Johnny California: ELVIS

 by JB

“The king is always killed by his courtiers. He is overfed, overindulged, overdrunk to keep him tied to his throne.” – John Lennon, Newsweek, 09-29-80

Fast Times in Fair Verona: ROMEO + JULIET

 by Rob DiCristino

It’s goofy, trashy, and over-the-top. And so is Baz Luhrmann’s version.

Sh!#ting on the Classics: The Great Gatsby (2013)

I recently attended director Baz Luhrmann’s new screen version of The Great Gatsby. No matter what you may have heard about this movie, I was not disappointed. I went in expecting to hate it, and I did!

Review: The Great Gatsby

by Adam Riske

Find a nice quiet room. Turn on four stereos, each playing different styles of music. Now invite over 500 people who have been drinking all day and doing speed all night. Pick the most boring person of the bunch and ask them to read you The Great Gatsby. This, my friends, is what the first 30 minutes of Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby feels like. I wanted an ejector seat. It felt like Vietnam. Then a miracle happens. The movie settles down and while never becoming good, it ceases to be terrible.

Watchin' Trailerz with Doug (May 25)

Hey fellas, have you heard the news? This June's GONNA BE AWESOME! For every day of June (and there are 30 of them), watch a movie starring a specific star (link/list of actors above). Then, write a 50-word (or LESS [please GOD less]) review of said movie in the comment section of that day's post. IT'S JUST THAT EASY! #30starsofsummer

Sh!#ting on the Classics: William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet

William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996)

Okay, this one writes itself.

I have despised Romeo + Juliet since it was first released. I have taken every opportunity to badmouth this film for the last 15 years. I will go into my “anti-Baz rant” at the drop of any hat in my Film Studies class. I hate this film, and you should too.