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Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… This is gonna be an interesting test for me. The American remake and truncation of the British miniseries of the same name looks rather intriguing from the trailer. Certainly, I’m a big fan of Russell Crowe, always love the intensity he brings to a role. I’m … more…
Here’s a new daily feature, just a little something to jumpstart conversation. Today: How are you changing your entertainment spending in the crashing economy? Downgrading your cable TV service? Staying home and watching DVDs instead of going to the multiplex? Renting DVDs instead of buying? Or choosing to economize in other areas so you can … more…
In this season of Oscar nominations and critics’ awards, gala ceremonies and acceptance speeches, won’t you give a thought to the merely very-good films of 2008, those that could not make it to the rarefied ranks of the best of the the best of the best simply because they lacked, perhaps, the benefit of the … more…
Another new feature, and one you can expect every day Monday through Friday. News stories I missed? Stuff you’d like me to cover? Questions you have for me? Something movie-, TV-, DVD-, or pop culture-related you want to talk about? This is where to do it.
Oops, this popped up so quickly I didn’t even have time to get psyched for it. I just heard about a screening tomorrow of Coraline (opens in the U.S. on February 6, and in the U.K. on May 15), and of course I jumped on it. Neil Gaiman done up Nightmare Before Christmas style with … more…
I knew Chad Vader was a meme, but I had no idea turkey bowling was a thing: There’s more than 600 turkey bowling videos on YouTube. I quite like “Turkey Bowling! ‘The frozen addiction’” too: YouTube, aka America’s Funniest Home Videos: The Next Generation.
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Moment-by-moment thoughts as I watched this trailer for the first time: 0:14: “What day is it? What year?” More time travel? Could Judgment Day stay still, temporally speaking, for five minutes so we can get our bearings? Sheesh. 0:37: “I knew it was coming. I thought … more…
What, the theatrical version wasn’t insult enough, we have to have an even longer one foisted on us?
Here’s a new daily feature, just a little something to jumpstart conversation. Today: Have you already acquired a blu-ray player? If so, does it live up to the hype? If not, are you planning on getting one soon? Me, I’m still perfectly happy with my upconverting DVD player, and I’m gonna try to hold out … more…
Just for fun, here’s a quick look of the top movies of 2008, from a box-office perspective: 1. The Dark Knight: $531,001,578 2. Iron Man: $318,313,199 3. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: $317,023,851 4. Hancock: $227,946,274 5. Wall-E: $223,806,889 6. Kung Fu Panda: $215,434,591 7. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa: $177,016,810 8. … more…
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