http://www.wilnervision.com My other other gig. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:44:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My latest MSN DVD column does what it can to get people to pick up "MacGruber" -- sadly, I couldn't describe the funniest moments, as they were a little too vulgar for our audience's delicate mainstream sensibilities. Spin up the unrated version when you watch it, and see 'em all for ... http://www.wilnervision.com/?p=1331 In lieu of anything interesting today, here is an image from Michael Winterbottom's "The Trip", which stars Steve Coogan as "Steve Coogan" and Rob Brydon as "Rob Brydon" and is one of my most eagerly anticipated TIFF films. Don't get excited; I'm not seeing it today or anything. I just wanted ... http://www.wilnervision.com/?p=1330 It's not the low box-office numbers for the weekend that smarts so much as the way the Reuters writer treats the movies. I mean, sure, "The American" taking the top spot with a Friday-to-Sunday gross of $13 million (for $16.1 million overall) isn't exactly a triumph, but is this description ... http://www.wilnervision.com/?p=1329 If it's September -- and it is -- then it must be time for my elaborate Fall Movie Preview, now up at MSN Movies. My one regret is that there wasn't room for the M. Night Shyalaman-produced "Devil", which seems to suggest that the former wunderkind's future lies exclusively in thinking ... http://www.wilnervision.com/?p=1328 The weekend before Labour Day is traditionally the slowest of the year for moviegoing. Everyone has something else they have to be doing -- packing for school, enjoying the last free days of summer, avoiding whatever garbage the studios usually dump. But this year, the selection is better than average. In ... http://www.wilnervision.com/?p=1327 The latest issue of NOW is on the stands, inviting you to leap headfirst into the gathering TIFF madness -- you'll find our first wave of reviews, my five most-anticipated titles and much more. But there's non-festival stuff happening, too -- like the release of "Going the Distance", for which I ... http://www.wilnervision.com/?p=1326 This week's MSN DVD column hopes to draw some attention to the "Red Riding" trilogy, which is going straight to video in Canada this week. That's kind of shameful, really; the three features  (produced for the UK's Channel Four) constitute one epic theatrical experience -- or at least they did in ... http://www.wilnervision.com/?p=1325 My MSN DVD column has yet to go live -- I blame the pre-TIFF crush -- so I'm stuck for something to blog about this morning. Oh, I know: Did you see this great AV Club interview with Kristen Schaal and Rich Blomquist last week? They've written a book, "The Sexy ... http://www.wilnervision.com/?p=1324 The weekend box-office results are in, and "The Last Exorcism" has claimed the top spot -- barely. The virally marketed creeper earned just $300,000 more than its closest competition, the anonymous actioner "Takers". The former made $21.3 million; the latter, $21 million. (Sylvester Stallone's "The Expendables" dropped to third place ... http://www.wilnervision.com/?p=1323 When Patricia Neal died earlier this month, most of the obits and memorials played up her co-starring role opposite Paul Newman in "Hud". And that made sense; it's a great performance, and she won an Oscar for it. But the coverage of Neal's death also puts the lie to the "liberal ... http://www.wilnervision.com/?p=1322