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Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Really, not safe for anyone, anywhere, anytime. You’ve been warned. This is from the fine demented folks at Troma, so we may assume that the trailer does not offer us all the “best” scenes, and that much more carnage, mayhem, and bodily fluid will be, er, on … more…
Following up on yesterday’s question about the ongoing mass extinction of local newspaper film critics, if you’re interested in this issue, you should be checking out the regularly updated list over at Movie City News over the last 121 (at the moment) critics who made their full-time living from reviewing movies. My question today is, … more…
Hoorah! It took staying up till 2am, but it’s done! My 2009 ranking — which some of you had noticed I’d been wildly behind in updating — is finally fully up to date. Funny how so far this year I’ve tended to review the bad movies more regularly than the good ones. It is usually … more…
I already knew Keith was a geek — every time he makes a Monty Python reference, a dead parrot gets its wings — and hence a hero of mine. But tonight he made what may be his geekiest reference yet. No, it wasn’t about Doctor Who, though I eagerly await that night, but the retelling … more…
They like fast cars in Britain, too: 1. Fast & Furious: £4.9 million (NEW) 2. Monsters vs. Aliens: £2.8 million (2nd week; drops 35%) 3. 17 Again: £2.6 (NEW) 4. The Boat That Rocked: £.97 million (2nd week; drops 47%) 5. Knowing: £.62 million (3rd week; drops 36%) (actual numbers, not estimates) When you see … more…
Avedon Carol reminds me that porn star Marilyn Chambers — who died this week at 56 — is the one who boiled the idiocy of the hypocrisy of American pop culture down to this: You can stab a breast in an American film, but you can’t kiss one. At least, not if you want a … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Yeah, it’s one of those crotchety-old-man-learns-the-meaning-of-blah-blah-blah movies, but I’ve seen it, and it’s lovely. The kid is adorable, in a dark kinda Charlie Bucket way, and Michael Caine is fantastic, of course. It makes me mad, though, that the trailer ignores the fact that the wonderful David … more…
The best thing that can be said about this gender-swapped trifle of a riff on *Freaky Friday* is that it’s entirely inoffensive…
For all you procrastinators out there:
Chances are that, no matter where you live in North America, you no longer have a local film critic writing for a local newspaper offering a local perspective on the films opening in your town. The situation was the focus a recent post by Canadian blogger Paul Matwychuk at his The Moviegoer. Matwychuk spoke to … more…
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