The Incredible Hulk (review)
It sounds like praising with faint damns to say that Edward Norton and Tim Roth are so much more interesting to watch onscreen than their cartoon alter egos are. I mean, duh, right?
Month: June 2008
MaryAnnJohanson.com is up and running
Ooo, didja see that “crossposted at MaryAnnJohanson.com” business at the end of this post? Been meaning to tell ya all week: MaryAnnJohanson.com is up and running. What does that mean? Well, for one thing, it means my long-neglected blog Geek Philosophy is no more… though all the postings from there can be found at MaryAnnJohanson.com … more…
yes, I’ve been skiving off again…
…and wasting time writing Doctor Who fanfic. Just posted the third installment of my latest opus. I must confess that part of why I’ve been so consumed with writing this tale is that I forgot how much I love writing fiction. This endeavor has really reminded me what I’ve been missing during the break of … more…
please, for the last time, I am NOT Scarlett Johansson
And I don’t have a crush on the Democratic presidential nominee: The sultry actress is amazed that Barack Obama has time to return her personal and adoring e-mails with ‘thoughtful’ and more than a brief line or two messages despite his busy schedule. But he does, often, with fan messages of his own to the … more…
good news from the cutting edge
Netflix has sold out of those new settop boxes that will let you download movies instantly and watch them on your TV. And DVRs are actually making people watch more network television, at a time when the networks have been fretting about bleeding viewers to cable. Hopefully someone is paying attention to these trends. More … more…
sign of the apocalypse No. 9,325,745: oh dear god no, Smurfs are coming
Someone make it stop: Smurfs head for big-screen at Columbia Pictures LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Smurfs, those blue-skinned cartoon gnomes with short tails and white hats, are celebrating their 50th anniversary with a Hollywood movie deal announced on Tuesday by Columbia Pictures. The Sony Corp.-owned studio said it has acquired motion picture rights to … more…
my week at the movies: “The Incredible Hulk,” “The Happening”
UPDATE 06.10: Turns out that The Happening will indeed screen for critics, but that I’ll have to miss the screening because of a prior commitment. But would you believe that I’ll make up for that with a screening of Get Smart [opens wide June 20] that I just learned of? I know that I’m just … more…
daily list: 5 great actors to play the new Sherlock Holmes
Guy Ritchie will write and direct a new film about the world’s first consulting detective, Victorian supersleuth Sherlock Holmes. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the story takes its cues from a forthcoming comic that [producer Lionel] Wigram wrote as a selling tool for a new take on the classic Sir Arthur Conan Doyle character. The … more…
‘Big Ideas for a Small Planet’ makes environmentalism funky and fun
The Arctic is melting. Polar bears are drowning. Tornadoes are striking Chicago and Minnesota. The oil is running out. It’s easy to get discouraged, looking at the state of the world today — is there anything we can do to lessen our negative impact on our planet without reverting to a hunter-gatherer culture? Turns out … more…
good news from the entertainment world
Unfortunately, it’s all fantasy: via This Modern World
