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The Red Eye quietly reported yesterday that the Arrested Development Movie appears to be a sure thing:
That’s according to star Jeffrey Tambor (above) anyway, who yesterday told Steve Weintraub of collider.com that the much-rumored film is a go. Tambor said he talked to “AD” creator Mitch Hurwitz last week, who said it was on.
Tambor [...]

It wasn’t the best movie I’ve ever seen. But the cast was perfect. The writing was clever enough. The plot and character development were outstanding. In the end you are heavily invested in what is really a pretty silly movie, and that’s a testement to good work of everyone involved. I give it a B+.

Bad plot
Bad acting
No production value
Don’t bother

The best Batman movie ever? Absolutely. But I would go further, Dark Knight may be the best superhero movie of all time. I wouldn’t be surprised if it gets a few Oscar nods, at least for acting and directing.
But what I was most impressed with in Dark Knight was the writing. The movie was fundamental. [...]

I gotta see this.
See the Hi-Def Version of the trailer on Apple’s web site.

Finally saw Into the Wild. I’m not sure I have the words to describe the experience. Powerful I guess, but that hardly does it. Profound? Meaningful? Insane? All describe the film. No doubt there are questions about the  circumstances surrounding McCandless’ death, most of which will go unanswered. But the movie, accurate or not, is [...]

At least you don’t live in Detroit:
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I don’t know why I find this fascinating.

Jesse Walker thinks last night’s Oscars were the most watchable in years, partly because there wasn’t much of the traditional “witty banter” provided by the writers. Maybe he’s right, but frankly I was bored. That’s probably because I hadn’t but one or two of the nominated movies. There was a time when would’ve seen most [...]

I had no idea Spielberg was working on a Lincoln movie. But I guess he is. It should be awesome except that Abe will be played by Liam Neeson, a choice I just can’t figure. Question is, who SHOULD play Lincoln?