Month: October 2009

the return of Captain Tight Pants!

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Oh, the only reason to watch Castle is for Nathan Fillion, and there was extra reason tonight: his Halloween costume. From the ep: Castle’s daughter: What exactly are you supposed to be? Castle: Space cowboy. Castle’s daughter: Okay, A, there are no cows in space, B, didn’t you wear that like five years ago? Castle: … more…

my week at the movies: ‘Gentlemen Broncos,’ ‘Michael Jackson’s This Is It,’ ‘Creation,’ ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox,’ ‘The Fourth Kind,’ ‘Pirate Radio’ (aka ‘The Boat That Rocked’), ‘Collapse’

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Busy, busy week. And awards season hasn’t quite hit yet (though screeners are starting to come). It’s gonna be a crazy couple months… Most hilarious title ever? Gentlemen Broncos (opens in the U.S. on October 30; no U.K. release date has been announced) looks to be a hoot… and I do really like Jared Hess’s … more…

trailer break: “The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith”

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Take a break from work: watch a TV trailer… Aka, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Series 3, Episodes 5 and 6: And I still haven’t seen Series 2 yet. Like I’ll let that stop me from watching this one out of sequence, just for another taste of David Tennant’s Doctor. The Doctor really should steer clear … more…

42 Essential 3rd Act Twists

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Awesome breakdown of storytelling clichés — many of which occur in films, of course — from cartoonist Dresden Codak. A tiny taste: The whole cartoon is here. Don’t be drinking anything while perusing it unless you want to ruin your keyboard. I especially like the categories of “Shyamalan” and “Double Shyamalan.” See also Codak’s newest … more…

it’s hip to have no hips…

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…gay vampires are totally ruining everything for straight guys, help out a gal filmmaker, and more. Yup, it’s The Week in Women, my regular column over at the Alliance of Women Film Journalists, which is — for those under some mistaken impression otherwise — all about bitching about how Hollywood and the media treat women … more…