bias alert!: hatin’ on ‘Knocked Up,’ lovin’ Richard Armitage, waitin’ on a rat
The Bias Meter becomes the Bias Alert, and I have a new Official Boyfriend…
Month: June 2007
Day Watch (Dnevnoy dozor) (review)
At an hour and 10 minutes into ‘Day Watch (Dnevnoy dozor),’ I was itching with boredom. Unfortunately, with the film’s excruciating running time of two hours and 20 minutes, my ordeal had reached only the halfway point.
holy crap
Can I just say: 75 comments on my review of Knocked Up? I feel like a real blogger, like all the kids are into these days. Go me.
‘Battlestar Galactica’ kaput: Season 4 will be the last
You’ve probably already heard, but here is the bittersweet news: Battlestar Galactica will end after Season 4, which will air in early 2008. I call it bittersweet not just cuz I’ve had a love/hate relationship with the show for a while (though it was back to love by the Season 3 finale a few months … more…
my week at the movies: ‘Ocean’s 13,’ ‘Nancy Drew,’ ‘Introducing the Dwights,’ ‘Surf’s Up,’ ‘You Kill Me,’ more
seeing red… I don’t need anything from Ocean’s 13 except two hours of George Clooney in a tux, some snarky and snappy dialogue, and clever thieving. Here’s hoping I get it. I see the film tonight, and I can’t wait. [opens June 8] More hopes: Can Nancy Drew be as cute as it looks? Nancy … more…
biased critics who accidentally tell you their biases
While I get beat up for being my regular ol’ biased self, here’s a great example of a bias that just accidentally happens to come out. It’s from, coincidentally enough, Time critic Richard Schickel’s review of Knocked Up: Alison (Katherine Heigl) and her sister Debbie (Leslie Mann) are out clubbing, celebrating the former’s promotion from … more…
Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams (review)
Not a true story, but it might well be: its devastating power rings with honesty and terrible authenticity.
Moral Orel: The Unholy Version: Volume 1 (review)
Every single one of these 15, 15-minute episodes across two discs is an outrageous satire on the absurdity of dogma and the terrifying power of unquestioning faith.
Casi casi (review)
All that distinguishes this slight, awkward teen comedy from the slew of *Saved by the Bell* knockoffs that populates cable TV aimed at kids is its Latino cast and Spanish-language dialogue.
the BBC goes WB with ‘Robin Hood,’ ‘Hex’
Robin Hood: bad (except for one Guy). Hex: devilishly good.
