http://www.ropeofsilicon.com The best and latest movie news, reviews, features and editorials - updated daily Wed, 23 May 2012 22:55:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/judging-films-for-what-they-are/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/judging-films-for-what-they-are/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:08:47 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=59273 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/judging-films-for-what-they-are/feed/ 10 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/iron-man-3-jessica-chastain-andy-lau-casting/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/iron-man-3-jessica-chastain-andy-lau-casting/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:00:47 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=59198 Iron Man 3 is set to get underway beginning in May and today we have word Jessica Chastain has been offered a role and Hong Kong film star Andy Lau is rumored to be negotiating a role as well.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/iron-man-3-jessica-chastain-andy-lau-casting/feed/ 8 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/go-home-and-think-about-it/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/go-home-and-think-about-it/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:09:40 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=59162 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/go-home-and-think-about-it/feed/ 20 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/how-i-wish-cabin-in-the-woods-would-have-ended/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/how-i-wish-cabin-in-the-woods-would-have-ended/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:38:31 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=58624 The Cabin in the Woods as a fun,entertaining and, in the end, gory film, but there is one major piece to the film I felt was left untouched and had it been addressed would have made for a far better and more interesting film. Here's how I wish it would have ended.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/how-i-wish-cabin-in-the-woods-would-have-ended/feed/ 19 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/tonight-i-see-my-first-nicholas-sparks-adaptation-in-eight-years/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/tonight-i-see-my-first-nicholas-sparks-adaptation-in-eight-years/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:15:31 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=58561 The Notebook it has taken me eight years to finally give another Nicholas Sparks adaptation a chance. Will it be another eight years before I try it again or will The Lucky One give me a change of heart?]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/tonight-i-see-my-first-nicholas-sparks-adaptation-in-eight-years/feed/ 8 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/christopher-nolan-fights-for-35mm-and-understands-3-d-and-tries-to-educate-everyone-else/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/christopher-nolan-fights-for-35mm-and-understands-3-d-and-tries-to-educate-everyone-else/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:48:42 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=58406 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/christopher-nolan-fights-for-35mm-and-understands-3-d-and-tries-to-educate-everyone-else/feed/ 15 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/did-you-like-american-reunion-how-old-are-you-and-when-did-you-see-the-first-film/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/did-you-like-american-reunion-how-old-are-you-and-when-did-you-see-the-first-film/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:48:51 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=58129 American Reunion, but the comments on my review show audiences are feeling differently. So now I'm trying to find out why as someone that thoroughly enjoyed the first and third films in the American Pie franchise, but was quite cold on this fourth one.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/did-you-like-american-reunion-how-old-are-you-and-when-did-you-see-the-first-film/feed/ 19 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/are-movie-trailers-now-bigger-than-the-movies-themselves/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/are-movie-trailers-now-bigger-than-the-movies-themselves/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 23:56:55 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=58089 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/are-movie-trailers-now-bigger-than-the-movies-themselves/feed/ 8 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/journey-into-wes-anderson-the-tenenbaums-challenge/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/journey-into-wes-anderson-the-tenenbaums-challenge/#comments Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:36:04 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=58010 Moonrise Kingdom and there is some trepidation when it comes to returning to at least one.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/journey-into-wes-anderson-the-tenenbaums-challenge/feed/ 23 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/bully-rated-pg-13-rejoice/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/bully-rated-pg-13-rejoice/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:31:53 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=57812 Bully has finally come to an end as the film will now expand on April 13 to 55 markets with a revised PG-13 rating.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/bully-rated-pg-13-rejoice/feed/ 21 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sexy-without-trying/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sexy-without-trying/#comments Sat, 03 Mar 2012 01:24:28 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=56066 Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, I can't help but look back at what it meant to be sexy in 1960 compared to today's porcelain doll actresses.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sexy-without-trying/feed/ 10 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-the-hell-is-going-on-in-the-silent-house/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-the-hell-is-going-on-in-the-silent-house/#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:53:20 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=55673 Silent House I decided to watch the 2010 Spanish-language original only to end up with far more questions than answers. However, it does have me intrigued to see the new film and hopefully make some sense of what's going on here.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-the-hell-is-going-on-in-the-silent-house/feed/ 8 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/is-john-carter-this-years-waterworld/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/is-john-carter-this-years-waterworld/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:25:17 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=55801 John Carter lately you may have heard it hits theaters on March 9, but you have probably also heard about its $250 million budget and the negativity swirling around its marketing. Is this film on par with 1995's Waterworld when it comes to pre-release negativity? Everything I'm seeing says it most likely is.