<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss
version="2.0"
xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
> <channel><title>California Literary Review &#187; Best Movies</title> <atom:link href="http://calitreview.com/category/topics/best_movies/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://calitreview.com</link> <description>An arts and culture magazine.</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 17:23:39 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2</generator> <item><title>Blu-Ray/DVD Review: The Wicker Tree</title><link>http://calitreview.com/25801</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/25801#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:00:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Death]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Great Britain]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Horror]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mystery]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mythology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Satire]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thrillers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Blu-ray]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Blu-Ray DVD]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Blu-Ray review]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Lion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christopher Lee]]></category> <category><![CDATA[human sacrifice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies horror]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies thriller]]></category> <category><![CDATA[religion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Robin Hardy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Wicker Man]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Wicker Tree]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wicker man]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wicker Tree]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=25801</guid> <description><![CDATA[The rites themselves have changed in practice if not in spirit, and  the movie rekindles enough of its ancestor's spirit that it's hard to imagine a better result. What more were all the naysayers expecting?]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/25801/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Blu-Ray Review &#8211; Battle Royale: The Complete Collection</title><link>http://calitreview.com/24822</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/24822#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 11:00:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Books]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Books]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Graphic Novels]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Horror]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Japan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Psychology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Satire]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Science Fiction and Fantasy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sociology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thrillers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Battle Royale]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Battle Royale Requiem]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Beat Takeshi]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Blu-ray]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Blu-Ray DVD]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Blu-Ray review]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Death]]></category> <category><![CDATA[DVD review]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hunger Games]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Kinji Fukasaku]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Koushun Takami]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movie violence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies action]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies Japanese]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies suspense]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies thriller]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Quentin Tarantino]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Richard Bachman]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stephen King]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Takeshi Kitano]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Hunger Games]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Long Walk]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Running Man]]></category> <category><![CDATA[violence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[violent movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[We Need To Talk About Kevin]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=24822</guid> <description><![CDATA[Quentin Tarantino proclaims ”My favorite movie of the last 20 years! I wish I had made this movie.” That is as perfect an endorsement as a film distributor could hope to have, especially when selling a film like Battle Royale to a hungry cult audience.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/24822/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Yes Academy, We Do Need To Talk About Kevin</title><link>http://calitreview.com/23705</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/23705#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:05:15 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Books]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crime Fiction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Horror]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Psychology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sociology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thrillers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[BAFTA]]></category> <category><![CDATA[children]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ezra Miller]]></category> <category><![CDATA[family]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John C. Reilly]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lionel Shriver]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lynne Ramsay]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies Drama]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies horror]]></category> <category><![CDATA[school shooting]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sociopath]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tilda Swinton]]></category> <category><![CDATA[violence]]></category> <category><![CDATA[We Need To Talk About Kevin]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=23705</guid> <description><![CDATA[This film will upset you. This film will follow you home and haunt you. This film takes courage to face. You will not forget We Need To Talk About Kevin.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/23705/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscars 2012: Slighted Soundtracks And Fantasy Scores</title><link>http://calitreview.com/23483</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/23483#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 17:54:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Academy Awards]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Angelo Badalamenti]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Atticus Ross]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Barry Adamson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chemical Brothers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cliff Martinez]]></category> <category><![CDATA[David Lynch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Drive]]></category> <category><![CDATA[films of 2011]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hanna]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Howard Shore]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John Williams]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movie score]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movie soundtrack]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movie soundtracks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[original score Oscar]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Oscars]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Trent Reznor]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=23483</guid> <description><![CDATA[Acting, directing, and writing awards are the most popular targets for discussion, but there were more very creative folks left off the roll this year. Two aggressively original outsiders are out in the rain, peeping in at the Best Original Score category without so much as an acknowledgment.