plane crash in Hudson! video… when?

My clock radio woke me up this morning with the deejays talking to a guy on the phone who witnessed the plane crash — or maybe we need to call it the plane landing, so nonviolent and walk-away-able it appears to have been — in the Hudson River yesterday afternoon. This guy was the first … more…

dream cast: hypothetical ‘Fantasy Island’ movie

It’s Thursday, so it’s time to remake an 80s classic TV show or movie with an all-new cast. This week, in honor of Ricardo Montalban, who just passed away: Fantasy Island, the 1977-84 ABC series about dreams coming true. (If you have a suggestion for an 80s TV show or movie we should play with, … more…

watch it: “RecycleBank: The Recycling Cycle”

Not only informative about stuff I’ve wondered about (and maybe you have too) but from a technical standpoint, it’s beautifully interactive in a way I haven’t seen before. (Well, see here for the truly interactive version.) (via GirlieGirlArmy.com, where they feign to be fashion-obsessed divas, but really are philanthropic, eco, treehuggin’ intellectuals)

‘Battlestar Galactica’ returns tomorrow night

It’s almost over. Ten more episodes to go, and we’re gone. We’ll know who the final Cylon is, we’ll know (maybe) what happened to Earth, and we’ll know (hopefully) where the human race goes from here. My last preview is up now over at Film.com. Please check it out and comment if you like (and … more…

trailer break: ‘Confessions of a Shopaholic’

Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Oh the product placement you’ll go! Girls are so cute with their cute shoes and their cute bags and total lack of financial acumen and their lying on their resumes! Aren’t they? Seriously, what man wouldn’t want to just snap us up? And they will! So … more…

watch it: “POLICE FATALLY SHOOT UNARMED MAN – Laying Face Down and Shot in The Back! CAUGHT ON VIDEO!”

Hard to believe this didn’t happen sooner: cell phone cameras capture the shooting by police officer Johannes Mehserle of unarmed Oscar Grant on a BART transit platform in Oakland, California, early New Year’s morning: Hard to believe we haven’t seen video evidence of an event like this before, that is, not that events like this … more…

another Wednesday…

Another shocking lack of new Pushing Daisies. Hel-loooo? ABC? Are you out there? Are you ever going to put us out of our misery and give us the final three episodes? Bastards.