Essays

Tropic Blunder: R-Rated Comedies and the New Offensive

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Could the groups boycotting Tropic Thunder be right?

Live from Hall H: Guy Ritchie Unleashes RocknRolla Trailer

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When we say, “Live,” we mean very, very recent. And when we say “unleashes,” we mean, it’s Cool as Hell.

Live From Hall H: Dark Castle Offers Hills Running Red and Ninjas Assassinating

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Dark Castle unleashes trailers for Ninja Assassin and The Hills Run Red on the unwitting masses at Comic-Con, sending horror fans and teenage Korean-Pop-Singing fans into paroxysms of joy. At the same time.

They Wouldn’t Let Us Drive the Watchmen-Mobile

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A great close up look at Watchmen’s Archimedes – the ship used in filming Zack Snyder’s forthcoming adaptation of Alan Moore’s masterpiece graphic novel.

The Batman Movie You Didn’t Know About

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Every Sunday, Film School Rejects presents a movie that was made before you were born and tells you why you should like it. This week, Old Ass Movies presents the Batman movie even you weren’t cool enough to know about.

Make Time for Jimmy Stewart in ‘No Time For Comedy’

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Every Sunday, Film School Rejects presents a movie that was made before you were born and tells you why you should like it. This week, Old Ass Movies presents: No Time for Comedy (1940).

Two Men Who Knew Too Much

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Modern film geeks seem to complain a lot about remakes. Whether they are needless, obvious commercialism for commercialism’s sake, or flat out assaulting childhoods, it’s a safe bet to rail on any film that’s been done before. Would we have felt the same way in 1956 when Alfred Hitchcock redid his own film, The Man Who Knew Too Much?

Fall in Love with Greta Garbo in Ninotchka

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1939 is celebrated as one of the greatest single years of cinematic achievement in the history of the art. In honor of that Golden Era, I wanted to spotlight perhaps the least known Best Picture nominee of that year – Ninotchka.

Your Mission: Sneak Into Your Local Megaplex

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In honor of Secret Agent Week here at Film School Rejects, I’ve been asked to share my genius methods with the hopes that you too can become a master of ducking the airtight security systems found at every major theater chain in the country.