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Memorable Moments in 'Scream': Casey Becker's Big Moment

Memorable Moments in ‘Scream’: Casey Becker’s Big Moment

The only thing that matters to me this week is the release of Scream 4. I do have appreciation for the blood-curdling horror movies that came before it, but Scream has to be the best slasher movie franchise of my generation. That said, throughout the week, I am highlighting some of my favorite moments in...

‘Going the Distance’: A Fictional Exploration of Long Distance Relationships

Long and Barrymore in ‘Going the Distance’ Photo credit: Warner Bros. Pictures When I say that Nanette Burstein’s romantic comedy, Going the Distance is a fictional take on long distance relationships – I mean exactly that: it’s fictional. I am not saying that they never work nor am I speaking from first-person experience; I am...

The Hollywood Foreign Press loves scantily clad blue aliens

I started live blogging about the Golden Globes and then I got lazy. That said, here is a complete list of the winners (thanks Comingsoon.net) and, of course, my two cents about who won. Director James Cameron poses with the award for best motion picture drama for “Avatar” backstage at the 67th Annual Golden Globe...

Icons of the ’80s win big at the Globes

Kevin Bacon of Footloose fame won for the Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Movie in Taking Chance – ( I so didn’t know he got a nom for The River Wild) and the magical E.T. wunderkind, Drew Barrymore won for her portrayal of Little Edie in Grey Gardens. Kudos to her for...

A night for Edies, both Little and Big

The hotness of crazy stylish ladies living in squalor (a.k.a. Grey Gardens) wins for Best Mini-Series Or Motion Picture Made for Television. Would you expect any less?

I don’t know if I am ready to ‘Whip It’

The Hurl Scouts jam out on the roller derby track: (from left) Smashley Simpson (Drew Barrymore), Babe Ruthless (Ellen Page) and Maggie Mayhem (Kristen Wiig) “Let’s celebrate mediocrity,” says Razor (Andrew Wilson), the coach of the roller derby team affectionately called “The Hurl Scouts” in the movie Whip It after they lost one of many...