FlickFilosopher.com tag:www.flickfilosopher.com,2009:/blog//1 2009-11-20T21:48:57Z FlickFilosopher.com Movable Type 3.36 U.K. box office: ‘2012’ opens big tag:www.flickfilosopher.com,2009:/blog//1.7537 2009-11-20T21:47:01Z 2009-11-20T21:48:57Z But Christmas Carol is the real winner: 1. 2012: £6.5 million (NEW) 2. A Christmas Carol: £2.5 million (2nd week; up 31%) 3. Harry Brown: £1.3 million (NEW) 4. Up: £.99 million 5. The Men Who Stare at Goats: £.8... MaryAnn Johanson http://www.flickfilosopher.com But Christmas Carol is the real winner: 1. 2012: £6.5 million (NEW) 2. A Christmas Carol: £2.5 million (2nd week; up 31%) 3. Harry Brown: £1.3 million (NEW) 4. Up: £.99 million 5. The Men Who Stare at Goats: £.8... screencap Friday: what the flick? #98 tag:www.flickfilosopher.com,2009:/blog//1.6666 2009-11-20T21:06:14Z 2009-11-20T21:07:03Z Friday fun! Here’s a screen capture from one of the DVDs in my collection (and it’s definitely from a movie, not a TV show). Guess the movie for fun and, well, fun. No prizes, just bragging rights. But hey: one... MaryAnn Johanson http://www.flickfilosopher.com Friday fun! Here’s a screen capture from one of the DVDs in my collection (and it’s definitely from a movie, not a TV show). Guess the movie for fun and, well, fun. No prizes, just bragging rights. But hey: one... trailer break: ‘Red Cliff’ tag:www.flickfilosopher.com,2009:/blog//1.7536 2009-11-20T16:41:42Z 2009-11-20T16:42:39Z Take a break from work: watch a trailer... "> " type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295">... MaryAnn Johanson http://www.flickfilosopher.com Take a break from work: watch a trailer... "> " type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295">... Planet 51 (review) tag:www.flickfilosopher.com,2009:/blog//1.7534 2009-11-20T15:09:22Z 2009-11-20T15:13:54Z Much of what might have made it appealing to true devotees of science fiction and cinema, like how it’s a pastiche of 1950s B-movies, is lost when its parodying of the paranoia and xenophobia of those films is so relentlessly trite and obvious... MaryAnn Johanson http://www.flickfilosopher.com Much of what might have made it appealing to true devotees of science fiction and cinema, like how it’s a pastiche of 1950s B-movies, is lost when its parodying of the paranoia and xenophobia of those films is so relentlessly trite and obvious... question of the day: Will you watch ‘Lost’ when it returns in February? tag:www.flickfilosopher.com,2009:/blog//1.7533 2009-11-20T13:15:18Z 2009-11-20T13:17:05Z The beginning of the beginning of the end for Lost, um, began yesterday with the announcement of the debut date for the final season: February 2, 2010. As Michael Ausiello at EW’s The Ausiello Files notes, 02022010 does sound like... MaryAnn Johanson http://www.flickfilosopher.com The beginning of the beginning of the end for Lost, um, began yesterday with the announcement of the debut date for the final season: February 2, 2010. As Michael Ausiello at EW’s The Ausiello Files notes, 02022010 does sound like... watch it: late 1950s/early 1960s Kool-Aid commercial tag:www.flickfilosopher.com,2009:/blog//1.7532 2009-11-19T22:42:55Z 2009-11-19T22:43:31Z From the era when children were forced to sing for their sugary nonnutritive refreshing beverages:... MaryAnn Johanson http://www.flickfilosopher.com From the era when children were forced to sing for their sugary nonnutritive refreshing beverages:... win ‘Farscape: The Complete Series’ Region 1 DVD box set tag:www.flickfilosopher.com,2009:/blog//1.7531 2009-11-19T19:58:41Z 2009-11-19T20:02:06Z WIN: Farscape: The Complete Series, a 26-disc box set containing all 88 episodes from all four seasons, plus 15 hours of bonus features HOW: write a funny caption for an image from the show THE RULES: If you have... MaryAnn Johanson http://www.flickfilosopher.com WIN: Farscape: The Complete Series, a 26-disc box set containing all 88 episodes from all four seasons, plus 15 hours of bonus features HOW: write a funny caption for an image from the show THE RULES: If you have... giveaway: ‘The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus 16-Ton Megaset’ and ‘Monty Python: The Other British Invasion’ Region 1 DVDs tag:www.flickfilosopher.com,2009:/blog//1.7530 2009-11-19T19:44:27Z 2009-11-19T19:45:09Z RULES: You’re eligible to win if 1) You have not won anything from me in 2009; 2) You have a U.S. mailing address; 3) You enter once and only once. In honor of the 40th anniversary of the very... MaryAnn Johanson http://www.flickfilosopher.com RULES: You’re eligible to win if 1) You have not won anything from me in 2009; 2) You have a U.S. mailing address; 3) You enter once and only once. In honor of the 40th anniversary of the very... The Twilight Saga: New Moon (review) tag:www.flickfilosopher.com,2009:/blog//1.7529 2009-11-19T18:15:53Z 2009-11-19T18:19:52Z Bella Cullen. Mrs. Edward Cullen. