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Thursday, May 8, 2008

The Wachowskis Still in Hiding as ‘Speed Racer’ Circles the Drain

3:30AM Defamer Hollywood | For all its confectionery imagery, Christina Ricci scene-stealing and the few other things Speed Racer gets right, it still faces a box-office false start that could make Leatherheads look like a hit in comparison. We sketched a few of the hurdles here yesterday (number one being its own studio’s resignation to its underachievement), but at this point there’s only one that counts: Larry and Andy Wachowski need to climb out of their hole. More »
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Thursday, February 21, 2008

The Top 7 Cinematic Fashion Trends We’re Glad Didn’t Set Hollywood Ablaze

8:38AM Molly Friedman | The perfectly coiffed folks over at Men’s Vogue decided to put together a very thorough list of the top 50 films that had the “most impact on men’s style” when they came out. And their choices (The Graduate and Easy Rider among them) are certainly worthy of mention, but all that superior dressage got us wondering: which style trends should we be most thankful for NOT catching on? From Dante’s distressed flannel in Clerks to those infamous white codpieces in A Clockwork Orange, we present a list of our Top 7 least favorite male fashion trends to ever disgrace the silver screen: More »
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