LITTLE-KNOWN FACT No. 6

LITTLE-KNOWN FACT THAT SHOULD NOT BE LITTLE-KNOWN

Shia LaBeouf pooped himself until he was 12 years old.

CLASSIC REVIEW: ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’

There were many posters of this movie to choose from. I chose this one because it gets to the point, and, as a reporter, I tend to appreciate things that get to the point. Don't bury the lede. You could teach with this thing in 100-level journalism classes.

Part of a continuous series of classic film reviews from some of the most eloquent, hilarious film critics from yesterday and today. That sounds really official. It’s really just self-indulgent.

Broadly speaking, Manohla Dargis is a very good movie critic. She’s smart. Much smarter than me — and most people. I read most of her stuff. But if I could change anything about her, it’s this: She analyzes movies through her own political prism. I can’t think of any examples off the top of my head, but there are plenty of them in this “Transformers: Revenege of the Fallen” review, which, despite those things, is quite funny and good.

CLASSIC REVIEW: ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull’

Part of a continuous series of classic film reviews from some of the most eloquent, hilarious film critics from yesterday and today. That sounds really official. But it’s really just self-indulgent.

Roger Ebert gets a bad rap. He’s seen today as the people’s critic, the everyman. He’s a Midwestern guy who’s been writing film reviews for the Chicago Sun-Times for the last several decades, and, until recently, was in charge of “At the Movies,” a once-indispensable, nationally syndicated television show featuring on-air criticism by Ebert, Gene Siskel (before he died), Richard Roeper and a host of great guest hosts.

SteelBooks or I don’t know what to do about freakin’ SteelBooks

I was perusing the DVD sale at Borders on Ponce de Leon Avenue on Tuesday. It’s usually somewhat sacriligeous and pretty much downright idiotic to buy movies at Borders and Barnes & Noble, which specialize in buying DVDs and then marking them up about $10 because retarded white people and coffee drinkers are willing to spend $25 on a copy of “Oldboy” simply because it’s “a cool Korean movie… very, like, Kafkaesque.”

TRAILER REVIEW: ‘Fighting’ or Dito Montiel returns

Apple Trailers finally dropped a hi-def trailer for “Fighting,” the sophomore flick from writer-director Dito Montiel. Montiel dropped like a hammer on the scene in 2006. Dude had written a book called “A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints” and somehow by the grace of God was allowed to adapt the book for the screen and direct it. He’s a weird guy. Stammers a lot. Plays himself down. Was briefly famous in the early ’90s when his punk band signed a $1 million deal with Geffen Records and got immediately dropped, making his band one of the most successful unsuccessful bands in rock history, according to Wikipedia, which is an accurate reference source. He also modeled.