Blog Posts by Will Leitch

If you were to ask me the list the 10 most memorable movie-viewing experiences of my lifetime, I bet at least half of them would involve horror movies. At the very top would be "Creepshow."

Wrekin Hill EntertainmentEven before we started doing a movie site, we obsessively watched every trailer, both here at Yahoo! Movies and over at Apple's big trailer hub. This was less to get ourselves excited about "The Avengers" or a Batman sequel and more as a cataloging of everything coming out; after all, every movie, no matter how small, always has a trailer. Sometimes they're really small. Thus, we introduce yet another new, semi-regular feature on The Projector: Weird Movies We Found On Apple Trailers. Today: "Answer This."

Anchor Bay Films1. "The Son of No One" is terrible, which is really a shame, because it's clearly so heartfelt and sincere. That is not for nothing: The world has seen more than its fair share of cynical, lazy cop dramas, and in a sad way, "The Son of No One" earns points just for caring so much. Every scene is wrung dry for every bit of emotion, and even if that emotion never once rings true, even if the story doesn't make sense, even if every narrative instinct the film has points it in (often comically) wrong directions ... you never once doubt that writer/director Dito Montiel doesn't live and die with every second of it. You have to respect that. It's why I found myself shaking my head wearily at every scene that thuds to the ground and skitters across the floor, rather than ceding to the urge to chuckle. He's trying. He's trying way, way too hard.

Fox SearchlightIt occurred to us this morning that it's extremely likely we're going to have at least one awards-related post on this site every day for the next five months. This is the sort of over-reportage on self-congratulation that drives so many batty about film coverage. On the other hand: Look how nice Michael Fassbender looks in that tux!

UniversalIt is one of the most famous lines in both movie history and -- as a measure of just how powerful and lasting the film has been -- sports history: "If you build it, they will come." James Earl Jones' impassioned speech, an ode to idealistic faith in the goodness of both baseball and man himself, is the pinnacle of "Field of Dreams," Phil Alden Robinson's beloved 1989 Kevin Costner baseball drama. The "it" is a baseball field in Dyersville, Iowa, one that still exists and has been a beloved tourist attraction for more than 20 years. The farm the park was built on has been owned by the family of farmer Don Lansing since 1905, and the Lansing family has been allowing free admission to the field since the movie became a worldwide phenomenon. But now, as all things must ultimately be, it has been sold.

D Dipasupil/Getty ImagesIt sure is something seeing Eddie Murphy everywhere all of a sudden; this guy really wants "Tower Heist" to succeed, apparently. He can talk all he wants about how he hasn't been hiding in his house for the last 15 years, but the guy has always been hesitant to go through the promotional rigmarole of junkets and press conferences and local TV inanity. (We absolutely understand this.) Now, though, he'll do anything. We're fully expecting him to cameo as the mother in "How I Met Your Mother." Surprise!

ParamountTop Five (Full list)
1. "Puss In Boots" $34,000,000 ($34,000,000)
2. "Paranormal Activity 3" $18,530,000 ($81,305,000)
3. "In Time" $12,000,000 ($12,000,000)
4. "Footloose" $5,400,000 ($38,443,000)
5. "The Rum Diary" $5,010,000 ($5,010,326)

WireimageIt is unfathomable to use how in the world anybody got any work done. This is a movie blog, not a sports blog (though we understand sometimes how it might be difficult to tell), but the best World Series anyone can remember is going to Game Seven tonight. In, like, half an hour! Yeah, we'll go see "Like Crazy" again tomorrow. Your humble editors are both St. Louis Cardinals fans, but we mean no offense to the Texas Rangers or their fans, who seem like nice people, even if their steaks are of unusual depth and dimension and they show a passion for execution that exceeds that of the other 49. Baseball is the only thing we love as much as we love movies, and tonight is the Oscars and "Dark Knight" opening night in IMAX and a Paul Thomas Anderson opening and a Kubrick marathon all wrapped up into one. We're sure this post is gonna look silly in, like, four hours when the game is over, but for now: We cannot wait. We feel lucky to even have the chance to see it.