North American box office: ‘G-Force’? Really?

Armed guinea pigs beat Harry Potter? 1. G-Force: $31.7 million (NEW) 2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: $29.5 million (2nd week; drops 62%) 3. The Ugly Truth: $27.6 million (NEW) 4. Orphan: $12.9 million (NEW) 5. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: $8.4 million (4th week; drops 52%) actual numbers, not estimates Oh, god, … more…

the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘Shark Attack Lunch Box’

Huh. And here I thought there was an official unofficial moratorium are packing nonlunch things in pseudo retro lunch boxes if they didn’t actually have some sort of nostalgic value for the cohort of today’s consumers who once carried their bologna sandwiches to school in the 1960s and 70s in tin containers emblazoned with cartoon … more…

return of the sonic screwdriver, and… those boots!

Not that the sonic screwdriver ever really went away. But it seems that Matt Smith’s new Doctor has a new and improved toy. Maybe it’s 3G? Certainly, he can tweet with it… I’m mostly posting these to annoy my Doctor Who pal Bonnie, who is in mourning for David Tennant’s Doctor and refuses to hear … more…

trailer break: ‘Stargate: Universe’

Take a break from work: watch a TV trailer… “Yes, that is planet Earth, and yes, you are on a spaceship.” And yes, I’d like to imagine myself in that position, as I’m sure most of the intended audience for this show could say as well, but c’mon: Do we really need to be pandered … more…