The Nitpicker's Guide to the Movies

The Nitpicker Guide to the Movies “See the films you love in a whole new way!” “Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew that the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago everybody knew that the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago you knew that people were alone on this... Sign in to see full entry.

The Nitpicker Guide to the Movies “See the films you love in a whole new way!” To make the top 50, a movie doesn’t even have to be unique and incredible. (Shrek 3 was neither.) It does have to be something that people want to see over and over again--which drives up the box office gross. Here’s my... Sign in to see full entry.

The Nitpicker Guide to the Movies “See the films you love in a whole new way!” If you read my Week One blog (and why wouldn’t you?) you know that there are other official Nitpickers out there. One pair, who focus exclusively on the Star Wars movies, are T.A. Chafin and Polly Luttrull. Their book,... Sign in to see full entry.

The Nitpicker Guide to the Movies “See the films you love in a whole new way!” All hail the Golden Age of comic book movies! ( Hail! ) I am a self-professed comic-book geek, and it was about doggoned time the emerging digital technology allowed some of my favorite characters the movies they... Sign in to see full entry.

The Nitpicker Guide to the Movies “See the films you love in a whole new way!” “I’m made of wax. What are you made of?” After the horror that was Armageddon, I was feeling a bit overwhelmed--maybe this idea, writing an average of 5,000 words a week every week for a year is too much. (This blog only... Sign in to see full entry.

The Nitpicker's Guide to the Movies “See the films you love in a whole new way!” So I hadn’t seen this movie since 1998, when I saw it in the theater. Which surprised me, when I thought about it. Deep Impact, the other asteroid-destroying-the-Earth movie that came out that year, has long been in my... Sign in to see full entry.

The Nitpicker's Guide to the Movies “See the films you love in a whole new way!” After the phenomenal and well-deserved success of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Peter Jackson could pretty much do whatever he wanted. My theory is that nobody wanted to tell him that King Kong, his pet project, was... Sign in to see full entry.

I can still remember the very first movie I ever saw in a theater. It was one of the Benji films ( Benji Does Backflips, I think) and I was three or four years old. I distinctly remember having to fold the seat up and sit on the raised edge just to see the screen. I also remember being absolutely... Sign in to see full entry.