The Big Year

Movie Jail: This week’s defendant is…Jack Black!

Posted 12 years ago

This is Movie Jail, a unique maximum security prison that houses some of the worst writers, directors, actors and producers from Hollywood and beyond. Their crimes? The offenses vary from convict to convict but most of these inmates have contributed...

Movie Jail: This week’s defendant is…Owen Wilson!

Posted 13 years ago

Welcome to Movie Jail, a facility like any other, only its inmates are Hollywood writers, directors, actors and producers. This column will serve as a Movie Jail trial. We will put one defendant on trial; lay out arguments for the...

Review: The Big Year

Posted 14 years ago

PLOT: Three avid birdwatchers (Steve Martin, Jack Black & Owen Wilson) compete with each other to see who can win the “big year”, which is an annual competition judging who can spot the most species of birds. REVIEW: THE BIG...

First trailer for The Big Year doesn’t want you to know this movie’s about birdwatching

Posted 14 years ago

This trailer for THE BIG YEAR is weird for a couple of reasons. One, what’s with the random intro from the film’s three main leads? Two, for a film about those three entering what’s widely known to bird enthusiasts as...

Steve Martin to have a Big Year with Jack Black and Owen Wilson?

Posted 16 years ago

A BIG YEAR… bird-watching? Based on Mark Obmascik’s 1998 book The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession, the avian comedy follows three men “who try to outdo each other in a bird-watching competition to spot the...