http://blogs.e-rockford.com/movieman When film critic Will Pfeifer isn’t watching movies, he’s reading about movies, talking about movies, thinking about movies or dreaming about movies. Now he shares that unhealthy obsession with you. From Hollywood hits to Japanese obscurities, from Oscar night to the summer season, he’s got movies on the brain — and on this blog. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:16:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm not sure if this new version of THE WOLFMAN is going to work or not, but I have to admit that the trailer pushes all the right buttons in this old monster movie fan, and that this poster -- featuring actress Emily Blunt hiding out from the title character ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/movieman/2009/11/06/even-a-man-who-is-pure-in-heart/ Following up on that Princess Leia photo I posted this morning, here's a link to some "extremely rare" STAR WARS photos. Normally that would be typical Internet hyperbole, but in this case, I'd say the term is appropriate. I mean, I've been a STAR WARS geek for more than 30 ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/movieman/2009/11/05/the-force-works-in-mysterious-ways/ In honor of today, November 5 -- better known as Guy Fawkes' Day in England -- here's a clip from V FOR VENDETTA. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chqi8m4CEEY[/youtube] http://blogs.e-rockford.com/movieman/2009/11/05/remember-remember-the-fifth-of-november/ I saw this photo over at Boing Boing and thought it was too geekily great not to share. From the filming of RETURN OF THE JEDI (which places it sometime in 1982, I'm guessing), here's Carrie Fisher in Princess Leia slave girl garb and her stunt double catching some rays ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/movieman/2009/11/05/a-pair-of-princessess/ As much as I love the blinding sharpness of Blu-ray, I haven't double-dipped on any of my old DVDs. Well, not yet anyway. FIGHT CLUB, one of my favorite films, arrives on Blu-ray in a couple of weeks, and that purchase is going to be harder to resist than a directive from ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/movieman/2009/11/04/the-things-you-own-end-up-owning-you/ Finally an Oscar host -- make that hosts -- that shows a little imagination in the decision process. As the academy announced Tuesday, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will tag-team the ceremony, which airs March 7 on ABC. Quoth Variety: After the Academy increased its best picture category to 10 films ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/movieman/2009/11/04/and-the-hosts-are/ Since the beginning of the season -- heck, since the first time we realized there was a show coming called MAD MEN that was set in the early 1960s -- we knew that eventually the folks at Sterling Cooper would arrive at the infamous date of Nov. 22, 1963. Well, ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/movieman/2009/11/02/mad-men-podcast-the-day-weve-long-been-dreading/ Haven't done this in a while, and I probably won't do it too many more times (I think the list is hitting its limit), but here are three more contenders for my favorite movies of the '00s... Can you name 'em? http://blogs.e-rockford.com/movieman/2009/11/02/what-were-the-best-movies-of-the-first-decade-of-the-21st-century-part-10/ Being that Halloween is tomorrow and the folks at both The Onion AV Club and Cinematical are sharing their selections of scary movies, I thought I'd throw in my two cents. So here, in the spirit of the season, are five movies that did a number on me. 1. THE SHINING: ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/movieman/2009/10/30/five-frightening-films/ This week, the Movie Man column moves to Saturday's GO section, and it's taking Friday's Video Vault along with it. For the inaugural Saturday column, I'm reviewing the brand spanking new Blu-ray disc of Alfred Hitchcock's classic suspense film, NORTH BY NORTHWEST. And boy oh boy, do those classic cross-country set ... http://blogs.e-rockford.com/movieman/2009/10/30/movie-mans-blu-ray-review-north-by-northwest/