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…

my week at the movies: ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars,’ ‘Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer,’ ‘Hounddog,’ ‘Henry Poole Is Here,’ ‘Sukiyaki Western Django’

UPDATE: Just heard about a screener of The Rocker [opens wide August 20] that I’ll attend today. Rainn Wilson as a washed-up musician who gets another chance at fame? It could go to 11, I guess… I like the Clone Wars stuff from Cartoon Network just fine, but I’m not so sure what to think … more…

trailer break: ‘CJ7’

Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… (Click here to see the Quicktime trailer.) It’s one of those boy-and-his-alien movies, Asian style. Cute. CJ7 is like E.T. meets Stitch, and the Three Stooges are looking after him, except all three of them are embodied in Stephen Chow. (The little boy is darn adorable … more…

“you racist melon farmer”

Die Hard With a Vengeance is on TNT right now, and since that’s a basic cable channel all the profanity has been tamed way down. And so Samuel L. Jackson just called Bruce Willis a “racist melon farmer.” I don’t know what that means, but it’s pretty funny. MORE: Somehow, “Yippie-kai-ay, my friend” just doesn’t … more…

trailer break: ‘Kung Fu Killer’

Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Must be watched! (Or download a chucky Quicktime file here.) This is what Spike tells me about the miniseries: Set in late 1920s in China, before Communist rule, Kung Fu Killer tells the story of White Crane (David Carradine), an orphaned son of Western missionaries who … more…