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/what-i-watched-what-you-watched-installment-145/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-i-watched-what-you-watched-installment-145/#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 15:30:04 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=60687 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-i-watched-what-you-watched-installment-145/feed/ 7 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-cannes-film-festival-preview-top-ten-most-anticipated-movies/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-cannes-film-festival-preview-top-ten-most-anticipated-movies/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 16:00:46 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=60322 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-cannes-film-festival-preview-top-ten-most-anticipated-movies/feed/ 9 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-cannes-film-festival-preview-notable-titles/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-cannes-film-festival-preview-notable-titles/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 16:00:43 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=60314 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-cannes-film-festival-preview-notable-titles/feed/ 5 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-i-watched-what-you-watched-installment-144/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-i-watched-what-you-watched-installment-144/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 15:49:48 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=60197 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-i-watched-what-you-watched-installment-144/feed/ 12 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/ed-wood-paused/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/ed-wood-paused/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 21:47:18 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=60142 Ed Wood.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/ed-wood-paused/feed/ 7 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/youve-seen-the-avengers-now-rank-the-first-six-films-in-the-franchise/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/youve-seen-the-avengers-now-rank-the-first-six-films-in-the-franchise/#comments Mon, 07 May 2012 20:58:06 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=59911 The Avengers has crushed the opening weekend box-office record with $207.4 million, more than three of the previous films in the franchise made domestically altogether. That being considered, how would you rank the first six films in the Avengers franchise?]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/youve-seen-the-avengers-now-rank-the-first-six-films-in-the-franchise/feed/ 100 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-i-watched-what-you-watched-installment-143/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-i-watched-what-you-watched-installment-143/#comments Sun, 06 May 2012 15:56:36 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=59879 The Incredible Hulk to mixed results.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-i-watched-what-you-watched-installment-143/feed/ 11 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-summer-movie-preview/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-summer-movie-preview/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 16:25:20 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=59606 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-summer-movie-preview/feed/ 27 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/rodriguez-back-for-fast-and-furious-6-cruise-eyes-van-helsing-hawkins-for-woodys-next-and-more/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/rodriguez-back-for-fast-and-furious-6-cruise-eyes-van-helsing-hawkins-for-woodys-next-and-more/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 22:36:13 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=59624 Fast and Furious 6, Tom Cruise is eying Van Helsing and Woody Allen is preparing his new film, I also have a fascinating look at all the long takes in Alfonso Cuaron's Children of Men.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/rodriguez-back-for-fast-and-furious-6-cruise-eyes-van-helsing-hawkins-for-woodys-next-and-more/feed/ 10 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/fight-club-paused/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/fight-club-paused/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:29:40 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=59525 Fight Club.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/fight-club-paused/feed/ 7 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-i-watched-what-you-watched-installment-142/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-i-watched-what-you-watched-installment-142/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:23:36 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=59480 Terminator 2: Judgment Day.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-i-watched-what-you-watched-installment-142/feed/ 10 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-i-watched-what-you-watched-installment-141/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-i-watched-what-you-watched-installment-141/#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2012 13:30:08 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=59050 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-i-watched-what-you-watched-installment-141/feed/ 7 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-i-watched-what-you-watched-installment-140/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-i-watched-what-you-watched-installment-140/#comments Sun, 08 Apr 2012 15:50:10 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=57908 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-i-watched-what-you-watched-installment-140/feed/ 15 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-20-highest-grossing-movie-franchises-that-maintained-largely-the-same-cast-throughout/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-20-highest-grossing-movie-franchises-that-maintained-largely-the-same-cast-throughout/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:16:32 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=57696 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-20-highest-grossing-movie-franchises-that-maintained-largely-the-same-cast-throughout/feed/ 11 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/exploring-ridley-scotts-directorial-debut-the-duellists/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/exploring-ridley-scotts-directorial-debut-the-duellists/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:28:26 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=57466 Alien and before he directed Blade Runner, Ridley Scott made The Duellists and as he is heading back to his early days of sci-fi with Prometheus this year, I went even farther back and bring you this close-up look at Ridley's feature directorial debut.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/exploring-ridley-scotts-directorial-debut-the-duellists/feed/ 11 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/five-most-memorable-moments-from-the-original-total-recall-1990/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/five-most-memorable-moments-from-the-original-total-recall-1990/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:50:07 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=57522 Total Recall from 1990 and while I did it got me thinking of the five scenes I didn't even need to watch the film to remember. Here are those five scenes.