High School Musical 3: Senior Year (review)
All these all-singing, all-dancing high-schoolers are downright adorable, and without being annoying about it, either…
Month: October 2008
trailer break: ‘Waltz with Bashir’
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… When I talk about geek stuff going serious, this is the kind of thing I mean. Wow. Waltz with Bashir opens in the U.K. on November 21; opens in New York and Los Angeles on December 26.
‘High School Musical’ makes me feel old
So I’m watching High School Musical 3 last night, and I’m thinking, Hey, that Troy kid is really cute. And then I went, Hey, Troy’s dad is even cuter. And then I realized that all the actors playing the parents of all the high-schoolers are, like, my age. And I felt old. And I just … more…
dream cast: hypothetical ‘He-Man’ movie
It’s Thursday, so it’s time to remake an 80s classic TV show or movie with an all-new cast. This week: He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, the 1983-5 syndicated cartoon series that was among the first seemingly designed to do nothing but move toys off store shelves. (This topic was suggested by reader Bill. … more…
‘Pushing Daisies’ blogging: “Frescorts”
(previous: Episode 3: “Bad Habits”) Do you smell pie? I smell pie. Mmmmm, pie… [spoilers after the jump!] I was horrified to discover this morning that my DVR had not recorded last night’s episode of Pushing Daisies. I think I’ve fixed what I think was ailing the stupid machine (we’ll see if it records Life … more…
watch it: ‘P.O.V. Critical Condition’
The conversation on my review of Sicko got a bit of a jumpstart this week, so it’s a good moment to mention that the PBS documentary Critical Condition, about what happens when you don’t have health care in America and dare to get sick, is streaming in its entirety online through November 11, 2008. Watch … more…
trailer break: ‘Billy the Kid’
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Remember how confusing it was to be a teenager? Billy doesn’t have to remember: he’s still living it here in this 2007 documentary by Jennifer Venditti. Billy the Kid will be released on Region 1 DVD on October 28, and on Region 2 DVD on November … more…
watch it: “Capitalism Hits the Fan”
Richard Wolff, professor of economics at UMass Amherst, explains the roots of the current financial crisis and capitalism in general:
Trouble the Water (review)
Some documentaries change how you see the world. Some change how you see yourself. *Trouble the Water,* astonishingly, does both, and does both better then more you suspect yourself in no need of any eye-opening.
Boy A (review)
Jack Burridge did a very bad thing, years ago, as a child. Today, he’s a young man just released from a juvenile institution in a British city, trying to make his way anonymously in a world that knows all about his deed, and is not at all willing to pardon him for it.