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/23483/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Think Of The Children! Family Films Rule 2011</title><link>http://calitreview.com/22901</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/22901#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:27:50 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2011]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2011 films]]></category> <category><![CDATA[2011 movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cars 2]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Disney]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Family Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[films of 2011]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Harry Potter]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies animated]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies children's]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies family]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies of 2011]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pirates of the caribbean]]></category> <category><![CDATA[puss in boots]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rango]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rio]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the muppets]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Winnie the Pooh]]></category> <category><![CDATA[X-Men: First Class]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=22901</guid> <description><![CDATA[It is heartening to see so much well-crafted entertainment geared toward whole families in a single year. That increases the likelihood of a new generation that wants to grow up and make great movies. However, it is also a signal to the makers of strictly grown-up films to wake up and get creative again.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/22901/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Who&#8217;s Laughing Now? &#8211; Film and TV Comedy in 2011</title><link>http://calitreview.com/22845</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/22845#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:05:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Television]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Archer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]></category> <category><![CDATA[it's always sunny in philadelphia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[louie]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies 2011]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies comedy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sitcoms 2011]]></category> <category><![CDATA[television 2011]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the office]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tv shows 2011]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wilfred]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=22845</guid> <description><![CDATA[And so the clock has run out on 2011. We had some major comedy misfires on the big screen, and relied a lot more than usual on television for laughs. What's going on here?]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/22845/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Weekly Listicle: The Stage On Screen</title><link>http://calitreview.com/22519</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/22519#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 18:50:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Satire]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Theatre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thrillers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies comedy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies Drama]]></category> <category><![CDATA[plays]]></category> <category><![CDATA[plays on film]]></category> <category><![CDATA[stage play adaptation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[stage plays]]></category> <category><![CDATA[theater]]></category> <category><![CDATA[theater adaptations]]></category> <category><![CDATA[theatre]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=22519</guid> <description><![CDATA[As the holiday season builds to its peak, we movie watchers face a release pattern that seems a bit less robust than usual. However, there are plenty of perfectly interesting options out there. In addition to the major franchises sequels like Sherlock Holmes and Mission Impossible, there are a few titles running on the outside [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/22519/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>May Day! May Day! It&#8217;s Robin Hardy&#8217;s The Wicker Tree</title><link>http://calitreview.com/22444</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/22444#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 04:53:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Great Britain]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Horror]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mystery]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thrillers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Black Death]]></category> <category><![CDATA[British Lion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christopher Lee]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cowboys For Christ]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cult classics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cult horror]]></category> <category><![CDATA[horror sequels]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movie religious]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movie sequels]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies british]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies cult]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies horror]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies thriller]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Robin Hardy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Scotland]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Wicker Man]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Wicker Tree]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wicker man]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=22444</guid> <description><![CDATA[Early press for <em>The Wicker Tree</em> has not been overwhelmingly good, but one might say it has been encouragingly mixed. The original Wicker Man did not become known as "the Citizen Kane of horror films" overnight, or even during the horror boom of the 1970s. It vanished into relative obscurity for some time before its rediscovery, and look at that baby burn now!]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/22444/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Weekly Listicle: Celebrating Monstrous Matchups</title><link>http://calitreview.com/21700</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/21700#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:52:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Horror]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mystery]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Phobias]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Science Fiction and Fantasy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Television]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thrillers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Alan Ball]]></category> <category><![CDATA[alien versus predator]]></category> <category><![CDATA[alien vs. predator]]></category> <category><![CDATA[alien vs. predator requiem]]></category> <category><![CDATA[aliens vs. predator]]></category> <category><![CDATA[breaking dawn]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Godzilla]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mothra]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mothra vs. Godzilla]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movie monsters]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies fantasy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies horror]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies monster]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies sci fi]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rivalries]]></category> <category><![CDATA[stephenie meyer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[television horor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[television science fiction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[True Blood]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Twilight]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=21700</guid> <description><![CDATA["Vampires versus werewolves" is only one of the time-tested feuds that film and television have offered for our amusement. This week, Brett Harrison Davinger and I (Dan Fields) take a look at some other monstrous matchups, scary skirmishes, and curious critter clashes.