Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (review)
This is how far cartoons have descended in the last decade and a half: *The Lion King* was Shakespearean. *Ice Age* is *Everybody Loves Raymond*ean.
Month: June 2009
the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘Princess Protection Program’
Get ready for a hilarious and heartwarming royal reality check in Princess Protection Program, the new smash-hit Disney Channel Original Movie starring Selena Gomez, Wizards Of Waverly Place, and Demi Lovato, Sonny With A Chance. Plus, this Royal B.F.F. Extended Edition DVD features an insider’s look at the realities and responsibilities of being a real-life … more…
trailer break: ‘G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra’ second trailer
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… You know how yesterday I complained that there isn’t enough Christopher Eccleston in the trailer for Amelia? Well, here’s a second trailer for G.I. Joe, and he ain’t in it at all. He’s the friggin’ super badass villain, with friggin’ laser beams on his head and stuff. … more…
Public Enemies (review)
I’m wildly intrigued by *Public Enemies* even though I readily concede that character development is all but nonexistent, and that it leaves me more wanting to know who notorious bank robber John Dillinger was than I did before I went into the film.
watch it: “David After Dentist”
Is this real life?
question of the day: Isn’t the multimillion-dollar sale of the Pirate Bay a stamp of approval on piracy?
Break the law, go to jail, make a ton of money? My jaw dropped when I saw this at Gamespot: The Pirate Bay, seen by many as the bane of the world’s entertainment industries, is to be purchased by Swedish firm Global Gaming Factory, according to both entities. GGF primarily provides “digital distribution of advertising, … more…
watch it: “Michael Jackson Has Died”
There’s something very creepy about this, mostly because I suspect it wasn’t meant to be creepy at all, but Important and Meaningful: One of the saddest days in a long time? Do people really feel that way about celebrities? Or are people’s lives really that devoid of real emotion that the death of someone they … more…
my week at the movies: ‘Shrink,’ ‘In the Loop’
Slow screening week, as holiday weeks tend to be… Kevin Spacey is a Hollywood psychiatrist in Shrink (opens in the U.S. on July 24; no U.K. release date has been announced yet). I hope he goes all American Beauty on the asses of all his celebrity clients and tells them to shove their problems while … more…
trailer break: ‘Amelia’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… I mentioned the fact that this trailer had debuted in my “The Week in Women” column on Friday, because it’s gonna be (I hope, pretty please) an important film about a woman who hasn’t gotten anywhere near the treatment in movies that she deserves, and probably would … more…
question of the day: What movie are you most looking forward to in July?
As of this writing, 12 movies will open wide in North America in the month of July. Which means that even if you’re an active moviegoer and see a movie each week, you’ve still gotta pick and choose (and it’s even worse if you’re in a city on the arthouse circuit, but let’s not make … more…
