watch it: “I Miss Moranis”
A fan Valentine to the not-late yet lamented-in-his-absence Rick Moranis: via Cinematical
Month: March 2009
my week at the movies: ‘Watchmen,’ ‘Sunshine Cleaning,’ ‘The Great Buck Howard’
I was supposed to check out two indie films yesterday, but there was half a foot of snow on the ground, so I skipped ’em. Fortunately there will be other screenings of those films, so no big loss. The snow has stopped and it’s sunny today, but at the moment here in NYC, it’s 16 … more…
trailer break: ‘Knowing’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… I get it! Nicolas Cage finds a piece of paper that, 50 years prior, unerringly predicted each and every future large-scale disaster to come… and there’s a few more yet to unfold. And Nicolas Cage will stop those disasters from unfolding. Because these predictions are absolutely accurate … more…
question of the day: Will women see ‘Watchmen’?
Kim Voynar, one of the smartest women writing about movies at the moment, wonders whether women will want to see Watchmen. Much of what she writes, in her extended musings on movie violence, context, and whether female moviegoers approach cinematic violence (and cinematic superheroes) on a different level than male moviegoers do, sounds very much … more…
reviews of ‘Watchmen’ embargoed! or not!
Dunno if you’ve heard, but apparently there’s a little superhero movie opening all over the world this Friday name of Watchmen. You’d think teh Interwebs was nutso over comic book movies or sumthin’, cuz everyone’s falling all over themselves to be the first geek to post a review of the movie. If you’re a geek … more…
watch it: “Clean Coal Air Freshener”
Notable because it’s hilarious… hilarious because it’s by Joel and Ethan Coen: This is part of the This Is Reality campaign to point out the fact that there’s no such thing as “clean coal”… no matter what Barack Obama says. “Clean coal harnesses the awesome power of the word clean…” That is the kind of … more…
yet more pictures from London
Following up on the last batch of photos, here’s more of what I saw. (If you were following my trip on Twitter, some of this will sound familiar.) Guys: Would you get your hair cut here? (in Ealing): A shop in the Spitalfields neighborhood: Even the construction barriers near the Tate Modern have been turned … more…
trailer break: ‘Miss March’ red-band trailer
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… So let me get this straight: It’s “funny” if a woman who is offering herself sexually to a man is then punished for behaving in a way that would generally garner at least temporary approval from men by being sucked out of the window of a moving … more…
more pictures from London
I’m still coming down from my London trip — I can’t believe I’ve been home for two weeks already! Here’s more of what I saw. If you were following my trip on Twitter, some of this will sound familiar. A rainy Monday night in the West End: Sunset from the top of the London Eye: … more…
question of the day: Do you still have a VCR?
A story on Cinematical over the weekend wrapped up the state of the decline of the VHS tape, with a particular emphasis on how many classic films are not available on DVD. Some of the commenters in response call out writer Peter Martin for ignoring DVD releases outside Region 1, and take issue with Martin’s … more…
