‘Iraq for Sale’: documentary filmmaking and political activism you can be a part of
Help muckracking filmmaker Robert Greenwald stick it to war profiteers and corrupt politicians.
Year: 2006
Brits on American TV (and DVD): Hugh Laurie, Dominic Monaghan, Christopher Eccleston
You thought Hugh Laurie was a nobody before ‘House’? Think again…
cinemastrology: cinemascopes for the week of 04.27-05.03
Get yer weekly cinemastrology fix, and laugh at Hollywood again for the very first time.
cinemastrology signs revealed! Julia, Britney, Paula, and more
My secret informer comes through with some big stuff, in which we discover part of why Hollywood is such a screwed-up place
Akeelah and the Bee (review)
Pretty darn wonderful: uplifting without being sappy, inspiring without being unrealistic. I confess I got a bit sniffly at the end, even though I saw the ending coming…
American Gun (review)
It’s no bit of cheap exploitation created merely to rake in some dough, but it isn’t very good, either.
‘Lestat’ on Broadway: well, it’s certainly sucking
The multibillion-dollar musical adaptation opens tonight, and I had the very bad luck to attend a preview performance recently…
new on DVD: murder, revenge, swordfighting, true love… and Aeon Flux
Everyone’s in love — and some of them are in spandex — this week on DVD.
ecological disaster on film: at the IROSF
Link to my latest essay over at the Internet Review of Science Fiction
weekend box office: ‘Silent Hill’ makes noise, ‘Scary Movie’ still terrifyingly successful
At the multiplex, no one can hear you scream… Well, sure they can, but they’ll never know whether you’re screaming at the gore onscreen or the societal decline it represents…
