no British box office this week
Just an FYI: the British box office numbers for Christmas weekend don’t seem to be available, so no update on those this week.
Year: 2008
North American box office: gone to the dogs with ‘Marley & Me’
Trying to figure out how to talk about the box office at the moment is a bit of a challenge, what with Christmas Day — always a big moviegoing day in North America — falling on a Thursday, and all the new wide releases opening that day. And then there’s this odd week, with no … more…
The Reader (review)
People sitting around looking at books? How does that become cinematic? But this is tougher: a movie about secrets.
watch it: “One year in 40 seconds”
Another New Year’s Eve, another year that seemed to zip by: Eirik Solheim — a professional geek in Norway who “lectures on themes like digital media, marketing, future technologies, blogging, imaging, social media and web 2.0” — took photos of the same spot all throughout the year, and recorded audio to go with it. And … more…
if it’s New Year’s Eve…
…then it must mean a Twilight Zone marathon on the Sci Fi Channel. Sci Fi pisses me off quite frequently, but then it goes and does stuff like this, and I love it again.
Marley & Me movie review: a dog’s life
It’s about human life with a dog. And it doesn’t have to force any of its sentiment because its emotion springs from an honest assessment of how wonderful, frustrating, and surprising life can be.
trailer break: ‘Chandni Chowk to China’
Take a break from not working this wasted holiday week: watch a movie trailer… Am I totally ahead of the curve, or what? What was I just saying about Bollywood movies not being marketed to non-Indian audiences (and still getting big audience in the U.S. and the U.K.)? Today in my email I get an … more…
bias update
obsession: Doctor Who (a new episode!) boyfriend: Lee Pace in Pushing Daisies (three more episodes to go *sigh*) psyched: absolutely nothing (I’m exhausted from being psyched for so many movies — time for a break) dreading: Bride Wars (more proof that Hollywood hates women) enemy: Frank Miller, for mangling The Spirit (an utter abuse of … more…
the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘Surfer, Dude’
Longboarding soul surfer “Soul surfer”? Steve Addington (Matthew McConaughey) returns to Malibu to spend his summer surfing his home break. But the waves go flat, and his sponsorship deal turns south. Huh. I didn’t know marijuana had gone corporate. “I’m Matthew McConaughey, and when I wanna get baked, I always choose… what’s the name of … more…
trailer break: ‘Bride Wars’
Take a break from not working this wasted holiday week: watch a movie trailer… Just a tip from this gal to the two gals (and one guy) who wrote this screenplay: Women who treat each other like this are not “best friends.” Calling them “frenemies” doesn’t help, because that’s one of the most despicable concepts … more…
