Author: Scott Beggs

  • BREAKING: Heath Ledger Dead at 27

    The New York Times has confirmed that Ledger was found dead in his SOHO apartment earlier this afternoon.

  • Do We Really Need Fewer Sequels in ’08?

    It looks like 2008 may be the year when Hollywood finally gives audiences what they’ve been asking for: fewer sequels.

  • Pan’s Labyrinth

    If you were unable to catch Guillermo del Toro’s 2006 masterpiece Pan’s Labyrinth when it was released in theaters, acceptable excuses include being locked in…

  • The Pink Conspiracy

    There are two types of low budget movies in this world: the independent labors of love that focus on incredible characters interacting within an interesting…

  • Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny (Austin Film Festival ’06)

    The reviews on this will probably be a mix of A’s and F’s. It’s either love or hate for the D, and movie-goers won’t be able to know which side they’re on until they pay their ten bucks for a seat.

  • Military Intelligence and You! (Austin Film Festival ’06)

    Making movies just isn’t good enough anymore. We’re thrusting headlong into an exciting new world where movies aren’t just biographical, but fictionally biographical; not just documentaries, but mockumentaries; not just fictional, but reality-based fiction. With meta-humor becoming as commonplace in comedies as explosions in action flicks, it’s getting tougher to create the next big twist on classic stories.

  • Run, Robot, Run! (Austin Film Festival ’06)

    There are more than two parts to making every movie, but if it had to be done, the process could be split into concept and execution. Every critic knows this since many of them rely solely on the arsenal of insults involving the execution of a film, praising its concept as genius while distressing over how it could have been made better. I’m not one to follow trends, but after watching this movie, I’m forced to say that I loved Run, Robot, Run!‘s ideas and yawned at the way they were presented.

  • The Room (Austin Film Festival ’06)

    Coming straight from Belgium, the horror capital of the universe comes the striking tale of a morally repugnant family that finds a door in their house where one wasn’t there before. It sounds intriguing, but although the idea is interesting, the execution is terrible.

  • The Night of the White Pants (Austin Film Festival ’06)

    Release Date: TBA (festival circuit) If The Night of the White Pants was categorized, it would end up being either the shortest road trip, the…

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