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cullen. Ms. Bella Cullen. Mrs. Jacob Black. Jacob and Bella Black. Mrs. Bella Black. Ms. Bella Swan Black. Mrs. Bella Swan Cullen. MaryAnn Johanson http://www.flickfilosopher.com Bella Cullen. Mrs. Edward Cullen. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cullen. Ms. Bella Cullen. Mrs. Jacob Black. Jacob and Bella Black. Mrs. Bella Black. Ms. Bella Swan Black. Mrs. Bella Swan Cullen. trailer break: ‘Me and Orson Welles’ tag:www.flickfilosopher.com,2009:/blog//1.7528 2009-11-19T16:31:46Z 2009-11-19T16:34:02Z Take a break from work: watch a trailer...... MaryAnn Johanson http://www.flickfilosopher.com Take a break from work: watch a trailer...... question of the day: Does knowledge about the nutritional content of movie snacks impact your snacking? tag:www.flickfilosopher.com,2009:/blog//1.7527 2009-11-19T14:34:49Z 2009-11-19T14:36:16Z The Center for Science in the Public Interest released a new study yesterday on the calorie and fat content of popular movie snacks. The upshot: It's hard to picture someone mindlessly ingesting three McDonald's Quarter Pounders with 12 pats of... MaryAnn Johanson http://www.flickfilosopher.com The Center for Science in the Public Interest released a new study yesterday on the calorie and fat content of popular movie snacks. The upshot: It's hard to picture someone mindlessly ingesting three McDonald's Quarter Pounders with 12 pats of... watch it: “7 Lessons Guys Can Learn From Edward Cullen (Part 1 of 2)” tag:www.flickfilosopher.com,2009:/blog//1.7526 2009-11-18T22:36:23Z 2009-11-18T22:38:42Z This is not embeddable, but I couldn’t not feature it, so please go check it out at YouTube, and then come back. ... Okay, you watched it? Did you watch Part 2? You’re back? Good. Now, I was so excited... MaryAnn Johanson http://www.flickfilosopher.com This is not embeddable, but I couldn’t not feature it, so please go check it out at YouTube, and then come back. ... Okay, you watched it? Did you watch Part 2? You’re back? Good. Now, I was so excited... North American box office: not the end of the world for ‘2012’ tag:www.flickfilosopher.com,2009:/blog//1.7525 2009-11-18T21:06:18Z 2009-11-18T21:08:50Z And arthouse flicks are setting off shockwaves, too: 1. 2012: $65.2 million (NEW) 2. A Christmas Carol: $22.3 million (2nd week; drops 26%) 3. Precious: $5.87 million (2nd week in limited release; up 214%) 4. The Men Who Stare at... MaryAnn Johanson http://www.flickfilosopher.com And arthouse flicks are setting off shockwaves, too: 1. 2012: $65.2 million (NEW) 2. A Christmas Carol: $22.3 million (2nd week; drops 26%) 3. Precious: $5.87 million (2nd week in limited release; up 214%) 4. The Men Who Stare at... caption this! image from ‘The Princess and the Frog’ tag:www.flickfilosopher.com,2009:/blog//1.7508 2009-11-18T20:00:44Z 2009-11-18T20:00:55Z Fun for Wednesdays! We look at an image from an upcoming movie or TV show and write snarky, witty, or otherwise entertaining captions for it. No prizes, it’s just for fun. Makes me want to sing, “There must be more... MaryAnn Johanson http://www.flickfilosopher.com Fun for Wednesdays! We look at an image from an upcoming movie or TV show and write snarky, witty, or otherwise entertaining captions for it. No prizes, it’s just for fun. Makes me want to sing, “There must be more... Fantastic Mr. Fox (review) tag:www.flickfilosopher.com,2009:/blog//1.7524 2009-11-18T19:18:41Z 2009-11-18T22:07:26Z Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach looked at a sweet-and-sour children’s story through a peculiarly skewed eye and said, This can be so much more. And they turned it into something touching and funny, and magically absurd and at the same time pointedly real. They turned it into something genius. MaryAnn Johanson http://www.flickfilosopher.com Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach looked at a sweet-and-sour children’s story through a peculiarly skewed eye and said, This can be so much more. And they turned it into something touching and funny, and magically absurd and at the same time pointedly real. They turned it into something genius.