The Natural
Bob Hoskins’ career began as the result of an honest mistake. After dropping out of school studying accounting, Hoskins worked as a porter, livery driver, and window cleaner. While waiting in a bar for his friend, an actor named Roger more »
Looks Like Oprah Got Owned
(As featured on front) This is part of a Post, which oneofthebillions.com submitted, about the Lindsay Lohan reality series fiasco. They’d like to know others views: I did not dedicate my precious Sunday’s to watching Lindsay, rather I opted for more »
Ain’t It Grand
(As featured on front) Wes Anderson’s new film, The Grand Budapest Hotel, is simultaneously a change-of-pace for the director and a fall back to the director’s unique style. The storyline mainly focuses on the relationship between the hotel’s new lobby more »
The WGA Cocked It Up
The Writers Guild of America, WGA, released their list of the 101 best written television series. Their top 10: 1. The Sopranos 2. Seinfeld 3. The Twilight Zone 4. All in the Family 5. M*A*S*H 6. The Mary Tyler Moore more »
Why Critics Matter
A little over a week ago, a friend of mine rudely, annoyingly, and embarrassingly gibed me for not wanting to watch Fast 6 because both, “the critics didn’t like it,” and, “it must have a low score on Rotten Tomatoes.” more »
Behind the Candelabra, and Then Some
It’s loud. It’s creepy. It’s gauche. No, I’m not talking about Liberace, or his piano playing. I’m talking about Steven Soderbergh’s latest, I refuse to say final . . . film, Behind the Candelabra. Soderbergh, who rose to prominence after more »
The Case for Hook
(As featured on front) Steven Spielberg’s Hook is a masterpiece. There, I said it. A flawed masterpiece, but a masterpiece nonetheless. The flaws are many: the art direction is gauche, the Rufio-Peter relationship isn’t fleshed out enough, dated special effects, more »
Great Film Directors: Already Immortalized in Film, Now in “Forever” USPS Stamps
(As featured on front) The United States Postal Service has just released four awesome “Forever” stamps honoring legendary film directors John Ford, Frank Capra, Billy Wilder and John Huston. The American Film Institute’s mission is to preserve and showcase the more »
Cable: TVs Second Golden Age?
As the movie industry underestimated their opponents, cable television understood their market and quietly pounced on the wide, uncharted opening. Larger screens, surround sound, commercial-free and on-demand features have catapulted television to new heights. Now a serious contender to Hollywood’s more »
More Than Just a Boy
(continued from front) Oscilloscope Laboratories which has decided to continue on without his stewardship. Oscilloscope has provided dozens of small-budgeted film production and distribution deals resulting in Oscar nominations. Among OL’s nominations were the 2010 Bansky-directed documentary, “Exit Through the more »
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