Red Carpet: Best Looks of 2014
Year in Review. Two yummy look backs each day! Jose here. With awards season underway, and a whole new roster of red carpet superstars about to be born (Felicity Jones, we salute you), it's time to...
View ArticleMan from U.N.C.L.E. First Look: 5 Questions
Manuel here opening the floor about some things in this first released pic from Guy Ritchie’s upcoming adaptation of the TV show, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., featuring Alicia Vikander, Armie Hammer and...
View ArticleMonday Monologue: Henry II's Eulogy
Anne Marie here to celebrate the holiday with a furious monologue from my favorite Christmas movie. "Christmas movie" is a terrible description for Anthony Harvey's 1968 film The Lion in Winter, though...
View ArticleBeauty vs Beast: Beard vs Bumble
JA from MNPP here, ho ho hosting this week's ho ho holiday edition of "Beauty vs Beast" for y'all (okay okay I got all my ho ho's out, I promise) -- a couple of weeks ago TFE's resident animation guru...
View ArticleBest Actress Battles: Juli vs. Jen?
A recent headline, suggesting 'ways in which Jennifer Aniston could win the Oscar' (I shan't quote it directly but it's here if you must look upon it) didn't raise my eyebrow. Didn't even cause a...
View ArticleStocking Stuffers (of Our Dreams)
Year in Review: Two yummy lists per day. Alexa is off for the holiday so I'm subverting her her arts & crafts "Curio" column for a gift list - Nathaniel I can't imagine that the wee moviegoers of...
View ArticleBest Actress Battles: Felicity vs. Reese?
With the internet strenuously erecting a ring in which Julianne and Jennifer can mud wrestle, let's look at two or three other imaginary Best Actress Battles. First up is the "I'm just happy to be...
View ArticleScarlett Johansson, 2014's MVP
Year in Review. Two yummy look backs each day Tim here. Among its many charms and disappointments, 2014 was an extraordinarily good year to be a fan of Scarlett Johansson. No, I can go bigger than...
View Articlesome say the blog will end in fire, some say in ice
GeekRex on great sounding movies of 2014. So glad they included Wild but I don't understand the defense of Interstellar's sound mix given how difficult it sometimes was to hear the dialogueGurus of...
View ArticlePodcast: Wild Catcher
In this new episode of The Film Experience, Nick, Joe, and Nathaniel go wandering with Witherspoon and wrestling with Tatum to try to make sense of it all. And by 'all' we mean the directorial styles...
View ArticleCrazy Cat Lady Yearbook
Year in review. Two yummy look backs each day. People often get my name wrong in the comments. I do not answer to "Nate" or "Nathan". "Nat" or "Nathaniel" will do. I also answer to "Crazy Cat Lady"....
View Article"Extra" FYCs? Your Last Chance
OPEN THREADWe hope you're the Year in Review thus far. We've already suggested stocking stuffers, gawked at great fashion, stroked furry friends, and named the year's MVP. I'm still madly cramming...
View ArticleQuick Links Over Coffee. And "LISTEN!" It's the Critical Decision
Jude Law drinking coffee back in the dayWhoa! Off to such a late start today. HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVE Here are a few links for you to enjoy while I drink my lunch (aka coffee) and prepare a few posts......
View ArticleYes No Maybe So: Woman in Gold
Manuel here trying to fend off urgings to unwrap all my (cinematic) presents today ahead of schedule (why must so many good films come out on Christmas Day?) Thus, while I have to wait until tomorrow...
View ArticleBest Actress Battles: Marion vs. Rosamund?
With the internet strenuously erecting a ring in which Julianne and Jennifer can mud wrestle, and wondering who could be a surprise snub, let's look at one more imaginary Best Actress Battle with this...
View ArticleA Year with Kate: One Christmas (1994)
Episode 52 of 52: In which we say a fond farewell to Kate. How, from where we started, did we ever reach this Christmas? After 52 weeks, 62 years, and over 90 hours of movie-watching, we have arrived...
View ArticleIt's a Gift!
The Film Experience loves you and thinks you're naughty nice. And the Film Experience loves awards season. It's no accident that awards season begins just before Thanksgiving (GRATITUDE) peaks during...
View ArticleTop Ten Movies from 2014 You Should Catch Up With on Streaming
Margaret here, reporting from the warmth of the family home. In between gift-exchanging and major cooking projects, I'm going to be trying to catch up on as many 2014 movies as possible. For those of...
View ArticleInterview: Anna Kendrick at the Palace and Summering in Ohio.
A holiday gift to you, an interview with the internet's collective girlfriend Anna Kendrick, our new Cinderella in Into the Woods which hits theaters today. Merry Christmas! Kendrick lets me know right...
View Article'happy birthday mr co-star... happy birthday to you...'
don't bother to knock Happy Centennial to Richard Widmark today, the noir star who won instant fame (and an Oscar nod) for his film debut as dangerous "Tommy Udo" in Kiss of Death (1947). He almost...
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