Swing Vote (review)
You almost want to hug ‘Swing Vote,’ too, it’s so cute in how it thinks that it’s not too late for all that, that one-man-one-vote really is something akin to, well, maybe nine innings of baseball on a glorious summer’s day.
Year: 2008
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (review)
Even with bar set low and my unconditional love set high, I cannot freakin’ believe how cruelly ‘Tomb’ rips out my geeky little heart and stomps on it.
trailer break: ‘Bottle Shock’
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Or watch it here. I really like this movie. Watch for everyone to call it this year’s Sideways — which it isn’t — just because it’s about wine. But if anyone orders chardonnay, I’m leaving. (Technorati tags: Bottle Shock, trailer)
dream cast: hypothetical ‘Greatest American Hero’ movie
Here’s a new game that, if we have fun with it, I’ll make a regular weekly feature. We take a book to adapt to TV or film — or a movie or TV show to remake — and we recast it with actors working today. This one came up last night among my gang of … more…
watch it: “Stop McCain Sense”
I love it. Ohmygod, there’s a whole series of these called Make McCain Exciting. I think I shall have to feature a few more over the next few days… (Technorati tags: Stop McCain Sense)
official proof that ‘Doctor Who’ is now so hip it might start to be annoying
A commenter at Gawker — Nick Denton’s über hip Manhattan media gossip blog — is calling himself “the Doctor,” and is using an image of the TARDIS as his avatar: I’ll just remind everyone that I was uncool long before it was cool to be so, and will remain so long after it’s uncool to … more…
first images of David Tennant as Hamlet
Shamelessly stolen from the Telegraph. There’s more. Check ’em out. (via Poly in London, in comments) (Technorati tags: David Tennant, Hamlet)
trailer break: ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’ teaser
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… I love it: it’s dark and grim and creepy, just as it should be. Interesting trivia: The kid playing young Tom Riddle is Ralph Fiennes’ nephew, Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, hence the resemblance. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince opens wide November 21. (Technorati tags: Harry Potter, Half-Blood … more…
watch it: “Screen Test: Matthew Goode”
Damn, it’s not embeddable, but you can watch it at the New York Times’ video subsite. Goode is the star of the new movie version of Bridehead Revisited, and he’s way more interesting than Charles Ryder, the character he plays in the film, who is as dull as dishwater. No, duller, actually. Plus, he talks … more…
Johnny Depp to play the Mad Hatter for Tim Burton
In a new Alice in Wonderland movie, that is. Not just, you know, at a party in the backyard or something. The news got me thinking about all the bizarre and fantastical characters Depp has played, and who else from classic and/or weird literature he could move on to after the Mad Hatter. A couple … more…
