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Good movie websites
Posted: Sun November 29, 2015 2:05 pm
by stip
What are some good movie news/analysis sites in the vein of screen rant and collider, I'm not looking for podcast sites
Re: Good movie websites
Posted: Sun November 29, 2015 2:16 pm
by bada
LV will disagree but I like Drew McWeeny on Hitfix. It's not just reviews though he does new bits too.
http://www.hitfix.com/motion-captured
Re: Good movie websites
Posted: Sun November 29, 2015 2:27 pm
by stip
Thanks Bada, that's totally the kind of site I'm looking for
Re: Good movie websites
Posted: Sun November 29, 2015 3:35 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: Good movie websites
Posted: Sun November 29, 2015 3:52 pm
by LoathedVermin72
All I read is Armond White (National Review and Out) and filmcolossus.com.
Re: Good movie websites
Posted: Sun November 29, 2015 4:00 pm
by stip
Film colossus is an interesting site. What draws you to it?
Re: Good movie websites
Posted: Sun November 29, 2015 4:15 pm
by LoathedVermin72
stip wrote:Film colossus is an interesting site. What draws you to it?
Well, I'm friends with the guys who run it, and they approach film in the way I think it should be approached. They are free of a lot of the annoying, prejudiced baggage a lot of other critics bring to their criticism. They try to edify instead of harangue.
Re: Good movie websites
Posted: Sun November 29, 2015 4:39 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: Good movie websites
Posted: Sun November 29, 2015 5:16 pm
by BurtReynolds
Anything but aintitcool.
Re: Good movie websites
Posted: Sun November 29, 2015 5:30 pm
by nyquillyn
Ain't It Cool is the fucking worst.
Re: Good movie websites
Posted: Sun November 29, 2015 5:51 pm
by BurtReynolds
turned2black wrote:Ain't It Cool is the fucking worst.
its almost worth it to read the comments on the terrible reviews.
Re: Good movie websites
Posted: Sun November 29, 2015 6:27 pm
by daft twat
Darkhorizons.com
Re: Good movie websites
Posted: Sun November 29, 2015 9:25 pm
by bada
I visit Dark Horizons daily. It replaced Ain't It Cool for me several years back.
Re: Good movie websites
Posted: Sun November 29, 2015 11:24 pm
by Citizen Dick
Stip, given your penchant for textual analysis I'm actually certain you'd love a site called Birth. Movies. Death. Good mix of modern pop and geek culture movies whilst also covering a lot of niche, genre and "high brow" films.
If you can push through the barrier of reading film crit hulks all CAPS essays (and you really will need to push through 2 or 3 of his articles before your eyes stop bleeding at the style and you no longer notice it) he has written some truly great essays on cinema.
Re: Good movie websites
Posted: Sun November 29, 2015 11:53 pm
by stip
Thanks everyone
Re: Good movie websites
Posted: Mon November 30, 2015 12:30 am
by stip
The birthmoviesdeath review of Jessica Jones was exceptional. It's made me want to sit down and start the series again.
Re: Good movie websites
Posted: Mon November 30, 2015 12:56 am
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: Good movie websites
Posted: Mon November 30, 2015 1:30 am
by Citizen Dick
tragabigzanda wrote:Ooh, the BMD site is great, thanks for this!
Glad you're enjoying it.
Personal mileage may vary but I find Devin Faraci is a consistently great movie writer (strong analysis and pretty entertaining prose), although he comes across as a bit of a turd sometimes in comments and when he gets his back up.
Evan Satthoff is just really entertaining. Has a fantastic turn of phrase and a dry wit.
He doesn't write as much for them anymore but I'll reiterate that you should go through FILMCRITHULK's archive. He seriously knows his shit and provides great insight on why things do or don't work in a movie. Even when you disagree with him, he gives you a ton to chew over. The other writers all have their niche and can be quite entertaining.
Re: Good movie websites
Posted: Mon November 30, 2015 3:15 am
by stip
His kingsman essay was exceptional.