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Also for thrilling, topical and thought-provoking

• by Matt Brunson
• Tags: Features, 3.50000

The Double-Oh Dossier

Lists of all things Bond

• by Matt Brunson
• Tags: Features, James Bond, 007, film, movies, Matt Brunson

The Oscars: Politics as usual?

Will Lincoln win, or will Argo buck history?

• by Matt Brunson
• Tags: Features, 85th Annual Academy Awards, Oscars, film, predictions, Matt Brunson, Argo, Lincoln, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Amour, Life of Pi, Silver Linings Playbook, Les Miserables, Zero Dark Thirty, Django Unchained, Ben Affleck

Film 2012: The Best & Worst

Argo a go; Tim & Eric's awful movie

• by Matt Brunson
• Tags: Features, Argo, Zero Dark Thirty, Silver Linings Playbook, The Queen of Versailles, Searching for Sugar Man, The Cabin in the Woods, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, The Dark Knight Rises, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie, Battleship, Savages, This Means War, The Lorax, That's My Boy, Alex Cross, House at the End of the Street, The Watch, Hitchcock, Hyde Park on Hudson, best movies of 2012, worst movies of 2012, Matt Brunson

The 10 Worst Rock Films Ever Made

• by Matt Brunson
An oldie but goodie from the CL archives (March 21, 2007), Part III.
• Tags: Features, Film, Film Reviews, film, film reviews, rock movies, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Staying Alive, Matt Brunson, Kandia Crazy Horse, Lynn Farris, John Grooms, Lew Herman, Fred Mills, John Schacht, Sam Shapiro, Samir Shukla, Ann Wicker, Xanadu, Almost Famous, Flashdance, Grease 2, Magical Mystery Tour, Eddie and the Cruisers, Harum Scarum, Lisztomania, The Beatles, Elvis Presley

Why so serious, Oscar?

• by Matt Brunson
The curious case of Nazi adoration

The 20 Greatest Rock Films Ever Made

• by Matt Brunson
An oldie but goodie from the CL archives (March 21, 2007), Part I.
• Tags: Features, Film, Film Reviews, film, film reviews, rock movies, A Hard Day's Night, The Last Waltz, This Is Spinal Tap, Woodstock, Gimme Shelter, Hair, Matt Brunson, Kandia Crazy Horse, Lynn Farris, John Grooms, Lew Herman, Fred Mills, John Schacht, Sam Shapiro, Samir Shukla, Ann Wicker, Rock 'N' Roll High School, Jailhouse Rock, Wattstax, Monterey Pop, Yellow Submarine, Let It Be, American Graffiti, Stop Making Sense, Almost Famous, The Harder They Come, 24 Hour Party People, Performance, We Jam Econo, Standing in the Shadows of Motown, The Beatles

Library's summer series sets sail

Ships Ahoy!! 8 Classic Seafaring Films begins June 16

• by Matt Brunson
• Tags: Features, Ships Ahoy!! 8 Classic Seafaring Films, film series, screening, Charlotte, library, movie, A Night to Remember, Lifeboat, The Black Pirate, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, The Crimson Pirate, Billy Budd, The Sea Hawk, Mutiny on the Bounty

Summer of cinema

A checklist of the season's hits and misses

• by Matt Brunson
A checklist of the season's hits and misses

Thunder chrome dome

A bald Cruise whips out his funny bone

• by Sara Vilkomerson
A bald Cruise whips out his funny bone

Air America

Powerful docudrama centers on ill-fated 9/11 flight

• by Matt Brunson
• Tags: Features, 3.94000

Summer Guide 2013: Summer films, flying high

16 titles that hold the most promise

• by Matt Brunson
• Tags: Features, summer movie preview, summer guide, movies in Charlotte, World War Z, The World's End, The Way, Way Back, This Is the End, Now You See Me, Much Ado About Nothing, Monsters University, Man of Steel, I'm So Excited, Elysium, The East, Byzantium, Blue Jasmine, The Bling Ring, Before Midnight, Matt Brunson, The Wolverine

Greatest Rock Films: The Best Also-Rans

• by Matt Brunson
An oldie but goodie from the CL archives (March 21, 2007), Part II.
• Tags: Features, Film, Film Reviews, film, film reviews, rock movies, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Purple Rain, Phantom of the Paradise, The T.A.M.I. Show, Velvet Goldmine, Help!, Matt Brunson, Kandia Crazy Horse, Lynn Farris, John Grooms, Lew Herman, Fred Mills, John Schacht, Sam Shapiro, Samir Shukla, Ann Wicker, Hustle & Flow, MC5: A True Testimonial, Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus, The Song Remains the Same

Taking stock of Bond: Ranking the 007 flicks

From Dr. No to Skyfall

• by Matt Brunson
• Tags: Features, Tomorrow Never Dies, Goldfinger, The Spy Who Loved Me, Casino Royale, For Your Eyes Only, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, From Russia With Love, Dr. No, Skyfall, The Living Daylights, Licence to Kill, You Only Live Twice, Octopussy, Never Say Never Again, Quantum of Solace, Diamonds Are Forever, Goldeneye, Thunderball, Moonraker, A View to Kill, The World Is Not Enough, Live and Let Die, James Bond, 007, movies, Sean Connery, Daniel Craig, Die Another Day, The Man with the Golden Gun, Timothy Dalton

Holy franchise, Batman!

Assessing the Caped Crusader's live-action efforts

• by Matt Brunson
• Tags: Features, Batman, Superman, The Dark Knight, Batman Begins, Batman & Robin, Batman Forever, Batman Returns, movie, film, review, Matt Brunson, Burt Ward, Adam West, The Dark Knight Rises, Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pfeiffer, Michael Keaton, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Christian Bale, Heath Ledger

Smoke This Issue: Film

The best movies to watch about getting high - or while high

• by Matt Brunson
• Tags: Features, Friday, weed, pot, 420, Reefer Madness, Up In Smoke, History of the World: Part 1, Jay and Silent Bob, influence, high

Oscar 2012 nominations: Extremely Shameless & Incredibly Dumb

• by Matt Brunson
• Tags: Features, movies, Oscars, Academy Awards 2012, Best Picture, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Shame, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Matt Brunson, film, reviews, Oscar nominations, movies, Charlotte, NC

Tall In The Saddle

Moving love story upends Western conventions

• by Matt Brunson

The best (and worst) movies of 2010

• by Matt Brunson

Knowing The Score

A fumble and a TKO

• by Matt Brunson
• Tags: Features, film_feature.html