Exes & Ohs: The Complete First Season (review)
Vacillates between eager earnestness and too-cutesy preciousness…
Month: July 2008
Twisted: A Balloonamentary (review)
A cheery and friendly look at a little-known subculture…
the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘World’s Wildest Bachelor Parties’
I’m waiting for the three-disc Criterion edition, the one with the director’s commentary.
trailer break: ‘W.’ teaser
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Wow. Oliver Stone is a nut, but he’s a nut I sympathize with — I dunno whether to believe a word of his JFK, but, as a movie, it’s genius. Is that what we’re in for here? No, scratch that: there is no doubt that George … more…
is FlickFilosopher.com crashing your iPhone?
I hear this from reader Clayj via email: I’ve noticed over the past few days that when I visit your site using an iPhone, clicking ANY link within the site causes Safari on the iPhone to freeze up. Basically, the only page I can view is the main page. Do you know about this problem, … more…
Kirikou and the Wild Beast (review)
Ya kinda wanna smack someone. The back cover of the new DVD of *Kirikou and the Wild Beast*, the sequel to the beloved 1998 French film *Kirikou and the Sorceress*, features a ‘warning’…
Comedy Central’s TV Funhouse (review)
It’s like a kids’ show gone horribly wrong…
The Tracey Fragments (review)
If you’re not clear what all the fuss over Ellen Page is about, check out this 2007 Canadian film, a showcase for her extraordinary and challenging talent…
watch it: “Truth Happens”
I watch all the crappy Net videos, and point out the good ones, so you don’t have to. It’s kind of an ad, but the philosophy is worth remembering. Plus, it’s a beautiful piece of montage art: glumbert – Truth Happens (Technorati tags: Truth Happens)
‘Eureka’ Season 3 begins tonight
Sweet is not often a word you can apply to science fiction, but it’s a good word for Eureka. Nice is another one. (I’ve used gentle before, too, to describe the show, and that’s a good one as well.) And it’s all still true in the Season 3 premiere episode “Bad to the Drone,” debuting … more…