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/five-most-memorable-moments-from-the-original-total-recall-1990/feed/ 7 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-i-watched-what-you-watched-installment-139/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-i-watched-what-you-watched-installment-139/#comments Sun, 01 Apr 2012 07:04:48 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=57477 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-i-watched-what-you-watched-installment-139/feed/ 10 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/nine-things-i-learned-listening-to-david-cronenbergs-a-dangerous-method-blu-ray-commentary/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/nine-things-i-learned-listening-to-david-cronenbergs-a-dangerous-method-blu-ray-commentary/#comments Wed, 28 Mar 2012 18:52:10 +0000 Kevin Blumeyer http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=57163 A Dangerous Method and come away with nine interesting facts about the production.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/nine-things-i-learned-listening-to-david-cronenbergs-a-dangerous-method-blu-ray-commentary/feed/ 10 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-i-watched-what-you-watched-installment-138/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-i-watched-what-you-watched-installment-138/#comments Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:52:42 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=57075 The Blind Side once again and I didn't remember it being so cheesy.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-i-watched-what-you-watched-installment-138/feed/ 9 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-ten-movies-based-on-tv-shows/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-ten-movies-based-on-tv-shows/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:37:49 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=56858 21 Jump Street was tops at the box-office, but where does it rank in the history of TV-to-film adaptations? Does it rank in the top ten? I offer up my top ten TV-to-film adaptations of all-time, so why don't you click on in and see if it had a shot...]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-ten-movies-based-on-tv-shows/feed/ 22 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-i-watched-what-you-watched-installment-137/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-i-watched-what-you-watched-installment-137/#comments Sun, 18 Mar 2012 12:00:13 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=56804 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-i-watched-what-you-watched-installment-137/feed/ 10 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/9-great-posters-for-9-not-so-great-movies-that-i-havent-seen/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/9-great-posters-for-9-not-so-great-movies-that-i-havent-seen/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:34:03 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=56635 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/9-great-posters-for-9-not-so-great-movies-that-i-havent-seen/feed/ 17 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/11-great-posters-for-11-not-so-great-movies-that-i-have-seen/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/11-great-posters-for-11-not-so-great-movies-that-i-have-seen/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:41:59 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=56633 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/11-great-posters-for-11-not-so-great-movies-that-i-have-seen/feed/ 18 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/five-things-disney-could-have-done-to-save-john-carter/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/five-things-disney-could-have-done-to-save-john-carter/#comments Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:17:57 +0000 Bill Cody http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=56538 John Carter hit theaters was based on its $250 million budget and expectations it wasn't going to do too well at the box-office. Well, those expectations are now a reality and Bill has taken a look at the situation and come up with five ideas that may have prevented the film's monetary demise.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/five-things-disney-could-have-done-to-save-john-carter/feed/ 21 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/learned-david-fincher-girl-dragon-tattoo-commentary/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/learned-david-fincher-girl-dragon-tattoo-commentary/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:56:32 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=56516 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo reveals several nuggets of information from the homages, nudity, inspirations, locations, music and discussion of Scotty the Cat. There's plenty to fill your day so click through and have a look.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/learned-david-fincher-girl-dragon-tattoo-commentary/feed/ 10 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-i-watched-what-you-watched-installment-136/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-i-watched-what-you-watched-installment-136/#comments Sun, 11 Mar 2012 16:55:37 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=56474 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Apartment and Immortals, all three are films I would recommend you not only watch, but all three are worth considering buying.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-i-watched-what-you-watched-installment-136/feed/ 11 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/john-carters-100-year-journey-to-the-big-screen/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/john-carters-100-year-journey-to-the-big-screen/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:23:46 +0000 Kevin Blumeyer http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=56093 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/john-carters-100-year-journey-to-the-big-screen/feed/ 5 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-i-watched-what-you-watched-installment-135/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-i-watched-what-you-watched-installment-135/#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2012 19:03:44 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=56082 Gambit, Diner and X-Men: First Class. Come on in and share what you watched.]]> http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/what-i-watched-what-you-watched-installment-135/feed/ 17 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-five-moments-from-the-2012-oscars/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-five-moments-from-the-2012-oscars/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:16:55 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=55789 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/top-five-moments-from-the-2012-oscars/feed/ 28 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-oscars-live-blog-schedule-nominees-presenters/ http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-oscars-live-blog-schedule-nominees-presenters/#comments Sun, 26 Feb 2012 20:48:10 +0000 Brad Brevet http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/?p=55686 http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/2012-oscars-live-blog-schedule-nominees-presenters/feed/ 36