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/21700/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Weekly Listicle: Some Movies Are About Things</title><link>http://calitreview.com/20783</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/20783#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:31:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Horror]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Satire]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Science Fiction and Fantasy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John Carpenter]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies Drama]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies foreign]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies horror]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Robert Redford]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Stuff]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Thing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Them]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=20783</guid> <description><![CDATA[At last, the long-rumored prequel/remake of John Carpenter&#8217;s 1982 masterpiece The Thing infects theaters across the country. And I mean that in a good way, because I still hope it will be entertaining, despite persistent pangs of common sense. The trailer, at least, sold it as a pretty faithful re-shooting of the original, though no [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/20783/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Weekly Listicle: Method In Our Movie Madness</title><link>http://calitreview.com/20598</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/20598#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:42:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Horror]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Literary Themes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mystery]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Satire]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Science Fiction and Fantasy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Television]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Theatre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thrillers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Writers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Band Of Brothers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charles Bronson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Clint Eastwood]]></category> <category><![CDATA[George Clooney]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ides Of March]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies action]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies comedy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies Drama]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies thriller]]></category> <category><![CDATA[North by Northwest]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Ryan Gosling]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Shakespeare]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Where Eagles Dare]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=20598</guid> <description><![CDATA[The practice of blessing mass entertainment with the bard's prose confers a kind of loftiness upon it, or at least that must be the idea. A quick glance indicates that Shakespeare has provided titles for an alarming number of <em>Star Trek</em> episodes, just for starters. This week, lend your ears to Brett Harrison Davinger and me (Dan Fields) as we look at some of our favorite films to borrow a title from the works of Shakespeare.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/20598/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Weekly Listicle: There Goes The Neighborhood</title><link>http://calitreview.com/19293</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/19293#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 04:47:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Horror]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mystery]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Satire]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Television]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thrillers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Fright Night]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies horror]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies suspense]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies thriller]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vampire Movies]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=19293</guid> <description><![CDATA[Forget good fences, and forget good neighbors. Characters in movies and television are far more compelling when not acting the least bit neighborly.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/19293/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Weekly Listicle: The Art Of The Heist</title><link>http://calitreview.com/19191</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/19191#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 20:02:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crime Fiction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thrillers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Coen Brothers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[crime capers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[crime movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Dog Day Afternoon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[heist]]></category> <category><![CDATA[heist films]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Michael Mann]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies crime]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Raising Arizona]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sidney Lumet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Dark Knight]]></category> <category><![CDATA[thief]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=19191</guid> <description><![CDATA[This week, I join forces with Brett Davinger to chronicle some of the best heists, rip-offs, and holdups ever put on screen. So just sit quietly and keep your hands away from the phone, where we can see them. This won’t take long.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/19191/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best And Worst Movies Of 2011, Part 1</title><link>http://calitreview.com/18383</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/18383#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:43:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Horror]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Science Fiction and Fantasy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thrillers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[best movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Drive Angry]]></category> <category><![CDATA[favorite movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hop]]></category> <category><![CDATA[midnight in paris]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movie critics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies 2011]]></category> <category><![CDATA[oscar buzz]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rango]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Season of the Witch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[something borrowed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[source code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sucker Punch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Super]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the adjustment bureau]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the tree of life]]></category> <category><![CDATA[top 10 movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[worst movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Your Highness]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=18383</guid> <description><![CDATA[We the critics of the Fourth Wall - Julia Rhodes, Brett Davinger, and myself - devote this week to the discussion of our favorite (and least favorite) films released in 2011 so far. After careful consideration, each of us has selected a "Top 3" and "Bottom 3" for the year's first half. Read along and see how our love and hate stack up against your own.