Archive for the ‘MOTM’ Category

  • MOTM/LAMBcast #145: Children of Men

    by Dylan · Dec 17, 2012 at 4:18 CET · Blogathons, Featured, LAMBcast, MOTM, Podcasts · 3 Comments
    MOTM/LAMBcast #145: Children of Men

    They say the sixth time’s the charm, right?  Proof that perseverance pays off, Ryan Fernand of Lord of the Films submitted Children of Men to the MOTM poll once again for December and it finally paid off.  Then, after all that time, it wasn’t even close, as his choice had more than twice as many votes as the next closest film.  The 2006 sci-fi drama starring Clive Owen was pretty much universally loved by critics and movie...

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  • The next MOTM will be…

    by Dylan · Nov 20, 2012 at 3:34 CET · Features, MOTM, Periodic Features · 6 Comments
    The next MOTM will be…
    I'm here to tell you that persistence does indeed pay off......

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  • The next MOTM will be…

    by Dylan · Oct 23, 2012 at 19:04 CEST · MOTM · No Comments
    The next MOTM will be…


    It was another patented two-horse race for the MOTM.  It seems all of these end up that way, as a handful of films will open up an early lead, but as time goes on, people change votes and/or only vote for one of the top dogs, knowing that votes for the others won’t go anywhere (hey, that sounds like the American political system!).  Anyway, it was a close race between The Princess Bride and Licence to Kill,...

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  • MOTM/LAMBcast #136: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

    by Dylan · Oct 14, 2012 at 14:27 CEST · LAMBcast, MOTM · 3 Comments
    MOTM/LAMBcast #136: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

    [Note: I asked the MOTM Champion Justin if he’d be interested in writing the intro for this post.  Here’s what he delivered.] 

    Every month at the LAMB, we have a poll that establishes our Movie of the Month. The winner is watched and discussed on the LAMBcast by a few of our members. Sometimes the winner that we review together is serious (last month’s silent German film Metropolis),...

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  • The next MOTM will be…

    by Dylan · Sep 26, 2012 at 13:50 CEST · MOTM · No Comments
    The next MOTM will be…


    We had ourselves another two-horse race in the last MOTM poll, and it came down to two four-word-titled, underrated (?) modern films – White Men Can’t Jump and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.  In the end, the Robert Downey, Jr./Val Kilmer vehicle won out (championed by Justin Gott of Man, I Love Films), taking 26.3% of the 95 votes.  As such, Justin has won a chair in the LAMBcast in which we’ll discuss the film,...

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  • MOTM/LAMBcast #132: Metropolis

    by Dylan · Sep 17, 2012 at 18:30 CEST · LAMBcast, MOTM · No Comments
    MOTM/LAMBcast #132: Metropolis

    Can I just say that I love the eclectic group of films that have been chosen as the Movies of the Month by all the voters out there since we rejuvenated the MOTM feature in March of last year?  We’ve had critically-acclaimed films like Inglourious Basterds and The Shining, we’ve had cult films like The Evil Dead and Bronson, we’ve had foreign films (Oldboy, The Third Man), a...

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  • The next MOTM will be…

    by Dylan · Aug 27, 2012 at 12:02 CEST · LAMBcast, MOTM, MOTM Champions · No Comments
    The next MOTM will be…


    It’s safe to say that the latest MOTM poll turned into a blowout.  Deny Everything’s choice of Show Me Love took a commanding early lead, and Flights, Tights and Movie Nights’ Robocop selection made a deent run, but Metropolis, championed by 100 Years of Movies ran away with the vote, taking 29% of the 165 votes (nice turnout!).  As such, Pat of 100 Years has won a chair in the LAMBcast in which...

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  • MOTM/LAMBcast #128: Battle Royale

    by Dylan · Aug 19, 2012 at 22:50 CEST · LAMBcast, MOTM · 3 Comments
    MOTM/LAMBcast #128: Battle Royale

    Is it just me, or is it strange how the discussions of certain book-to-film adaptations seem to center on the quality of adaptation rather than the quality of film; that the act of the adaptation is so inseparable from the film that it’s impossible to ignore?  Think about The Hunger Games recently, or The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo; although certainly not all film bloggers read these books prior to seeing the films, it does...

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  • The next Movie of the Month will be…

    by Dylan · Jul 25, 2012 at 3:40 CEST · MOTM · 5 Comments
    The next Movie of the Month will be…


    On the latest MOTM poll, it turned out to be just a two-horse race, but nonetheless it was still a tense race, as Battle Royale and Primer duked it out till the end, with 3 Guys 1 Movie’s choice of BR winning in the end, by the tally of 32 votes to 25.  Now the titular guys just have to figure out which one will be the representative on the LAMBcast…

    So, here’s what goes down from...

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  • MOTM/LAMBcast #123: The Shape of Things

    by Dylan · Jul 17, 2012 at 5:05 CEST · LAMBcast, MOTM, MOTM Champions, Podcasts · 2 Comments
    MOTM/LAMBcast #123: The Shape of Things

    Neil LaBute’s fifth feature film (following such indie hits as In the Company of Men and Your Friends and Neighbors) came and went pretty quietly in 2003, despite featuring such current luminaries as Paul Rudd and Rachel Weisz (as well as Gretchen Mol).  Based on LaBute’s play of the same name, it follows the pattern he set of focusing on gender dynamics, featuring brutal, often funny dialogue and low...

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  • The next MOTM will be…

    by Dylan · Jul 3, 2012 at 4:10 CEST · MOTM · 3 Comments
    The next MOTM will be…


    This post comes at least a week late, and for that, I apologize.  You have just two weeks to watch the film, though if it helps at all, it is available to view on Netflix streaming.

    Somehow, some way, Dan Gvozden’s MOTM pick took down some titans.  If you’d asked me to predict The Shape of Things’ finishing place amongst the 10 films in the last MOTM poll, I’m not sure if I’d have guessed it...

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  • MOTM/LAMBcast #119: An American Werewolf in London

    by Dylan · Jun 17, 2012 at 20:09 CEST · MOTM · 1 Comment
    MOTM/LAMBcast #119: An American Werewolf in London

    Released in 1981, An American Werewolf in London was heralded early on for its groundbreaking special effects, which remain the de facto star all these years later.  A simple, stripped-down tale of men and the monsters that they become, it continued writer/director John Landis’ incredible 80s run after Animal House and The Blues Brothers and would lead directly to his working with Michael Jackson on the...

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