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Total Recall: Welcome to Coen Brothers Country (16 comments)

by RT Staff on Wednesday, Nov. 07 2007, 06:29 PM

Before expanding wide on November 21, No Country for Old Men (90 percent) will play in select cities this Friday riding a wave of huge expectations. The Cormac McCarthy-based thriller has made big splashes during festivals and it's touted as a major comeback for the Coen Brothers. What better time to look at the movies that have made the filmmaking siblings so popular?

Total Recall: American Gangster's Paradise (8 comments)

by RT Staff on Wednesday, Oct. 31 2007, 06:29 PM

This week, Ridley Scott's American Gangster starring Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington hits theaters. With its story of a drug kingpin and the cop who's trying to take him down, we at Rotten Tomatoes thought it would be a good time to delve into some flicks about organized crime you may have missed.

Total Recall: The Life Cinematic with Wes Anderson (15 comments)

by Tim Ryan and Alex Vo on Wednesday, Oct. 24 2007, 06:28 PM

Though no longer the critical darling, Wes Anderson still knows what it takes to draw in the hipsters. Critics have been lukewarm on The Darjeeling Limited, but the film's been doing boffo box office in limited release and looks to continue drawing crowds when it opens wide this Friday.

Total Recall: Ben (Affleck's) Bits (14 comments)

by Jen Yamato on Wednesday, Oct. 17 2007, 06:43 PM

In Gone Baby Gone, Ben Affleck directs younger brother Casey in a mystery surrounding the case of a missing Boston girl. In the spirit of Total Recall, we decided to take a look at some of the lesser-known roles from way back in the filmography of the man better known to some as Bennifer II.

Total Recall: We Own The Night and Other Sibling Showdowns (1 comments)

by Alex Vo on Wednesday, Oct. 10 2007, 01:15 PM

This week, We Own the Night hits theaters, telling the story of two brothers (played by Joaquin Phoenix and Mark Wahlberg) on opposite sides of the law. The sibling rivalry is often the basis for compelling cinema, something we'll explore in this week's Total Recall.

Total Recall: The Heartbreak Kid and the Movies of Neil Simon (4 comments)

by Alex Vo on Wednesday, Oct. 03 2007, 06:03 PM

After toning down the crude and turning up the cute for the last three years, the Farrelly brothers return to R-rated raunch territory with The Heartbreak Kid, opening this Friday. It's a remake of the 1972 Neil Simon film of the same name and this week we'll journey through the New York playwright's presence throughout cinematic history.

Total Recall: The Game Plan and Big Guys With Small Chicks (4 comments)

by Alex Vo on Wednesday, Sep. 26 2007, 06:20 PM

The Rock takes a career adjustment into comedy with this Friday's The Game Plan, playing a quarterback confronted with a daughter from an earlier relationship. This week, we'll look at other action stars who have opened up their Lunchables and shared the limelight.

Total Recall: Resident Evil and the Three Movies of the Post-Apocalypse (9 comments)

by Alex Vo on Wednesday, Sep. 19 2007, 04:52 PM

The T-virus has decimated billions, zombies have taken over, and, in the middle of a Nevada desert, only Milla Jovovich and her caravan of survivors stand a chance of saving the world. Such is the premise to Resident Evil: Extinction. Its the final installment to the popular action/horror trilogy and this week we'll inspect its cinematic roots.

Total Recall: Across the Universe And The Beatles On Film (22 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Wednesday, Sep. 12 2007, 03:29 PM

This week, Across the Universe hits theaters. Julie Taymor's film, starring Evan Rachel Wood and Jim Sturgess as a young couple in the midst of the heady, chaotic 1960s, utilizes the Beatles' music to evoke the time period. With that in mind, it's a good time to take a closer look at the Beatles' cinematic legacy.

Total Recall: 3:10 to Yuma And The Dark Side of the Frontier (7 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Wednesday, Sep. 05 2007, 06:34 PM

3:10 to Yuma joins a long line of Westerns that explore the complexities of human nature against the unforgiving backdrop of the frontier.

Total Recall: Halloween Director Rob Zombie's Favorites (21 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Wednesday, Aug. 29 2007, 04:58 PM

Under the "Hellbilly Deluxe" trappings, Rob Zombie is a true cinephile at heart: he's as likely to find inspiration in the works of Martin Scorsese and Sam Peckinpah as he is in the grimy world of low-rent 1970s drive-in fare. True, Zombie looks to the dark side for inspiration, but he's also informed by works with gallows humor.

Total Recall: The Invasion Joins A Long List Of Paranoia Movies (8 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Wednesday, Aug. 22 2007, 03:19 PM

Time will tell if The Invasion is remembered as a movie that captured something about the way we live in the 2000s, but one thing is for certain: It's the latest in a long line of films that attempt to grapple with our collective anxiety in uncertain times.

Total Recall: Johnny Depp's Best Movies (2 comments)

by Jeff Giles on

He once seemed destined for nothing better or worse than simple teen idolhood, but since escaping from 21 Jump Street in 1990, Johnny Depp has proven himself to be a brave (and mostly pretty astute) chooser of scripts, building an impressive filmography that encompasses everything from black-and-white arthouse fare (Dead Man) to blockbuster Disney trilogies (Pirates of the Caribbean). This weekend, he'll gun his way into theaters as John Dillinger in Michael Mann's Public Enemies, so we thought now would be a fine time to devote an installment of Total Recall to counting down the 10 best-reviewed releases of Depp's 25-year film career. As always, we let the Tomatometer do the heavy lifting, arranging our list according to the reviews written by the film critics we all know and love. With a lifetime Tomatometer rating of 63 percent -- not to mention a tendency to throw himself into some pretty far-flung roles -- there are bound to be some hotly contested omissions, but that's just part of what makes these things interesting, right?