watch it: “Jonathan Coulton serenades Wil Wheaton at PAX 2009”
Oh, the levels of geekitude present here… Thanks to my pal Gail for pointing this out to me.
Month: September 2009
9 (review)
Imagine if Jules Verne wrote a movie for Pixar, if that steampunk visionary looked forward from his perch in the late Victorian age to a Great War in his near future that didn’t pause for twenty years to let everyone to catch their breath but instead went apocalyptic.
trailer break: ‘I Can Do Bad All by Myself’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Oh god, Tyler Perry is at it again. I mean, at exactly the same thing again. This looks like precisely the same crap he’s come up with before, multiple times: a Frankenstein’s monster of a movie that’s all slapstick comedy and crossdressing caricatures welded via some unholy … more…
Sleep Dealer (review)
Made on the cheap compared to Hollywood flicks, this thrillingly original and heartfelt Mexican film is a truly human story about the impact of technology on individuals and on society.
the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘Sophia Returning: The Path to Planetary Tantra’
So, who is this Sophia chick, and why does she want to have tantric sex with the planet? Is this some sort of weird green porno? John Lamb Lash is one of the foremost exponents of the power of myth to direct and shape an individual’s life, as well as history itself. Described as the … more…
question of the day: So, what happened to Mike Judge?
Last week, over at Film.com, I wrote a piece pondering the weird fate of Mike Judge, that his movies end up being brilliant and being dismissed, only to end up as cult favorites of subversion and sedition on DVD. I dismissed out of hand the possibility that Extract, his new film, would be anything other … more…
Gamer (review)
It’s visually incomprehensible, emotionally empty, thematically nihilistic, almost entirely plotless… and it thinks those are virtues.
watch it: “union meeting” clip from ‘Matewan’
For the Labor Day holiday viewing pleasure of my readers in the U.S., a scene from John Sayles’ 1987 flick Matewan: Matewan is out of print on DVD in Region 1, but used copies are available; likewise, it’s nuthin’ but used copies in Region 2, too.
what if a gal doesn’t want movies as her mistress?
Plus: Hollywood rapes women, a boob-ilicious tale, and how to get fired on network TV. Yup, it’s the latest installment of The Week in Women, my regular column over at the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Enjoy.
watch it: the 9/5/09 weekly address from President Barack Obama
We’re still falling off a cliff, but our rate of speed is slowing. Hoorah! I dunno what to make of all the programs Obama announces here, except that it sounds like if you don’t qualify as a “family,” if you don’t have kids or a mortgage, and if you work for yourself, you’re on your … more…