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/18383/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Bloody Sexy Things: Adapting Clive Barker</title><link>http://calitreview.com/17928</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/17928#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:21:45 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Books]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Books]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gay and Lesbian]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Graphic Novels]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Horror]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Literary Themes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Science Fiction and Fantasy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sex]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Short Stories]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Writers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[adaptation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[authors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Candyman]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Clive Barker]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hellraiser]]></category> <category><![CDATA[midnight meat train]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies fantasy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies horror]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies thriller]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nightbreed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[screenwriting]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=17928</guid> <description><![CDATA[Clive Barker has lent his eyes and hands to virtually every medium, from page to the screen to the stage to the canvas to the console. However, film fans know him particularly as a horror master. There is so much undermined material for gifted fantasy filmmakers that perhaps we could dispense with further <em>Candyman</em> sequels and retire the <em>Hellraiser</em> juggernaut with contented hearts, and enjoy a Clive Barker renaissance clad in all new colors.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/17928/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Day Late, Dollar Short, Solid Gold: &#8220;Dear Twilight&#8230;&#8221;</title><link>http://calitreview.com/17402</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/17402#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 20:41:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Books]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Books]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Horror]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Science Fiction and Fantasy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[breaking dawn]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Eclipse]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movie fans]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movie trailers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies horror]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies romance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies vampire]]></category> <category><![CDATA[new moon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Paranormal Activity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Paranormal Activity 2]]></category> <category><![CDATA[stephenie meyer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Twilight]]></category> <category><![CDATA[twilight breaking dawn]]></category> <category><![CDATA[twilight eclipse]]></category> <category><![CDATA[twilight new moon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[vampires]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=17402</guid> <description><![CDATA[Somewhere in the <em>Twilight</em> cutting room, did the thought never stir that they could drag untold ranks of non-<em>Twilight</em> initiates into the theaters merely by cutting fan reactions into the regular trailers? I was working as a movie usher when <em>New Moon</em> came out, and I had grown people stepping out of ticket lines with money outstretched, offering outrageous sums of cash to buy my promotional <em>New Moon</em> t-shirt off my back. And believe me, it was not an excuse to peek at my trout belly. This is for real, people! <em>Star Wars</em> and <em>Harry Potter</em> premieres have nothing on this.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/17402/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>What Is Best In Life? Not Conan 3D, Barring A Miracle</title><link>http://calitreview.com/15705</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/15705#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 01:31:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Books]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Graphic Novels]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mythology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Science Fiction and Fantasy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Short Stories]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[arnold schwarzenegger]]></category> <category><![CDATA[conan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[conan the barbarian]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cult classics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lionsgate]]></category> <category><![CDATA[marcus nispel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies action]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies adventure]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies cult]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies fantasy]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=15705</guid> <description><![CDATA[Borne on the crest of the wind, I hear already the lamentation of women. Women whose dates have dragged them, possibly by the hair, to the late summer picture show. By now many of you know that Lionsgate will soon release a new film entitled <em>Conan The Barbarian</em>. Most of you will recall a cult classic by the same name from 1982, which was the breakout role of a certain Mr. Arnold Schwarzenegger.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/15705/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Weekly Listicle: Three Rings Of Circus Movie Mayhem!</title><link>http://calitreview.com/15577</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/15577#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 23:27:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Books]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Historical Fiction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Horror]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Television]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christoph Walz]]></category> <category><![CDATA[circus]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Freaks]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lon Chaney]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies Drama]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies horror]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Reese Witherspoon]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Robert Pattinson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stephen King]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Greatest Show On Earth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tod Browning]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Water For Elephants]]></category> <category><![CDATA[X-Files]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=15577</guid> <description><![CDATA[The circus is a complicated enterprise, and its symbolic value in storytelling has many faces. It may tell of freedom and the charm of living as a nomad and artist. It may speak to the weariness of the road, and the ability of a lifestyle to trap those who do not know how to break free. It may celebrate the solidarity of those cast out from society. Or in the end, it may simply deal with the hideous antics of clowns. In any form, the circus plays upon the most fundamental feelings of wonder and fear, and makes children of us all once again.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/15577/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>2011: Armageddon Comes Early To Hopeless Film Geeks</title><link>http://calitreview.com/15371</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/15371#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:53:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Art]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Television]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[David Lynch]]></category> <category><![CDATA[family guy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[film directors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Gaspar Noe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Harmony Korine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Lars von Trier]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Michael Haneke]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movie directors]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the cleveland show]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the simpsons]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vincent Gallo]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Werner Herzog]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=15371</guid> <description><![CDATA[Before the year is out, we may see all the weirdest and most controversial filmmakers of the age rise from cult obscurity and perpetrate further prime-time shenanigans. If this is so, then the time has come to dig out and review your most private and precious DVD collection - all the offbeat and obscure movies to which you would not subject your friends, family, or significant other to for fear of ridicule and ostracism - searching every beautiful and artfully stylized frame for hidden signs and clues. We, the scholars of the screen, must prepare the world.
