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Eric’s Bad Movies: ‘Waterworld’ (1995)

Thursday, March 26th, 2009

We’ve reached a milestone in Eric’s Bad Movies at Film.com, as this week’s column — “Waterworld,” the ambitious flop from 1995 starring Kevin Costner — is the 50th entry in the series. That means a year has gone by since we started (there were two vacation weeks in there somewhere), way back on April 3, 2008. Fifty bad movies a year is the FDA-approved recommended annual allowance.

Sorry for the radio silence the last several days, by the way. SXSW was a blast, as always, followed by a weekend trip to Houston to see a friend, which was also fun. But I returned home to find a huge pile of things that needed to get done — and I also, at some point, decided to run for a position on the Governing Committee of the Online Film Critics Society. The politics involved there have been much more time-consuming (not to mention rancorous) than you would think. Anyway, next week should be back to normal, more or less, whatever that means.

@jamesrocchi Does he call you …

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

@jamesrocchi Does he call you that because you were forced to turn him over to a bounty hunter? If so, I’d take it as a compliment.

Roger Ebert has very strict re…

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

Roger Ebert has very strict requirements for giving a 4-star review: The movie must be made, projected on a movie screen, and seen by him.

It was the new “Last House,” a…

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

It was the new “Last House,” and the 1926 original silent classic “Waterworld,” starring Buster Keaton in the Kevin Costner role.

My double feature last night c…

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

My double feature last night comprised “The Last House on the Left” and “Waterworld.” I love being cultured.

My little sister is engaged! T…

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

My little sister is engaged! The guy she’s been dating for like 47 years has finally proposed! It’s like a Seth Rogen movie come to life!

There’s nothing like a day of …

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

There’s nothing like a day of commercial air travel to turn a cheerful, optimistic person such as myself into an embittered crank.

The complete failure of the Am…

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

The complete failure of the American economic system is fine with me if it means I get fewer credit card offers in the mail.

@CCal No….

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

@CCal No.

It’s alarming to think of how …

Sunday, March 22nd, 2009

It’s alarming to think of how many people I’ve given romantic advice to, considering how retarded I am about it in my own life.


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