MCN Curated Headlines Archive for December, 2015
The Paramount Vault YouTube Channel Adds Republic Pictures To 175 Free Movies
As Well As – John Cassavetes’ Love Streams
“Roger Ebert would probably have written back and tried to engage that guy in Canada in an actual discussion—Have you seen The Force Awakens? What did you like about it? Why does it make you so unhappy that I had a different reaction?—and somehow drag the exchange back to the ground of human decency. Roger was without doubt a more generous person than I am.”
Andrew O’Hehir On Becoming One Of “The Hateful Four”
“Sit toward the back, especially if you have a cervical vertebra fusion plate (like me).”
Nashville Critic Takes Pains To See Force Awakens In IMAX, DCP And DCP 3D
“Ultimately, Baudillard concluded, Disneyland doesn’t let you be a child; it hides the fact that you are a child. So does a certain gazillion-dollar sci-fi franchise I know.”
Ryan Smith Has A Rollicking Ranty-Rant
“The movie-based, juvenile fantasies of brash frat boys and oily hipsters… QT liberates his white characters (and his audiences) from well-mannered reticence… QT indulges the ‘post-racial’ delusions of the Obama era, which sanction his up-front, unapologetic hostility, freely unleashing the country’s hidden disgust.”
Armond White Piles On Hateful Eight
“If I can schedule a half-hour or more with someone, then I’ll happily sit down with them. What I won’t do any more is subject myself to a fundamentally broken system, not until studios begin to deliver on what they promise in a consistent and professional manner.”
Drew McWeeny Says Tom Hardy Has Ended His “Junketing Business”
May The Source Be With You
Variety Leaps Into Anonymous Argy-Bargy To Dispute Daily Mail Claim Harrison Ford Got $25M For Force Awakens
“Long before anyone thought of writers as having brands, Burroughs’ prose, subjects, social life, backstory, and physical appearance—even the sound of his voice—were somehow all one, held together by a membrane of contradictions.”
For Criterion, Luc Sante On Burroughs
“Again apologies for the clusterfk. And it’s knock on effect to your personal life. I appreciate it is a busy time of year for you and your time shouldn’t have been wasted. I never had any intention of causing you any inconveniences at all.
Best regards and thanks for calling me an asshole a lot
Tommy xxx”
“If You’re Thinking About Dissing Tom Hardy on Twitter, Don’t Do It: He Will Respond and You Will Lose”
“It’s a much more immersive, visceral experience than you’re going to get going to see the new Amy Poehler movie on DCP, which is the perfect use of DCP.”
Projectionist Of Chicago’s Music Box On What’s So Hot About Hateful Eight‘s 70mm Presentaiton
“DVDs have been around since the ’90s, and there’s no reason we should still be using ’90s technology in 2015. Digital is a much more enjoyable experience, to be able to sign in, see every single movie, versus waiting for it to come in the mail.”
Weighing Pros And Cons On Physical Vs. Digital Screeners