Tropic Thunder (review)
Oh please please please let it be true that Ben Stiller is done with the humiliation ‘comedies’ and is getting back to his roots in smart satire.
Month: August 2008
watch it: “lego indiana jones”
More LEGO fun. At first I was thinking, What inspires people to do such things?, but then it took a strange turn, and then I knew: (Technorati tags: Indiana Jones, LEGO)
dream cast: hypothetical ‘Back to the Future’ remake
It’s Thursday, so it’s time to remake an 80s classic TV show or movie with an all-new cast. This week: Back to the Future, the classic 1985 Robert Zemeckis science fiction comedy about a time-travelling high schooler who accidentally changes his family’s past… and so threatens to wipe himself out of existence. The original cast … more…
trailer break: ‘Blindness’
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… It’s Children of Men, except everyone’s blind instead of infertile. Neat. I do so crave smart science fiction: I hope this qualifies. I love the cast: Don McKellar, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Gael Garcia Bernal, Sandra Oh, and Danny Glover. Nice. And it’s from director Fernando … more…
watch it: “Bowling for Sandercoe”
I don’t think we realize the difficulties LEGO people face in their daily lives: Also: People sponsor the weirdest contests. (Click on the “more info” link.) (Technorati tags: Bowling for Sandercoe, LEGO)
Bottle Shock (review)
In 1976, an English wine merchant name of Steven Spurrier, who ran a shop in Paris, hit upon the idea of setting up a competition between the wines of France and those of Northern California…
trailer break: ‘Rachel Getting Married’
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… In other words, Jonathan Demme gets Anne Hathaway to wallow in indie grunginess, and smoke in artistically appropriate ways (because movies are no longer allowed to approve of tobacco use). I bet she gets to indulge in some creative swearing and nudity, too. You know, purely … more…
watch it: “Cup Stacking World Record”
As we celebrate the 2008 Summer Olympics, let us not forget that they also compete who could not travel to Beijing: (Technorati tags: Cup Stacking World Record)
shocking news: Adam Sandler hates movie critics
Spotted at the IMDB’s WENN: Adam Sandler has blamed the media for influencing his box office ratings – because they never write good things about him. The funnyman ignores critics who deliberately write bad reviews of his films but he is angry when their opinions influence the public. But hasn’t Sandler heard that we critics … more…
have ‘Tropic Thunder’ protesters actually seen the movie?
The only possible explanation for their complete wrongheadedness here is that they haven’t: US groups that represent the disabled have protested at the premiere of Ben Stiller’s new film, Tropic Thunder. Demonstrators who gathered outside the Mann Village Theatre, in Los Angeles, said the film “humiliates people with intellectual disabilities”. What? The movie, quite clearly, … more…
