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If this awesome ‘Cloud Atlas’ infographic doesn’t blow your socks off, then you’re not wearing any. The Map of ‘Cloud Atlas’ illustrates genre, location, date, story, theme, characters, actors, archetypes, conflicts, turning points, a linking “comet” birthmark/tattoo, and actual artifacts passed down from generation to generation in the sprawling story.

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With every Bond movie being a riff off of a familiar formula, taste is going to come even more into play than usual for a list of favorites or non-favorites, so this list is pretty contentious. What do you think of this list of the Top 10 Worst Bond Movies ever made?

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Justin Pierre on ‘True Romance’: I wrote out the entire screenplay by hand over the course of a few days while pausing the VCR every few seconds and then acted out all the parts during the daytime in my room when my roommates were at work.

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We’re all guilty of quoting-along with our favorite cult classics. Now you can do it in the company of strangers, who’ll quote-along with you!

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‘The Master,’ confirms an assertion Trey made when he left the theater after viewing ‘There Will Be Blood,’ that the 2007 masterpiece was a turning point for P.T. Anderson.

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The eighth Fantastic Fest is now officially underway! And while I can’t wait to start gorging myself on movies until I’m so sleep deprived I consider voting for a third party candidate, I realize that a lot of you can’t make the trip down to Austin or aren’t yet sold on the world’s most badass […]

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Fantastic Fest 2012 Starts Today!

by Eric Melin on September 20, 2012

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Austin, Texas is home to the biggest, baddest genre film festival in the world — a place where zombie movies share the bill with twisted indie dramas, black comedies, action films, and sci-fi movies. It’s called Fantastic Fest and it starts today.

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Iā€™m hoping this piece, and the interview below, will create a space for a more thoughtful discussion than has existed around the controversial ‘Hick’ thus far, and that it encourages you to rent it and decide for yourself.

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I recently spoke with Jarecki about Richard Gere’s work on the film, how the actor and director both had different ideas about the character, and how his Wall Street story will play in an election year.

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My list, of course, had Fast Times at Ridgemont High at number one, and even today, five years after writing the list, I stand by that ranking. Here is my list of the Top 10 School Life Movies.

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Three-time Kansas City air guitar champion Eric “Mean” Melin (that’s me) will host The Action Pack’s Arena Rock Sing-Along at the Alamo Drafthouse Kansas City Mainstreet Theater on Thursday night August 30 at 7:30pm!

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Thursday, August 16, via Fathom Live, RiffTrax will tackle what is widely considered to be one of the worst movies ever made: ‘Manos ā€“ The Hands of Fate.’ The movie perpetually ranks as one of the top MST3K episodes of all time, so we were curious as to why the RiffTrax crew would want to tackle it again.

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One of the great things about having an Alamo Drafthouse in your town is that they do all kinds of screenings of movies that aren’t your typical, awards-worthy fare, and they do them up right — with unbridled campy, enthusiasm.

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With the release of BFI’s 2012 Sight & Sound Critics’ list of the Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time, and their 2012 Sight & Sound Directors’ Top Ten, everyone has gone list crazy. What are your faves of all time?

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Saturday night Kansas City excitedly waited for the very first Mondo event at the new Alamo Drafthouse Mainstreet, a sold-out screening of ‘The Goonies.’

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