]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/15371/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Weekly Listicle: Keeping It Simple With A ROBO-POCALYPSE!</title><link>http://calitreview.com/15019</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/15019#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 21:04:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Science Fiction and Fantasy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Television]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Godzilla]]></category> <category><![CDATA[James Cameron]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Metropolis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies action]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies sci fi]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies Science Fiction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Robocop]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Terminator]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=15019</guid> <description><![CDATA[This week, the big opener of note is the outrageous fantasy action epic Sucker Punch, which promises to blow its target audience away and bewilder the rest of the world. The only undeniable thing we can say now is that Zack Snyder is not planning on going anywhere. He seems pretty comfortable right where he&#8217;s [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/15019/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Weekly Listicle: On Adapting The Classics</title><link>http://calitreview.com/14709</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/14709#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2011 23:10:21 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Books]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Literary Themes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[adaptation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Charles Dickens]]></category> <category><![CDATA[classic books]]></category> <category><![CDATA[classic movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[classic novels]]></category> <category><![CDATA[David Lean]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Elia Kazan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Jane Eyre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John Steinbeck]]></category> <category><![CDATA[literary adaptation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies Drama]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Oliver Twist]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Roman Polanski]]></category> <category><![CDATA[To Kill A Mockingbird]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=14709</guid> <description><![CDATA[With the arrival of Jane Eyre from Sin Nombre director Cary Fukunaga, we see another standard of the English-class bookshelf put to the screen. Mia Wasikowska, lately of Alice In Wonderland, headlines as the eponymous Jane, in a very Gothic-looking version of Charlotte Brontë&#8217;s best known novel. As I recall, it is quite a dark [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/14709/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Oscars 2011: A Beaten Critic Speaks</title><link>http://calitreview.com/14509</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/14509#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:42:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Television]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Academy Awards]]></category> <category><![CDATA[award show]]></category> <category><![CDATA[award winning movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Oscars]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=14509</guid> <description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Julia Rhodes for her excellent Oscar picks, which leveled my own, 15 to 9. Perhaps I was unable to keep my mind on what <em>would</em> win awards, instead of what <em>should</em>. Occasionally they were the same, but not consistently enough to save me. I made a few too many votes from the heart, and in the grim light of day I admire and aspire to Julia's apparently heartless intellect. Can she also pick horses or roulette numbers, one has to wonder? Either way she has a prosperous career ahead.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/14509/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Weekly Listicle: A Question Of Identity</title><link>http://calitreview.com/14225</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/14225#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 06:33:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Classics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crime Fiction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Literary Themes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mystery]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Psychology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thrillers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[identity crisis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Liam Neeson]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies Drama]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies mystery]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies suspense]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies thriller]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=14225</guid> <description><![CDATA[Identity is a wonderful device for deception and suspense in storytelling. In some cases a whole plot hinges on whether or not someone is who they claim to be. The quest for identity, whether inwardly or outwardly direction, may lead to all manner of obsession, danger, and mischief.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/14225/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Weekly Listicle: No, We CAN&#8217;T Feel The Love Tonight!</title><link>http://calitreview.com/14049</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/14049#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 20:46:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Children's Literature]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Music]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Television]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[animated musicals]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dr. seuss]]></category> <category><![CDATA[elton john]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gnomeo and juliet]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mary poppins]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movie songs]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies animation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies children]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies children's]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies family]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies musical]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the muppets]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=14049</guid> <description><![CDATA[This week, Julia Rhodes and I (Dan Fields) recall a bygone era, when entertainment for kids - specifically the musical accompaniment - got as much attention and thought as anything produced for an adult audience. It's not meant strictly to pick on Elton John, but he seems an appropriate figurehead for the rather bland trends in children's movie music today. This is not your typical twentysomething anti-Disney rant. It is a cry of nostalgic woe, and includes a number of selections from pre-downhill-slide Disney. Please enjoy, and remember some songs you might like to track down and show your own kids.