opening in the U.S. and Canada June 26: ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,’ ‘My Sister’s Keeper,’ ‘The Hurt Locker,’ ‘Cheri,’ more

opening wide Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: We do not negotiate with Decepticons, okay? Let’s roll. My Sister’s Keeper: Have you heard? It’s very sad when people die of cancer. I had no idea. So glad someone told me. opening limited The Hurt Locker: Maybe we could send Jeremy Renner to disarm that bit of … more…

the beauty of a bad film

That beauty? The creativity of film critics reaching to new heights of metaphor and poetry in our attempts to encapsulate just how the experience of a bad film impacted us. At the moment, that bad film that is inspiring so much cleverness is, of course, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. I wish I’d come up … more…

no girls need apply…

…and the “bravery” of the small-boobed woman. No wonder a gal might want to fly away… It’s The Week in Women, new over at the Alliance of Women Film Journalists…

Disqus commenting system enabled

Though only on new posts, or old posts with no comments. Existing posts that already have comments won’t be integrated into Disqus, unless Disqus comes up with a way to do that, or unless Disqus improves its documentation to explain how that can be done now. Let’s give it a whirl and see what it’s … more…

I interview Shohreh Aghdashloo…

…at Alliance of Women Film Journalists. She’s starring in The Stoning of Soraya M., opening in the U.S. in limited release today, and which I’ll review shortly. And I’ll just say that I am seriously girl-crushing on Shohreh. She is totally awesome, and I want to be just like her when I grow up.

screencap Friday: what the flick? #77

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.