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7/31: Gone Girl
January 7, 2015 – 7:09 PM | 8 Comments
7/31: <em>Gone Girl</em>

I really wanted to like Gone Girl, and I thought I might reaaaaally hate it, because I gave up on the book 15 pages in.

6/31: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2009)
January 6, 2015 – 2:07 PM | 8 Comments
6/31: <em>The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo</em> (2009)

Nothing beats grudgingly watching one of the “Why’s this on here?”s in the ol’ Netflix queue and having an unexpectedly good time.

31 Films In 31 Days II: Revenge Of The Netflix Queue
December 16, 2014 – 10:18 AM | 13 Comments
31 Films In 31 Days II: Revenge Of The Netflix Queue

Coming in January: cinemasochism redux!

ATP Hotness And Cream: Wimbledon 2014
July 1, 2014 – 8:17 AM | 10 Comments
ATP Hotness And Cream: Wimbledon 2014

The ATP Round of 16 Hotness returns to the All-England Tomato Club for the first time in two years, as my esteemed colleagues Paul Quinn, Couch Baron, and Joe R survey what is probably the …

Elsewhere In The Tomatoverse: Mitch Gaylord Weeps
December 23, 2013 – 7:36 AM | 12 Comments
Elsewhere In The Tomatoverse: Mitch Gaylord Weeps

Well, tries to.

Terms And Conditions May Apply
July 11, 2013 – 3:49 PM | 8 Comments
Terms And Conditions May Apply

Let’s go out to the lobby, and get ourselves a Couch Baron, again! John Ramos produced another fine film, Terms And Conditions May Apply, and I’m super-happy to plug this one, because 1) it’s a …

Cinemarch Madness: Intro and Nomination Round
March 4, 2013 – 9:58 AM | 307 Comments
Cinemarch Madness: Intro and Nomination Round

Greetings, friends and cinephiles, and welcome to Cinemarch Madness: the TN bracket that crowns the most heartbreaking film of all time.
The idea began years ago, at a bar that doesn’t exist anymore, with a scribbled …

Arbitrage: No money down
December 23, 2012 – 5:22 PM | 5 Comments
<I>Arbitrage</I>: No money down

Apparently, Arbitrage is getting some Oscars notice. True, said “notice” may consist primarily of its own PR team, but Couch Baron and I decided to check it out, mostly to see if yet another “high-finance …

ATP Hotness and Cream: Wimbledon 2012
July 2, 2012 – 8:28 AM | 10 Comments
ATP Hotness and Cream: Wimbledon 2012

Tomato Nation is hosting the ATP Round of 16 Hotness for the first time. It’s an honor! But also a grind, as many of our traditional favorites were ousted in the first week of play, …

Elsewhere in the Tomatoverse: Brooklyn Girls and tennis boys
June 6, 2012 – 8:55 PM | No Comment
Elsewhere in the Tomatoverse: Brooklyn <I>Girls</I> and tennis boys

In case you missed ’em, 1) Couch Baron, Joe R, and I ranked the French Open’s Round of 16ers over at the baronial blog. A triumph for Tipsarevic, backhand-orgasm face, and not one but TWO …