my week the movies: ‘The Ugly Truth,’ ‘New Orleans, Mon Amour,’ ‘The Answer Man,’ ‘Orphan,’ ‘Bliss,’ ‘Adam’

Get it? It is a truth universally acknowledged that men love with their dicks and women love with their brains. Everyone just knows this. I’m not sure if we should take this as an indication that the people involved in making this movie actually genuinely don’t understand that people are wildly individualistic and so figure … more…

trailer break: ‘St. Trinian’s’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Didn’t get a chance to check out that screener last week, like I thought I would. So this is my first peek at the film… Oo, Colin Firth is the villain: that should be fun. Wait, I’m confused: Are the girls “trouble” because they detonate high explosives … more…

first look at Matt Smith’s ‘Doctor Who’ costume

Production started today on the 2010 series of Doctor Who, the one with Steven Moffat in charge and Matt Smith starring as the Doctor, and the BBC released the first image of Smith in costume: Looks like David Tennant’s 10th Doctor geek chic has been exchanged for… what? Nerd chic? At least the boots keep … more…

retro trailer: ‘The Goonies’

Take a look back at an old trailer… It’s funny how different trailers looked even 25 years ago — this feels really slow, doesn’t it? Look how young Sean Astin is! And Josh Brolin! Can you imagine a movie today calling a kid “Chunk”? It’d never happen — everyone would be too worried about damaging … more…

is David Tennant going to play Bilbo Baggins?

This sounds purely speculative to me, but what fun speculation: Doctor Who’s David Tennant tipped to play Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit The 38-year-old is tipped to play Bilbo Baggins in the big screen adaptation of JRR Tolkien’s book. The Scottish star leads a list of stars, including James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe, vying to … more…