Tribeca ’08: Redbelt (review)
David Mamet, in his latest as writer-director, has crafted a tale of corruption and nastiness as endemic to the twisted human spirit…
Year: 2008
screencap Friday: what the flick? #18
Friday fun! Here’s a screen capture from one of the DVDs in my collection (and it’s definitely from a movie, not a TV show). Guess the movie for fun and, well, fun. No prizes, just bragging rights.
opening wide: ‘Iron Man, ‘Made of Honor’
Iron Man Imagine if you could wear the coolest car ever, and, like, fly around in it and save the world and stuff. Because life wasn’t already amazing enough for Robert Downey Jr here: billionaire playboy with women hanging all over him and a dozen sportscars in his garage. No, he has to have a … more…
Made of Honor (review)
At first I thought, in spite of myself: ‘Okay, this might work.’
Four Minutes (Vier Minuten) (review)
Winner of multiple Golden Lolas (the German Oscar) and numerous awards at festivals around the world, this second feature from German writer-director Chris Kraus is an extraordinary tale about the power of music.
Nick Fury IS in ‘Iron Man’ after all!
So, a couple of days ago I mentioned that I’d seen Iron Man, and despite the fact that it is many kinds of awesome, the long-rumored cameo by Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury had not materialized. But then came news from Comic Book Resources, which attended the London premiere, also sans Fury, that perhaps … more…
‘Torchwood’ and ‘Robin Hood’ now available on iTunes
Hoorah! Both seasons of Torchwood are now available for download on iTunes. If you haven’t a chance to see the show, here’s a way to catch up. (I’m almost done with blogging about Season 1, and then I’ll move right into Season 2, so if you want to participate in the discussion, get downloading.) Also … more…
latest ‘BSG’ blog carnival
Lots more discussion of last Friday’s episode of Battlestar Galactica can be found at the latest blog carnival, which is back at Amy Vernon’s blog Remote Access this week. In case you’re still wondering what the hell happened in that episode… My discussion of last week’s episode is still here.
Iron Man (review)
This might well be the perfect comic book movie, actually. It’s just pertinent enough to feel like it’s set in something like the real world and just tongue-in-cheek enough not to get too heavy about it, but it’s got enough self-respect to be sincere.
watch it: “imagine if New York City’s taps went dry”
We take a lot of stuff for granted: via Karma Tube (Technorati tags: clean water)
