Heroes: Season Two (review)
It’s interesting to have a look at the Season Two DVD set for the sense you can gather, in the subtext of the bonus materials, of a series that became a victim of outside circumstances as well as its own success.
Year: 2008
trailer break: ‘Body of Lies’
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Huh. I was more excited for this flick before I saw the trailer. Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio in a Ridley Scott film? That sounds like a killer prospect. And then I watched the trailer just now, and it looks rather similar to Traitor, which I … more…
Tina Fey to play Sarah Palin in Oliver Stone’s 2011 McCain movie?
Actually, I have no idea what Oliver Stone’s movie plans are, but check out the September 2004 cover of Life magazine: Kinda creepy, ain’t it? I guess Stone could get Ian Holm in his old-Bilbo makeup to play McCain… via ThinkProgress by way of Eschaton
dream cast: hypothetical ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ remake
It’s Thursday, so it’s time to remake an 80s classic TV show or movie with an all-new cast. This week: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, the 1986 John Hughes flick about how the coolest kid in school plays hooky. (If you have a suggestion for an 80s TV show or movie we should play with, feel … more…
watch it: “The Large Hadron Rap”
Geeks are too cool: Lots of folks emailed me about this: thanks to you all. And keep the suggestions coming — I can’t scout the whole Net myself.
still futzing a little with the new design…
It’s like, you make one clean spot, and all of a sudden the whole place looks like hell…
my week at the movies: ‘The Women,’ ‘Burn After Reading,’ ‘Bangkok Dangerous,’ ‘Happy-Go-Lucky’
Update: A last-minute addition to my screening schedule this week: Happy-Go-Lucky [opens limited October 10]. This is the new one from Mike Leigh, who made the wonderful Vera Drake, though this one’s a comedy. It’ll be a selection at both the upcoming Toronto and New York film festivals. It’s another sloooow movie week for me, … more…
John McCain is a Cylon
Not that that’s exactly a newsflash. The site 4/29truth.com has the scoop, but don’t click through if you haven’t seen the latest season of Battlestar Galactica, or you’ll get a whopping big spoiler. I tend to agree, however, with the commenter on this issue at Boing Boing (the post there is also a big spoiler) … more…
that “in a world” guy dies
I’ve gotten links to this one from lots of you: Don LaFontaine, voice of movie trailers, has died at the age of 68. Oddly enough, I have absolutely nothing to say about this. Does that make me a bad person? I don’t mean I wished the man ill or anything, but the news of his … more…
watch it: “McCain / Gunderson ’08”
via Americablog
