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17 Movies That Probably Shouldn’t Have Been Made into Broadway Musicals

17 Movies That Probably Shouldn't Have Been Made into Broadway Musicals

On Wednesday, the New York Times reported that a musical based off of Rocky is in the works, with plans for it to hit Broadway in 2013. My immediate reaction (besides “That’s a TERRIBLE IDEA!”) was this: What is up with all of the musicals being based off of movies these days? Are there truly no original stories left? Or are the people who write Broadway just getting lazy? Because Rocky is far from the only movie to get the Broadway treatment. There have been many, and while some, like The Producers, have in fact ended up being wonderful, the vast majority of them are either bad, or– even worse– simply mediocre. Here’s a look at 17 movies that probably shouldn’t have attempted to take on Broadway. More »

Adventures in Netflix: Borderline Offensive and Just Plain Odd Movie Genres

Adventures in Netflix: Borderline Offensive and Just Plain Odd Movie Genres

Netflix has always excelled at giving you recommendations based on movies you’ve watched in the past. But based on some of their recent movie descriptions, I’m starting to wonder exactly who is in charge of naming movie genres over there. More »

The Top Ten Scariest Movie Scenes EVER

The Top Ten Scariest Movie Scenes EVER

Happy Halloween! To celebrate, why not grab a handful of trick or treat candy and sit back and watch my picks for the scariest movie scenes EVER.

First on the list: The Shining. Quite possibly the first horror movie I ever saw, and one that still gives me the heebie-jeebies just thinking about it. “All work and no play make Jack go something….something…..” ai, yi, yi. Here’s a viddy:

Second: Poltergeist. Because little kids in scary movies really seriously freak me out… More »

Sex and the City rumored storyline

Sex and the City rumored storyline

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So all of us who are fans of Sex and the City were excited to hear that we were going to get another movie, right? Except listen to what is being rumored as the storyline. You might want to breathe really deeply and go to your happy place, because seriously, this will PISS. YOU. OFF.

Are you there? Happy place? Okay:

Big loses his bazillions and has to move to London in a one-bedroom apartment. While there… More »

Sarah Jessica Parker talks about the next “Sex and the City” movie

Sarah Jessica Parker talks about the next "Sex and the City" movie

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So we all know that there’s going to be another “Sex and the City” movie at this point, right? The first one was so wildly successful that the powers that be are hoping to duplicate that. Sarah Jessica Parker, who plays the character of Carrie, gave a teensy bit of information about the new flick yesterday:
“”I think we want this one to be a romp. The last one, we got to tell a really mature sophisticated… More »