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/is-john-carter-this-years-waterworld/feed/ 39 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-voters-are-94-white-and-77-are-males-with-a-median-age-of-62/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-voters-are-94-white-and-77-are-males-with-a-median-age-of-62/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:53:09 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=55380 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-voters-are-94-white-and-77-are-males-with-a-median-age-of-62/feed/ 17 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/could-warner-bros-benefit-from-debuting-the-dark-knight-rises-on-facebook-two-weeks-early/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/could-warner-bros-benefit-from-debuting-the-dark-knight-rises-on-facebook-two-weeks-early/#comments Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:27:50 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=54651 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/could-warner-bros-benefit-from-debuting-the-dark-knight-rises-on-facebook-two-weeks-early/feed/ 29 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-do-you-say-to-talkers-at-the-movies-to-get-them-to-shut-up/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-do-you-say-to-talkers-at-the-movies-to-get-them-to-shut-up/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:00:39 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=54165 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-do-you-say-to-talkers-at-the-movies-to-get-them-to-shut-up/feed/ 82 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-does-it-mean-to-have-good-3-d/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-does-it-mean-to-have-good-3-d/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:43:07 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=54082 The Amazing Spider-Man debuted new footage and a new 3-D trailer recently and it's already earning kudos and compliments that it looks good in 3-D. This makes me wonder, what makes a good 3-D movie?]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-does-it-mean-to-have-good-3-d/feed/ 19 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hate-the-grey-ending-why/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hate-the-grey-ending-why/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:08:39 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=53797 The Grey for a couple of reasons. Some upset they feel the trailer misled them, which I completely understand, but the other camp seems to believe the ending was a cop-out that didn't deliver, leaving the audience to make up their own mind as to how things ultimately concluded. In this instance I ask, "Is that necessarily a bad thing?"]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/hate-the-grey-ending-why/feed/ 127 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-ballot-2012/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-ballot-2012/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:23:35 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=53389 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-ballot-2012/feed/ 48 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sequel-bridesmaids/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sequel-bridesmaids/#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:03:54 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=52323 Bridesmaids 2, potentially without the involvement of Kristen Wiig. However, I have to wonder why anyone would really be interested in seeing a sequel in the first place.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sequel-bridesmaids/feed/ 13 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/filling-void-denzel-sam-morgan/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/filling-void-denzel-sam-morgan/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:49:25 +0000 Kevin Blumeyer http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=50498 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/filling-void-denzel-sam-morgan/feed/ 21 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/review-jack-jill-offer-explanation-adam-sandler-study/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/review-jack-jill-offer-explanation-adam-sandler-study/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:20:06 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=49613 Jack and Jill here. I wasn't going to subject myself to Sandler's latest attempt at 'comedy', but once I decided to skip it I took a look back at the career of the $100 million man and found a few facts that may interest you.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/review-jack-jill-offer-explanation-adam-sandler-study/feed/ 23 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/brett-ratner-fired-oscar-producer-based-comments/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/brett-ratner-fired-oscar-producer-based-comments/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:37:24 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=49656 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/brett-ratner-fired-oscar-producer-based-comments/feed/ 28 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/clash-titans-transformers/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/clash-titans-transformers/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 06:02:27 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=49423 Clash of the Titans 3 as Wrath of the Titans makes way to theaters in March. The question is, can Clash 2 be good enough to warrant a third film, or will it, at the very least, make enough money?]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/clash-titans-transformers/feed/ 7 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/guide-paranormal-activity-4-3-toby-grandma/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/guide-paranormal-activity-4-3-toby-grandma/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:20:29 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=48846 Paranormal Activity and Paranormal Activity 2 in an effort to explore the facts we know about the franchise and figure out where it may be taking us in Paranormal Activity 4. Who is grandma? Who is Toby? Where is Hunter? What's on the 1992 tape? Join me, correct me, set me on the right path...]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/guide-paranormal-activity-4-3-toby-grandma/feed/ 194 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/scenes-paranormal-activity-3-trailers-film/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/scenes-paranormal-activity-3-trailers-film/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 20:03:35 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=48770 Paranormal Activity 3 trailers weren't in the final film? Should you be? Wouldn't you prefer to not know any of the surprises rather than sitting around waiting for scenes to happen?]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/scenes-paranormal-activity-3-trailers-film/feed/ 58 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/paranormal-activity-3-think/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/paranormal-activity-3-think/#comments Sat, 22 Oct 2011 06:57:20 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=48671 Paranormal Activity 3 is on its way to making a potential $45-50 million at the theater, finally giving the box-office a real winner, I have to ask, what did you think?]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/paranormal-activity-3-think/feed/ 25 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/modern-movie-marketing-franchising-todays-hour-advertisements/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/modern-movie-marketing-franchising-todays-hour-advertisements/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:49:30 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=48275 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/modern-movie-marketing-franchising-todays-hour-advertisements/feed/ 6 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/netflix-qwikster/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/netflix-qwikster/#comments Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:25:50 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=47725 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/netflix-qwikster/feed/ 5 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sean-young-work-pretty-sweet-pretty-likable/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sean-young-work-pretty-sweet-pretty-likable/#comments Sat, 08 Oct 2011 15:24:37 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=47645 Blade Runner and Wall Street actress is ready for another shot with the "big boys."]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/sean-young-work-pretty-sweet-pretty-likable/feed/ 7