watch it: “Are Reality Shows Setting Unrealistic Standards For Skanks?”
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Year: 2009
MaryAnn wearing a red nose outside FAO Schwartz
Red Nose Day is tomorrow. And I’m still making a public fool of myself all over New York City. Here I am, wearing my red nose outside the famous toy store FAO Schwartz. Please support my foolishness by donating £5 (or whatever you can) to charity via Red Nose Day/Comic Relief. You don’t have to … more…
trailer break: ‘Drag Me to Hell’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Or, Hell Is Other People’s Housing Crisis. Or Final Foreclosure. Or Mortgagalypse. Try it, it’s fun! It’s always cause for celebration when Sam Raimi has a new movie for us. But Sam Raimi making a big-budget horror movie? This is a new, um, creature entirely. Can we … more…
question of the day: Is ‘Watchmen’’s male nudity a problem for the film?
In the comments section of the Patrick Goldstein L.A. Times piece I linked to the other day, the one about the gnashing-of-teeth that the box-office performance of Watchmen has ignited, one commenter posted this to explain the appeal (or not) of the film: It comes down to this: Do you mind watching a blue schlong … more…
MaryAnn wearing a red nose near Symphony Space
Look at this photo. I look like hell. I look like I’m stoned or something. (I promise that I wasn’t.) I’ll never ever get another date again with this photo out there in the Internet ether. If I’m willing to post this hideous photo of me looking like something that would terrify small children and/or … more…
new DVD releases in Region 1 and Region 2, week of March 9, 2009
Still trying to find the best way to highlight new releases. My most recent previous format was too text-heavy and too repetitious of what I’ve already said. So I’m trying a pared-down version. Lemme know what you think, or if you think this is still too repetitive. I always highlight new DVD releases in the … more…
the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘Royal Circus of Moscow: On Ice’
I love how you can hear in the title the emphasis on the On Ice, as if it had an exclamation point after it and it was the guy who did the opening-credits voiceover for Police Squad: In Color! intoning it. It’s nice to know that kitsch is global. Maybe it’ll be the one thing … more…
MaryAnn wearing a red nose near the Time Warner Center
I’m wearing my Red Nose Day red nose all over NYC, making myself look like a fool in public, to raise money to fight poverty all over the world. And here I am still in Columbus Circle near the new Time Warner Center (that’s the two-pronged skyscraper that was destroyed by the creature in Cloverfield … more…
how to put butts in multiplex seats
The box office has been going so gangbusters lately that it hardly seems necessary, but some multiplexes have been thinking long and hard about how to get more butts into their seats. As The Hollywood Reporter reported recently, the Carmike Cinemas chain is tryinng to draw more attendees on what is traditionally slow night: The … more…
watch it: “David Tennant launching Red Nose Day”
Give some money to Comic Relief! (Thanks to Mimi in comments for highlighting this video.)
