‘Heroes’ blogging: “Angels and Monsters”

(previous: Chapter Four: “I Am Become Death”) It may sound absurd: but don’t be naive Even Heroes have the right to bleed I may be disturbed: but won’t you conceed Even Heroes have the right to dream but It’s not easy to be me Everyone thinks superheroes got it made. Not so. [spoiler-laden commentary on … more…

bias update

obsession: awards season (though I’m kinda dreading the huge quantity of movies demanding to be seen between now and December 31) boyfriend: Lee Pace in Pushing Daisies (cuz he’s just the cutest thing ever) psyched: Synecdoche, New York (I am so ready for another Charlie Kaufman mindfuck) dreading: An American Carol (because watching the implosion … more…

Kenneth Branagh to direct Thor movie?

Are you sitting down? Kenneth Branagh — Kenneth Branagh — is in talks with Marvel Comics to bring the superhero Thor to the big screen. Branagh’s the last person I’d have thought of to take on a comic-book movie, but the more I think on it, the more I like it. Comic books are serious … more…

trailer break: ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’

Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Ah, Christ, how gut-wrenching is this one gonna be? The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas — aka The Boy in the Striped Pajamas in the U.S. — is now playing in the U.K., and opens in the U.S. in limited release on November 7.

my week at the movies: ‘Sex Drive,’ ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas,’ ‘W.,’ ‘Max Payne,’ ‘What Just Happened,’ ‘How to Lose Friends and Alienate People’

I was sorta dreading Sex Drive (opens wide in the U.S. October 17; opens in the U.K. January 9, 2009) — which is about a high school student who drives across the country to have sex with a woman he only knows from the Internet — until I discovered that it’s the first big film … more…

weekend box office: doggie doo-doo dominates again

I understand that in hard times, people just want something silly to entertain them. But Beverly Hills Chihuahua? Really? 1. Beverly Hills Chihuahua: $17.5 million (dropping 40% in its 2nd week) 2. Quarantine: $14.2 million (NEW) 3. Body of Lies: $13.1 million (NEW) 4. Eagle Eye: $11 million (3rd week) 5. Nick & Norah’s Infinite … more…