James Cameron’s Titanic is one of those polarizing pictures. People either love it or hate it, and it’s very rare to find someone in between. On top of that, after it dominated pop culture for so long in 1997, it has become really popular to dislike the phenomenon – a backlash that seems to rear its head when something becomes popular for too long. The truth is that the movie didn’t... 

It’s been a weird week. I’ve spent half of the week really sick, and then miraculously started to recover. All I can say is: it’s probably the zinc. This time yesterday I was alternating between hacking my head of and sneezing my brains out. Today, I’ve had maybe two coughing fits. Of course, now it’s Thursday, and I have a whole other problem: the best topic I could think of is one I wrote... 

It’s been a year and a half since James Cameron showed us just what 3D is capable of with Avatar and the topic of 3D’s usefulness is back on the table. It seems journalists everywhere are talking about it, with Michael Bay’s Transformers: Dark of the Moon providing a new impetus for the conversation. Half the people out there are saying 3D is nothing more than an effort on studios to drain more... 

Closing Tabs started as a weekly look at news we didn’t cover on the site throughout the week. As the site has grown, however, we’ve moved away from reporting most news (you can catch most of it regurgitated on other sites anyway) in favor of more original opinions and editorials. Still, that news is out there, clogging up the tabs on our browsers, so now we offer the column as a Tuesday/Thursday... 

The pittance that MacGruber made at the box office shows that the SNL skit wasn’t quite read for a feature film. We provide our review of the movie, as well as discuss how blah the summer has been so far, the latest Avatar scandal, celebrities who can’t keep their mouths shut, Walter Matthau’s Kotch, the end of a television era as well as a few of the changes coming in the fall, and... 

It’s our annual pre-Oscar round up. Listen as Rafe, Margaret, and Jeff round up all the contenders and pick which movies they expect to take home awards next Sunday. Will the recent Hurt Locker controversy cost the movie its statue? Is ten selections for best picture too many? Just what is the value of Jeff’s life in a bet? All that, plus reviews of Cop Out are revealed in this week’s... 

Snow may have delayed this week’s episode, but we’re all still having a jolly time, especially with the looming white Christmas in front of us. This week we talk James Cameron’s Avatar, continue our appreciation of Cameron with Titanic and Ghosts of the Abyss, discuss Brittany Murphy’s death, and the Golden Globe nominations. We sincerely hope all of our listeners have a wonderful... 

I’ve developed a pretty steady philosophy when it comes to reviewing movies on this site: waiting. Typically I wait to write a review until the next day. Let the movie digest a bit. Consider what still stands out a day later; what flaws come to mind as I think about the product as a whole or what moments stick in the mind. James Cameron’s latest movie, his first in almost fifteen years, is proving... 

The episode title may serve mostly as a reference to the first image released from the upcoming big-screen adaptation of The A-Team, one of the many topics we hit on this week. We also continue our look at Hitchcock films with Dial M For Murder, reveal the reader’s picks for our last week of Hitchcock, give our take on the first episode of White Collar, respond to the idea of Joss Whedon tackling... 

The site’s been a little slow on updates this week, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have much to talk about. Rafe gives his Inglourious Basterds review, the crew chimes in on artist of the month Norah Ephron’s best known romantic comedies, Sleepless in Seattle and You’ve Got Mail, we discuss the response to Avatar Day, and there’s still time found to antagonize Rafe...