Bionic Woman: Volume One (review)
Really quite unbelievably dull… and mysteriously unfeminist, too.
Year: 2008
The First of May (review)
As undemanding family fare goes, the best you can hope for is that you don’t want to shoot yourself when it’s over, and by that measure, this gentle if unprepossessing flick succeeds.
watch it: “‘Charlie Rose’ by Samuel Beckett”
The future of the Internet, a found-clip piece from filmmaker Andrew Filippone Jr.: via Very Short List (Technorati tags: Charlie Rose, Samuel Beckett)
Baby Mama (review)
Why don’t we get movies that acknowledge the deeply weird wonderfulness of all this chaotic and confusing and hilarious life stuff? Are there any adults anywhere today?
this week’s ‘Battlestar Galactica’ blog carnival
The carnival roundup for discussion of the most recent episode of Battlestar Galactica is up, guest-hosted this week by Len Neighbors at Athens Exchange. If you’re still wrapping your head around that ending and what it means for, well, everyone, here’s a good place to start trying to figure it out. (My discussion of the … more…
scenes from New York Comic Con 2008: costumes
It was nonstop Halloween at New York Comic Con, which featured some very serious costuming… like, on a level so professional it was easy to believe that really was a Jedi Knight or a Stormtrooper wandering the showfloor… (More after the jump…) Even superheroes get tired: These guys were from The Fedora Chronicles: Where else … more…
watch it: “He’s Dead Jim”
glumbert – He’s Dead Jim (Technorati tags: He’s Dead Jim)
daily list: 7 frakkin’ cool substitute swear words
Four years into Battlestar Galactica, AdAge finally catches on that frak means fuck and that hey, maybe this means that standards on American TV are finally loosening up a bit. Somehow, I doubt it. Even if AdAge did entirely miss the fact that characters on Saving Grace, which airs on TNT, have regularly and casually … more…
today’s sign of the apocalypse: Miley Cryus are an author
Miley Cyrus — aka Hannah Montana — is writing a memoir. She’s 15 years old. “I am so excited to let fans in on how important my relationship with my family is to me,” Cyrus is quoted by Reuters. “I hope to motivate mothers and daughters to build lifetimes of memories together, and inspire kids … more…
scenes from New York Comic Con 2008: stuff to buy
Geeks are nothing if not consumers of cool crap. Following are pictures of some of the intriguing stuff I saw for sale at New York Comic Con. Of course I bought some stuff for myself too. It was a silly indulgence, but I couldn’t resist picking up a toy sonic screwdriver — it’s just like … more…
