Mamma Mia! movie review: out of tune
If there’s one thing that’s clear from this revue of ABBA’s hit songs, it’s that there really aren’t all that many great ABBA songs, hits or no.
Month: July 2008
Up the Yangtze (review)
A look at life along the Yangtze River as it was being dramatically transformed by the creation of the massive Three Gorges Dam…
Space Chimps (review)
If jokes about missing links and “the primate directive” are your idea of the height of wit…
‘The Cleaner’ has me scratching my head
I meant to write about The Cleaner, A&E’s new scripted drama, sooner, but I still don’t know quite what to make of it. I watched a screener of the pilot before it aired on Tuesday night, and then I watched it again when it aired, and I’m still kinda scratching my head and wondering, What … more…
16 Emmys noms for ‘Mad Men’
Basic cable smacked the networks and pay cable today when Mad Men (and Damages) were nominated in the best-drama-series category, a first for basic cable. As the AP also notes, rather gleefully, “stars from cable’s less glamorous channels also made a splash in major acting categories.” I’m still watching Season One of Mad Men on … more…
‘Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog’ Act II
It’s here! (previous: Act I) Frozen yogurt at the laundromat? Awww. How come I can’t meet a nice supervillain like Dr. Horrible? All the good evil ones really are taken, aren’t they? Or fictional. Best line of the episode: No, not “These are not the hammer.” The line after that. Nathan Fillion is a funny, … more…
what Hollywood does to women
• Sarah Jessica Parker gets shit because of her mole or lack thereof. • Rumer Willis (Bruce’s daughter) gets shit because of her chin. • Katie Holmes gets shit because of her height. She is all of five-nine, which causes her to call herself “a big one,” and to consider her height an “imperfection.” Is … more…
‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “Midnight”
Tons of spoilers! Don’t read till you’ve seen the episode! And no comments from party poopers!
‘Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog’ Act I has arrived!
Woo-hoo! If you tried to check out the debut of Joss Whedon’s new Web-only musical superhero spoof yesterday, you might have run into some trouble: the damn thing was so popular it crashed the Doc Horrible site. But all is fixed now (at least, if you’re in the U.S. and Canada — apparently folks around … more…
my review of ‘Robbie Coltrane: Incredible Britain’ over at Film.com
The actor Robbie Coltrane hosted a travel documentary thingie for British TV recently that’s just been released on DVD here in the States. It’s a lot of fun… head over to Film.com for my full review. And post some comments there and get a conversation started — my Film.com overlords will appreciate that.