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/14049/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>7</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Weekly Listicle: Ballad Of The Soldier</title><link>http://calitreview.com/13701</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/13701#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:32:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Biography]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Espionage]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Germany]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Great Britain]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Historical Fiction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[History]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Military]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mystery]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Psychology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Southeast Asia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vietnam]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=13701</guid> <description><![CDATA[This weekend, Peter Weir graces us with <em>The Way Back</em>, a tale of daring escape by prisoners of war. In due fashion this week's Listicle salutes the soldier in film. From comedy to adventure to stark, sobering drama, soldiers have faced a great deal on the movie screen.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/13701/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>&#8220;Let Me In!&#8221; Cries A Voice In The Night</title><link>http://calitreview.com/13562</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/13562#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 04:08:48 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crime Fiction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Horror]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thrillers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[best movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Best of 2010]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chloë Grace Moretz]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Chloe Moretz]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Hammer films]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Horror Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Let Me In]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Let The Right One In]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Matt Reeves]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies horror]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Vampire Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[vampires]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=13562</guid> <description><![CDATA[A certain writer for the California Literary Review has thoughtfully distilled a whole year of reviews, reactions, and reflections into two comprehensive and well-researched essays entitled "The 10 Best Movies of 2010" and "The 10 Worst Movies of 2010." Having been too shiftless to organize a retrospective list of my own, I take grave exception. One of the most entertaining movies of the year failed to rouse sufficient praise or sufficient scorn in his heart to make either list. ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/13562/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The 10 Best Movies of 2010</title><link>http://calitreview.com/13399</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/13399#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2010 16:36:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>William Bibbiani</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies & TV]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=13399</guid> <description><![CDATA[Any year in which a movie this perfect has legitimate competition for Best Film of the Year is an impressive one indeed. Edgar Wright directs a tale of a young man who falls in love (or rather, ‘in lesbians’) with a young woman with baggage, and struggles to defeat those demons to preserve their relationship. That those struggles take the form of elaborately choreographed martial arts duels and giant monsters generated through the power of indie rock is no mere flight of fancy.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/13399/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Weekly Listicle: Parties For A New Year</title><link>http://calitreview.com/13410</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/13410#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2010 15:27:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Espionage]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Horror]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Science Fiction and Fantasy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thrillers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[alfred hitchcock]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies comedy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies Drama]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies horror]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies thriller]]></category> <category><![CDATA[new year's eve]]></category> <category><![CDATA[parties]]></category> <category><![CDATA[party]]></category> <category><![CDATA[the godfather]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=13410</guid> <description><![CDATA[In the spirit of celebration, we take a moment to remember some of our favorite movie parties. In some cases the party itself is one the audience might very much like to attend. In others it is a complete catastrophe, but still very entertaining to watch. So strap on your party hat and join me (Dan Fields) and William Bibbiani around the punch bowl.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/13410/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The 10 Worst Movies of 2010</title><link>http://calitreview.com/13375</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/13375#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2010 04:51:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>William Bibbiani</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies & TV]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=13375</guid> <description><![CDATA[I’m a sucker for a silly romantic comedy, but this particular romantic comedy is for suckers. Kristen Bell stars as a workaholic who learns the value of not being a workaholic because of the power of magic coins in Rome which, when plucked from a fountain, cause their previous owners to fall madly in love with Kristen Bell.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/13375/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Brighton Rock Rises Again. Graham Greene Abides.</title><link>http://calitreview.com/13205</link> <comments>http://calitreview.com/13205#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 10:00:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Dan Fields</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Best Books]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Best Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Classics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Crime Fiction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Espionage]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Great Britain]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Literary Themes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mystery]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Fourth Wall]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Thrillers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Writers]]></category> <category><![CDATA[adaptation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Brighton Rock]]></category> <category><![CDATA[classic fiction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[crime movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gangster movies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Graham Greene]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Helen Mirren]]></category> <category><![CDATA[John Hurt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Movies Drama]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies suspense]]></category> <category><![CDATA[movies thriller]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Richard Attenborough]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rowan Joffé]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Rown Joffe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Sam Riley]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://calitreview.com/?p=13205</guid> <description><![CDATA[Acclaimed screenwriter Rowan Joffé will try his hand at the directing game next year. For his debut, he has selected an auspiciously high-profile story. <em>Brighton Rock</em>, adapted from Graham Greene's 1938 novel, is a captivating crime thriller and a chilling exploration of the human capacity for love, betrayal and violence. If all goes right, this will be one beautiful and scary film.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://calitreview.com/13205/feed</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
