Category Archives: Movies

Sunday Night in Cinema 3 Episode 13

Posted on April 2, 2018 by Scott M

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-mw6x3-8e7e4a April fools’ day brings us the worst film I saw ten years ago (Roland Emmerich’s 10,000 BC) and the worst film in my DVD collection, a creepy Canadian kids’ film called Gooby starring Robbie Coltrane and Eugene Levy. I … Continue reading →

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Podcast Ep. 5: Cloverfield & Wong Kar Wai

Posted on February 4, 2018 by Scott M

This week I look back at Cloverfield, the first actual good movie in Cinema 3 that year. From the DVD collection it’s a dreamy slice of Americana called My Blueberry Nights, directed by Wong Kar Wai. Plus, as usual I … Continue reading →

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Podcast Ep. 4: Treasures and Vendettas

Posted on January 28, 2018 by Scott M

https://www.podbean.com/media/player/9jas4-85b0dd?from=site&vjs=1&skin=1&fonts=Helvetica&auto=0&download=0 This week I revisit the dreadful film that started this whole thing ten years ago, National Treasure: Book of Secrets starring Nicolas Cage and a bunch of great actors who needed to build summer homes. I also look at … Continue reading →

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Now available on iTunes!

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Scott M

If you’re like me and you manage your podcast subscriptions through iTunes, good news! Now you can find Sunday Night in Cinema 3 there by looking it up in the iTunes store. Or you can check out the iTunes web … Continue reading →

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Sunday Night in Cinema 3 Episode 2

Posted on January 14, 2018 by Scott M

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-m23hb-836302 This week I am talking about remakes versus original versions, most notably a great Chinese film you may not have seen called Infernal Affairs. I also start down an autobiographical road during the intermission, looking at the beginnings of … Continue reading →

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Greetings from 2018.

Posted on January 1, 2018 by Scott M

Hello, movie lovers. I am reviving this blog, partly to celebrate the tenth anniversary of SNiC3, partly as the home base for a new podcast, partly to start writing new material for a book, and partly to log my movie-watching … Continue reading →

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Welcome, film lovers!

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Scott M

You have found the archive of a film blog that I wrote every week for a year; check out the About page to see why. I will someday go back and fill in the gaps that were left by a … Continue reading →

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Week 52: Roll the Credits

Posted on December 28, 2008 by Scott M

With no winter storms to hide behind this week, I returned to Cinema 3 for the last installment of my year-long experiment. Not surprisingly during this festive season, the movie was still a rerun (The Day The Earth Stood Still) … Continue reading →

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Week 51: Road House

Posted on December 21, 2008 by Scott M

This is an unusual week in Cinema 3. First, it’s Christmas week, a time when the movie house fills with parents trying to entertain their children who are on vacation, while studios try to pimp their oscar-bait and dump their … Continue reading →

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Week 49: Rachel Getting Married

Posted on December 7, 2008 by Scott M

MPAA#: 44366 Showtime: 9:10 Ticket price: 10.99 Seat: upper right Shotgun: none Attendance: 3 Weather: wet snow Food: Dr. Pepper, Mike & Ikes Expectations: moderate Met?: yes Pre-show ads: Coke, Toyota, Telus Trailers: Heaven on Earth Review: For a film … Continue reading →

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