watch it: “spanking the cat 2”
You say cat massage is too sissy for you and your cat? Try cat spanking!
Month: September 2009
screencap Friday: what the flick? #87
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.
September 4: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but it’s the last weekend of the summer and the last chance to burn dead animals on the barbecue — yum! — before the cool weather sets in. But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection of … more…
trailer break: ‘Sorority Row’
Based on the acclaimed novel by the Dalai Lama and winner of this year’s Palme d’Or– no, wait, that was another movie. And people say there are no roles for hot women in Hollywood– no, wait, they don’t say that. I bet Princess Leia is the killer even though the trailer makes it look like … more…
All About Steve (review)
Memo to Sandra Bullock, star and producer of *All About Steve*: When people complain about how there aren’t enough roles for “older” women in Hollywood, I don’t think they were thinking that this was the solution.
question of the day: What if we *really* had to pick the Oscar nominees right now?
As Gawker’s Richard Rushfield reminds us, “September Is the Month to Make Bad Oscar Predictions”:: Over the next weeks Hollywood gets its first look at many of the Oscar heavyweights at the Toronto, Venice and Telluride film festivals. But that doesn’t hold back the pundits from weighing in today on who owns this race. In … more…
watch it: retro 1970s Burger King/Star Wars commercial
We totally had these glasses:
trailer break: ‘Carriers’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… I liked this better the first time around, when it was called The Stand. Or 28 Days Later. Or Dawn of the Dead. Or Mulberry Street. Or the Resident Evil movies. No, scratch that: I don’t actually like the Resident Evil movies. Still, I have this terrible … more…
question of the day: What’s your best/worst experience with Netflix?
MG Siegler at TechCrunch tells a heartwarming tale from the fantasy realm of Good Customer Service: Tonight, Netflix emailed a large number of its subscribers to apologize for a Xbox Live streaming outage that occurred yesterday. They’re offering to refund 2% of users’ monthly bills back to them, if they simply click on the link … more…
U.K. box office: ‘The Final Destination’ looking less final than ever
It opened even better on the right side of the Atlantic than it did on the left side: 1. The Final Destination: £3.6 million (NEW) 2. Inglourious Basterds: £1.3 million (2nd week; drops 65%) 3. Funny People: £1 million (NEW) 4. The Time Traveler’s Wife: £.69 million (3rd week; drops 25%) 5. Aliens in the … more…
