Review: DOCTOR WHO, THE TIME OF THE DOCTOR (Or, Farewell To Matt Smith As The Christmas Special Welcomes Peter Capaldi To The Title Role) |
- Review: DOCTOR WHO, THE TIME OF THE DOCTOR (Or, Farewell To Matt Smith As The Christmas Special Welcomes Peter Capaldi To The Title Role)
- Top 10 Viewing Experiences -- 2013
- Eric Ortiz Garcia Picks The Best Mexican Cinema Of 2013
- Masacre En Xoco 2013 Interview (Part 3 Of 3): Mauricio Matamoros & José Luis Ortega On The 2013 Lineup And The Future Of Masacre En Xoco
- Destroy All Monsters: Unique In The Universe
- Boozie Movies Returns To Piss In The Punch Bowl For 2013
- Twitchvision: Jason Gorber Talks THE WOLF OF WALL STREET, HER, And GRUDGE MATCH
- Review: ZOMBIE DAWN Lacks Zombies And Plot
| Posted: 26 Dec 2013 04:00 PM PST  Opinions appear to be divided when it comes to "The Time of the Doctor", something that is bound to make discussing the episode rather lively. Personally, I liked it in parts but don't think it adds up to a complete whole. It's an ambitious Doctor Who Christmas special that doesn't have half as much time as it needs to tell the story of the Doctor's latest regeneration.These seasonal specials tend to be designed to appeal to a much wider audience than usual because there are many viewers who'll tune in to watch the show on Christmas day even if they've missed it throughout the rest of the year. "The Time of the Doctor" hardly bothers to be accessible at all, though, flinging us all into... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Top 10 Viewing Experiences -- 2013 Posted: 26 Dec 2013 02:00 PM PST  My viewing experiences in 2013 were tied ever more closely to studio release schedules, a consequence of the work that I am happy to do, yet I'm grateful for the occasional opportunity to attend film festivals, and to write about movies that are not stuffed into multiplexes, thanks to the good graces of my fellow editors here at Twitch, as well as my editors at Movies.com, Fandango, and Famous Monsters of Filmland. Here are my most enjoyable viewing experiences of the year, a combination of the film / TV series and the venue. Click through to see all my picks and commentary, then share your own!... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Eric Ortiz Garcia Picks The Best Mexican Cinema Of 2013 Posted: 26 Dec 2013 12:00 PM PST  In Mexico, 2013 will be remembered for the release of the now top grossing Mexican films ever: Instructions Not Included and Nosotros los Nobles. Some people celebrate the money injection and the fact that Mexicans went to the cinemas not only to watch the latest Hollywood blockbuster, while others (myself included) question the quality of these movies and the involvement of Lions Gate and Warner Brothers for the distribution. This year was no exception in terms of Mexican films being honored around the world, which is always a good thing. The best news came straight from the French Riviera when Amat Escalante won Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival for Heli, becoming the third Mexican director to earn this prestigious award in less than... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Posted: 26 Dec 2013 10:00 AM PST  Now that Christmas is over, the very last film event of the year in Mexico kicks off today. I'm talking about the fourth edition of Cineteca Nacional's Masacre en Xoco, a fabulous 35mm showing of horror and genre cinema in general! This is the third and final part of the conversation I had with the curators Mauricio Matamoros and José Luis Ortega and the genre cinema expert Jorge Grajales. Here you'll find everything you need to know about the 2013 edition of Masacre en Xoco plus some thoughts on the future of the showing. Twitch: Tell me about the lineup of Masacre en Xoco 2013. José Luis Ortega (JLO): We have as top bet a very little yet full of heart homage to the Panic... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Destroy All Monsters: Unique In The Universe Posted: 26 Dec 2013 09:00 AM PST  The reason "The Time of the Doctor" hit me (hard) was not the exit of my Doctor, Matt Smith, from his place in the series; nor the (generally quite excellent) Christmas tale spun for the Doctor by Doctor Who showrunner Steven Moffat. No, the freight of "The Time of the Doctor" landed on me (hard) when the episode made plain that the back half of Smith's final season as the Doctor, from "The Snowmen" till now, has only ever been about one thing: the self, and its multitudes. This season-long throughline, which carried us through Doctor Who's 50th anniversary year, came to a dizzying peak on Wednesday night, seconds before Smith transformed into the Twelfth Doctor. Eleven delivered what is likely Steven Moffat's thesis statement... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Boozie Movies Returns To Piss In The Punch Bowl For 2013 Posted: 26 Dec 2013 08:00 AM PST  EDITOR'S NOTE: So there is a rather strange little tid bit about the following article from our resident crazy man, Greg Christie. And it's not the article itself. Although, it's just about as outlandish as you would expect. Every time we receive a new piece from the man with the magical flask, we have to expect the unexpected. No, it's the pretext here that makes all of the following insane. And what is that you might ask? The insane part is that I received this "Worst of 2013" list in an email from our Boozie Movie writer all the way back in the winter of 2009. It came to me before the Boozie Movie reviews were even a thing. I didn't understand it at the... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Twitchvision: Jason Gorber Talks THE WOLF OF WALL STREET, HER, And GRUDGE MATCH Posted: 26 Dec 2013 07:30 AM PST  A special Christmas mid-week appearance for your holiday pleasure, talking about the latest film by Martin Scorsese, Spike Jonze's Her, and the abhorrent Grudge Match. ... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
| Review: ZOMBIE DAWN Lacks Zombies And Plot Posted: 26 Dec 2013 06:00 AM PST  How many zombie films have been made? How many zombie films have been made since the year 2000? Maybe more than those that have ever been made until that point in the history of film. How many zombie movies have been made since The Walking Dead started? Maybe too many, and just the minority, if not the exceptions, are even watchable and recommendable in any fashion. The other element of this zombie craze in recent years is that the phenomenon has expanded beyond the English speaking market, with a reappeareance of the zombie genre in Japan from the new Japanese Extreme Cinema, just to name one example.This movie in particular comes from the country I live in: Chile. Chilean zombie films are not something you hear... [Read the whole post on twitchfilm.com...] |
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