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What if we all stopped shopping? Not for the basic necessities, obviously, but what if we stopped buying all the useless gadgets and made-in-China junk that we don’t need, that pushes us deeper into debt, that fails to satisfy the inarticulate cravings that send us to the mall on a recreational buying binge in the first place?
Biggest. December opening. Evah: Splendid disaster: Will Smith plus Judgment Day yields Boffo box office (I’m one quarter of the way through a year of haikus! I wasn’t sure I’d even get this far. Go me!)
Oh, but this is a beautiful film about human ugliness — spinelessness, small-mindedness, selfishness, and shame — and the possibility of moving beyond it all to a new place of joy, one that’s all the more meaningful for being so hard won.
More from writer-performer John Roberts: Time for me to get my tree! (Technorati tags: Christmas Tree, John Roberts)
TNT’s Saving Grace is back after a bit of a hiatus to wrap up its first season tonight and tomorrow with the last of its new episodes, and they’re good stuff. This has been one of the best new shows of the year: it’s smart stuff that trusts you can keep up with its dense … more…
It’s a week till Christmas Eve. You still need something cool for someone special… or maybe you’re just looking to reward yourself with some holiday cheer. Well, never fear: your Auntie Flick Chick is here to help. Sure, you may pay a little more for express shipping, or you may have to actually haul ass … more…
One of my fellow critics called ‘Juno’ ‘Knocked Up’ lite. Buzz on the Net wonders whether this is a chick flick, with all the accompanying baggage of inferiority and silly, frilly irrelevance that loaded phrase carries.
Cuz it seems like I’m never gonna get through the pile of awards screeners from the studios I absolutely must, must see before I finalize my top 10 list… Only critics feel That two hundred fifty flicks Per year ain’t enough
Bergman parody:
Oh the weather outside is frightful… Too cold and snowy To venture out to the ’plex. To the Netflix pile!
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