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This suggestion for a QOTD came in from reader Patrick before I posted yesterday’s trailer for Law and Order: UK. But that coincidence only reinforces the necessity of the question itself. The question: What is the enduring appeal of the Law and Order franchise? I think it’s an especially interesting question to ask because L&O … more…
More pix from my London trip. Author Douglas Adams [Amazon U.S.] [Amazon U.K.] is buried in the new section of Highgate Cemetery, in North London (that’s the section you don’t need to take a tour to visit, though you do need to pay a fee). His grave is simple and tucked unobtrusively into one corner: … more…
First came the news of the new book Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Now we learn, via the Guardian, of a new movie: Pride and Predator: Will Clark, best known for his award-winning gothic comedy short The Amazing Trousers, will direct the film, which is being produced by Rocket partners Steve Hamilton Shaw and David … more…
I receive more DVDs in the mail than I can possibly ever review, and here I run them down once a week. These are all Region 1, though I’ll note if they’re available in Region 2, too. (And as an aside to all those British DVD publicists out there, I’m totally open to checking out … more…
Take a break from work: watch a TV trailer… I’ve been hearing about the expansion of the Law & Order franchise to London for a while now, and when I was there last week, I kept seeing this ad on ITV for the show. Somehow I had managed to not hear that both Jamie Bamber … more…
Earlier this week, Patrick Goldstein at his Los Angeles Times blog wondered “What happened to the fabled ‘Oscar bounce’?” In the midst of a tremendous box office boom, the films nominated for Oscars have not benefitted — in fact, they’re being all but overlooked by moviegoers, for the most part. Writes Goldstein: Here’s one perspective … more…
A followup to yesterday’s Christian Bale remix: I find the demureness hilarious. Bleeping out all the naughty words? C’mon: what are we, fuckin’ babies that we can’t hear the word fuck comin’ outta the mouth of our preznit?
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Again with the Hollywood and the hating females. Again with the women ruining perfect normal guys with their emotions and their hotness and their making the perfectly normal guys fall in love and do all sorts of things that perfectly normal guys shouldn’t do, like feel things. … more…
This Sunday’s Los Angeles Times ran a story with this disturbing headline and blurb: Publicists for octuplets’ mother quit over death threats Brentwood couple say they received threatening e-mails and phone calls soon after they began representing Nadya Suleman and set up a website for her. I say “disturbing” because, of course: death threats? Cripes. … more…
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