

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Worst movies by Great (or at least Good) directors: Part I

Posted on August 18, 2007 by root

Everyone has their missteps. Heck, even The Beatles had “Why Don’t We Do It in the Road?”, which was by all standards absolutely awful. And so it is with movie directors who ordinarily turn in pretty good, nay, great work. … Continue reading →

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