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Top 5 Worst Directors of all Time
Thursday, April 30th, 2009by The Great White Gypsy
1. M. Night Shayamalan
The Sixth Sense was freaking awesome, with an eerie atmosphere, and one of the best plot twists up to that point. Everything M. Night has done since then has sucked balls. Unbreakable was the worst superhero film ever (“They call me Mr. Glass.” Are you fucking serious?). Signs […]
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Spotlight: Kevin Smith
Monday, November 24th, 2008by The Great White Gypsy
“Hello? What? No, I don’t work today. I’m playing hockey at two.”
Dante could have stayed home and played hockey, but with this first line of 1994’s Clerks, he had no idea what was waiting for him. I’m sure Kevin Smith felt the same way.
It is likely that there was a small […]
Keep Reading » 1Spotlight: Joel and Ethan Coen
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
I have been a film buff since I was little. I probably get a lot of it from my father, who had a sizeable VHS collection in the ‘90’s. One of his random acquisitions was Raising Arizona. He told me not to bother with it, that it was weird and ridiculous, some director he’d never […]
Keep Reading » 0Spotlight: Guillermo del Toro
Sunday, September 14th, 2008
I have a theory. I think that many years ago, at the height of both of their careers, Tim Burton and Isabel Allende had a lovechild (if you don’t know who Allende is, maybe you should read more books). They had this child in Mexico, and left him there to be raised by mythical creatures […]
Keep Reading » 0Spotlight: Danny Boyle
Monday, October 1st, 2007<
p class=”paragraph_style_2”>Danny Boyle is a creative, innovative genre renovator. It’s easy to pick out Scorcese’s work, or Tarantino’s, or even David Fincher’s dark, mind-altering dramas. But what sets Danny Boyle apart is that he will not limit himself to one genre. His portfolio includes brutally honest drug film in Trainspotting, a surprisingly enjoyable romantic comedy […]
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