Terminator Salvation (review)
It’s a bleak future for humanity. Or, you know, not.
Month: May 2009
trailer break: ‘Up’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Ah, this just looks lovely. Can’t wait to see it. Up opens in the U.S. on May 29, and in the U.K. on October 16.
question of the day: What burning question do you hope ‘Terminator Salvation’ will finally answer?
The timeline of the Terminator universe is such a mess that I wonder if John Connor even will haven existed anymore. I don’t know when Judgment Day is, I don’t know who invented Skynet or when, and I don’t know how Sarah Connor can still be alive (but cancelled) in 2009. I’m so confused! But … more…
The Brothers Bloom (review)
A deliciously clever, convention-busting flick with more soul than you’d expect…
trailer break: ‘Dance Flick’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Oh dear god, the Wayanses are at it again. I love how they manage to blend racial stereotypes and misogyny in the trailer alone, with just a hint of incest for flavor. Bravo. I wish I could say that it was a mystery why movies like this … more…
the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘Gods of Football: The Making of the 2009 Calendar’
I’ve featured so many DVDs exploiting women in this feature, I figured it was time to go for the guys: Australia’s sexiest pro rugby players created a minor scandal last year when they agreed to pose nude for a breast cancer charity calendar. It was national news! The lavish, provocative “Gods of Football 2009 Calendar” … more…
question of the day: Will Perez Hilton’s sponsored blogging make you more suspicious of other bloggers’ motives in discussing movies?
I got an ache in the pit of my stomach when I read this at SFGate: Later this summer, a major movie studio will pay celebrity blogger Perez Hilton to tweet – comment on the micro-blogging service Twitter – for a week about a forthcoming movie (which Hilton’s ad seller declined to name). This month … more…
watch it: “Credit MacDaddy Local Bad Commercial”
This is apparently a real TV commercial: The anti-brilliance of the people who make local television ads is beyond measure.
time crash on a t-shirt
Apparently this shirt quickly sold out at Woot.com: I can’t see why. The illustration is completely inaccurate. The TARDIS would never sustain damage like this merely from a collision with an automobile, even one tricked out with an oscillation overthruster– er, flux capacitor. (Thanks to Colleen for pointing this out to me.)
trailer break: ‘What Goes Up’ (formerly titled ‘Safety Glass’)
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… I heard “Hilary Duff” and “Steve Coogan” and I’m not sure what I thought — maybe something along the lines of Hamlet 2 — but I’m pretty certain I did not think, “Serious drama about adolescence and tragedy and grief and sadness and other not-comedy stuff.” Or … more…
