Year: 2007

fans save ‘Jericho’ from cancellation apocalypse

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It’s gonna go down in history as one of the great fan movements in pop culture history, I suspect: Jericho fans were so passionate in their outrage over CBS’s cancellation of the series that, rather unbelievably, CBS renewed the show for another seven episodes, to air no one knows quite when yet, except that it … more…

the ugly truth about (some) boys who like ‘Knocked Up’

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Peter Howell in the Toronto Star claims to have for us “the ugly truth about Knocked Up”: Funny, isn’t it, how willingly we buy movie plots about impossible casino heists, miraculous spider bites and rock-star pirates. And yet something as simple as a beautiful woman getting involved with a not-so-beautiful man strikes some of us … more…

Ocean’s Thirteen (review)

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Just so you know — because this is important when you’re talking to fans of George Clooney’s charming thief Danny Ocean — it’s an hour and 15 minutes into *Ocean’s Thirteen* before he appears in a tux.

‘Primeval’: what a croc

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Working on a tight schedule presented challenges of its own. Katleman says he’s pleased with the finished film, but “I’ll be honest, I would tweak everything more,” he says.

‘Die Hard’ on a bus

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I laughed out loud the first time I saw this bus ad recently. And as most of the dissenters of my review of Knocked Up are probably aware, there’s not a lot that makes me laugh out loud. Yes, I am sooo looking forward to Live Free or Die Hard. Bruce Willis is my second … more…

Day Watch (Dnevnoy dozor) (review)

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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

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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.