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In this edition of Canon Of Film, we honor of the release of Tully by taking a look back at Jason Reitman‘s directorial debut and coming-of-age-classic, Juno. For the story behind the genesis of the Canon, you can click here.

Juno (2007)

Director: Jason Reitman

Screenplay: Diablo Cody I shocked a lot of people when I said that I ranked Juno ahead of both No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood on my Top Ten films of 2007 list. At the time the movie came out, I had it ranked number one, and thought it should’ve won the Oscar. I still think that, look I love those other films, and yes, I now placed “Once” just ahead of it, but Juno should’ve won, and I completely, do not get the supposed backlash to this movie. Yeah, I just rewatched the Nostalgia Critic’s commentary on it,...

The original, slapstick-heavy Looney Tunes series of cartoons ran from the early 1930s to the late 1960s, generating over a thousand short films, each one about six or seven minutes in length. It was not until 1979, however, until Warner Bros. actually released a feature-length motion picture based on the series. That film, Chuck Jones’ The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie, relied heavily on clips from the classic cartoons and was enough of a financial success to inspire four more piecemeal Looney features between 1981 and 1988. And that’s all before Space Jam was a thing. Doug Walker, star of the long-running webseries Nostalgia Critic, revisits the entire franchise in a video handily titled “All The Looney Tunes Movies.” Here, he limits himself to feature-length productions that were released theatrically and contained at least some new material. There’s still plenty to talk about, though, including the fact that ...

Over the past few months, YouTube’s Content ID platform has generated a lot of controversy. The digital rights management service, which lets rights holders identify, claim, and monetize unlicensed use of their intellectual property, has drawn criticism from creators who believe it puts too much power in the hands of claimants

Now, YouTube is responding. The video site has announced a change that will allow uploaders whose videos receive Content ID claims to accrue ad revenue on those videos as they contest the claims against them.

That’s not the easiest sentence to understand, but within the Content ID process, the change is a logical one. Every day, thousands of YouTube channels re-upload videos or use trademarked content without receiving permission from the original rights holder. In most of those cases, the rights holder files a Content ID claim, the claim is accepted, and the rights holder can choose...

Nostalgia Critic wonders if the film parody is dead. From Young Frankenstein to the Scary Movie movies it is a free fall plummet rather than a steady decline. Lots of clips to illustrate.

Cinema Blend The Muppet Movie is coming to BluRay for the first time

Marvel Thor The Dark World's official site is up

Fast Design movie posters that reduce your favorite films to geometric shapes - some of these are awesome. Others I dont quite get.

"Fighting Spirits" check out this 5 minute animated short, a semifinalist for the 2012 Student Oscar, about rival ballerinas

Slate great magazine articles that inspired movies from Bling Ring to Fast Times at Ridgemont High

Coming Soon The Weinstein Co's buying spree continues unabated: Jane Got a Gun, Carol, Passengers, Suite Francaise, and The Young and Prodigious Spivet

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Salon how "You are My Sunshine" became a children's classic

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Roger Ebert has passed away after a prolonged battle with cancer, and the Internet has wasted no time eulogizing its favorite film critic. Several channels, such as Current and The Young Turks, have noted Ebert's unabashed display of his politics, which both allowed him to build trust with his audience and bring light to issues (such as the underappreciated nature of Black cinema) that may have been otherwise ignored. For online film critics, however, Ebert has a special significance. After all, this is the man who, more than anyone else, made film criticism into a commercial art. He brought personality to his reviews, a personality that many online critics have attempted to emulate in some capacity. While several YouTube film reviewers have offered their views, the most important and on-point remembrance has come from Doug Walker, better known as the Nostalgia Critic. Walker is arguably the most well-known film critic on the Internet,...

Oz the Great and Powerful has been getting the reception from the public that's hardest to comment on: It's okay.  Not great.  Not bad.  Not even mediocre, as in stylistically boring.  It's just...okay.  A big flaming ball of adequacy, to quote the Nostalgia Critic.  One part that has been getting praise, though, have been the visuals.  They not only look good, but the 3D is implemented well.  You can't see the 3D, but you can see the impressive opening credits to the film online now with the studio's blessing.