Ben Barna

800 Articles Published

Favorite Movies: Se7en, Fargo, Unbreakable, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Forrest Gump, Batman, Terminator read more 2, Requiem for a Dream, Kickboxer, Vertigo, The Departed, Demolition Man, The Matrix, The Maltese Falcon, Saving Private Ryan, There's Something About Mary, Groundhog Day, La Dolce Vita

Likes: Spying on crushes online, melted cheese, gravy, removing plaque, smelling wet read more skin, giving tickles, the cosmos, trying to be a hipster, the ending of Lost Season 3, costanza, blizzarts monday, tokyo wednesday, green room saturday, chess in the park, pre-drinking, wall blasting, thongs, the scene, secret shows, buffets and just generally vibing

Towelhead poster

Posted 18 years ago

Alan Ball has one of the best track records in Hollywood. Anyone that can claim both AMERICAN BEAUTY and SIX FEET UNDER to their credit is doing something right. With those two projects under his belt, how can his new...

Ebert is back

Posted 18 years ago

I didn’t even realize Roger Ebert had stopped reviewing movies again. I admit that I haven’t been checking his site weekly, which I almost always do, but apparently he was forced to have yet another surgery, and thus missed a...

Final Bin Laden poster

Posted 18 years ago

Considering everything that’s going on in the Middle East, what with the war on terror and all, documentarian Morgan Spurlock seems to be having a helluva time looking for Osama Bin Laden. If you don’t believe me, check out the...

Levitt’s Stop-Loss trailer

Posted 18 years ago

Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of interviewing Kimberly Peirce for another publication I write for. She stormed onto the scene nine years ago with BOYS DON’T CRY, and is finally back with just her second feature, STOP-LOSS. After...

Bruno busts a move

Posted 18 years ago

The following clip has been online for several days now, but due to our staff’s round the clock efforts to bring you the Jake Gyllenhaal as Spider-man scoop, I guess it sort of passed us by. It was filmed at...

Hillcoat gets wet

Posted 18 years ago

Once, there was a girl I was attempting to court, and I forced her (with a machete to her pinky) to watch THE PROPOSITION with me. And guess what? She loved it, and now she loves me. Thank you John...

Welcome to Agora

Posted 18 years ago

Alejandro Amenábar is a young, Latin director who has made some notable films in his early career. He broke into the mainstream with THE OTHERS and followed that up with the art-house sensation THE SEA INSIDE, starring sudden superstar Javier...

The Fall poster

Posted 18 years ago

Behold, ladies and gentlemen, Tarsem! Or at least a poster for Tarsem’s film, THE FALL. If you’ve seen Tarsem’s first film, THE CELL, you can’t doubt the man’s visual panache. The images he puts on screen are stunning. But can...

New Indy TV spot

Posted 18 years ago

Watching the new TV spot for the upcoming INDIANA JONES flick, I can’t help but wonder how an old-fashioned adventure like this would play to current audiences without the iconography of the franchise attached to it. First with the teaser,...

College Poster

Posted 18 years ago

There were lots of Best. Weekend. Evers. in college (or as we call it in Canada, university). There were a lot afterwards too. I kind of wish I kept a catalogue of my weekend exploits in Montreal, because as it...

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