Month: March 2009
The Haunting in Connecticut (review)
It’s almost impossible not to be sympathetic to any character Virginia Madsen (The Number 23) plays, she’s so irresistibly likeable a screen presence, but that gets tried sorely in this rote haunted-house flick, which telegraphs its obvious scares, even the ones it has shamelessly stolen from far superior scary movies. The year is 1987, and … more…
question of the day: Is HBO going online in the right way?
I’ve long been an advocate of TV shows being made available online, but it seems to me that HBO has it entirely wrong: Time Warner Cable, the second-largest cable operator in the country, is working with customers here to test a subscriber model for online TV viewing. Residents who pay for HBO can watch “Big … more…
Shall We Kiss? (review)
Charming and tender and wisely funny…
weekend open thread: almost April Fool’s edition
Got a lot of catching up with reviews to do — 12 Rounds definitely; not sure yet if I have anything special to say about Haunting in Connecticut; plus some indies and foreigns and DVDs — but I’m taking a bit of a break for part of today to hang out with some friends. Then … more…
watch it: the 3/28/09 weekly address from President Barack Obama
Hmmm, the Red Cross and the National Guard is on the scene before an impending disaster hits? What a concept.
The Week in Women
The latest installment of my regular column “The Week in Women” is up over at the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Enjoy.
screencap Friday: what the flick? #64
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. But hey: one guess per comment — no fair hogging all the guesses.
watch it: “Pleo At Sea World 2008”
Instead of a cat video today, you get a dolphin video. This is awesome. Someone took their lifelife baby dinosaur toy to Sea World, and it completely intrigued the dolphins: It’s like the dolphins are falling all over one another to check out the little dino. So cool. I wish we could talk to the … more…
trailer break: ‘Lesbian Vampire Killers’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Ooo! British trailers can use the words shitty and cowshit without getting a redband? How grownup! Ooo, and they can use the word fucking, too? Wow. What the hell is it with straight guys and lesbians? Dudes: they’re not into you, not matter what dumb movies like … more…
