‘Expelled’ as a cultural artifact

I’ve closed comments on my review of the creationist propaganda film Expelled. And yes, I use that term — creationist propaganda film — quite deliberately. I’d hoped the discussion about the film and my review would be about, you know, the film and the issues it raises about how science and fact are warped in … more…

opening wide today: ‘The Forbidden Kingdom,’ ‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall,’ ‘88 Minutes,’ ‘Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed’

The Forbidden Kingdom A kung-fu-crazed kid from South Boston wakes up in medieval China, where he is tasked with a quest that involves visiting the Jade Warlord before he can return home. And Jackie Chan was there, and Jet Li, and flying monkeys (really!). There’s no yellow brick road or yappy little dog, but there … more…

watch it: “My Life in 6 Words”

How very interesting! Can we reduce our lives to six words? Lots of people are trying… and I may too, in the next couple of days, if I can figure out this life thing, that is… (Technorati tags: My Life in 6 Words)

The Forbidden Kingdom (review)

So a martial-arts-mad teen from South Boston goes into a Chinatown pawn shop, see. It’s pretty much the same little-bit-scary, little-bit-cool, loaded-with-interesting-old-junk Chinatown pawn shop that Hoyt Axton went into in *Gremlins* and came out with the cute, cuddly Mogwai, so you know some weird shit is in the offing.

newsflash: men have penises!

Shocking news from Hollywood! Individuals of the male half of the human species each apparently has an appendage of a sexual nature dangling between his legs. This breakthrough discovery has been made by the film Forgetting Sarah Marshall, as reported yesterday at the Internet Movie Database: In the latest exhibition of taboo busting, Jason Segel, … more…