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All capsule reviews are excerpts from Dennis Willis' book Flick Nation. REVOLUTIONARY ROAD (2008) Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates, Michael Shannon SCR: Justin Haythe; Based on the novel by Richard Yates DIR: Sam Mendes R / 1:59 / RELEASE: 12/26/08 BOX: $21,941,000 www.revolutionaryroadmovie.com Brutal and searing adaptation of Yates’ novel captures a married couple in freef… Continue

KILLSHOT (2009) Diane Lane, Mickey Rourke, Thomas Jane, Rosario Dawson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt SCR: Hossein Amini DIR: John Madden R / RELEASE: 1/23/09 BOX: $18,643 http://www.weinsteinco.com/#/film/killshot Crimi… Continue

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has announced the nominees for The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards and you can check out the entire list below. The awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, January 11th, 2009, at The Beverly Hilton with a live telecast airing on NBC at 8 PM (EST).

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...or to quote Billy Crystal, "he's only mostly dead!" Roger Ebert strikes an unnerving note but puts word to what every print (and otherwise) film critic has been thinking lately. It's a really powerful piece about the death of intelligent conversation and the rise of mediocrity. http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2008/11/death_to_film_critics_long_liv.html Comments? Continue

In the fast-moving world of the interwebs, the arrival of a much-anticipated movie trailer can immediately kill or hype up a film's buzz like shockwaves. And now, the full-length teaser to J.J. Abram's revisionist-but-still-canon take on Star Trek is upon us. The jumping off points are many... Kirk as rebellious kid. Spock as caged animal. Eric Bana as the guy from Star Trek: Nemesis. The redesigned bridge, the faithful uniforms, the casting, the special effects... Set your… Continue

When Dennis Willis and Steve Wagner hosted the syndicated movie-based show Reel Life (1993-96), one of the favorite and most anticipated segments was the CLASSIC TRAILER OF THE WEEK. Often, a trailer is a reflection of the time the movie was released, which makes it as much a history lesson as entertainment. As styles have evolved (or devolved) into the much-lampooned "in a world..." era, these little nuggets of lost filmdom take on greatest depth, and in some cases, amusement. These days, so m… Continue

Yeah, we know. There hasn’t been a whole lot of life in the old girl for the past few months. The reasons have been many. We spent months working on wrapping up the Soundwaves TV program after 25 years and 500 shows and surveying the landscape of how best to proceed. After all, SWC is almost ten years old and that’s a long time to support a website/blog. So we asked ourselves, do we even want to continue doing this – and what does a kick-ass mov… Continue