watch it: “Who’s Keeping Burger King Workers Below the Poverty Line?”
Who knew Goldman Sachs owned Burger King? I, for one, do not welcome our corporate overlords. (from Fight the War on Greed, via Sideshow)
Year: 2009
Lullaby (review)
Sometimes it takes a movie like *Lullaby* to highlight what kind of treasure a really, really good actor is. Take Melissa Leo, for instance.
David Tennant sitting
It’s has just been brought to my attention that there is a blog devoted entirely to pictures of David Tennant sitting, or in various degrees of reclining. I pass no judgment on this. Any excuse for sharing pictures of David Tennant is absolutely fine with me. (No, actually, the blog, The Medium Is Not Enough, … more…
trailer break: ‘Mutant Chronicles’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… (It’s red-band, but I don’t see anything here that warrants it.) Looks like it’s back to the future for a war between humans and “mutants” (who gets to define “mutant,” I wonder…?) in the trenches of World War I — at least, that’s what it looks like … more…
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People (review)
Why do we love Sidney, even as he is spectacularly unpalatable, contradictory, hypocritcal, a lout, a louse, plagued by poor judgment, and a terrible dresser? Because he’s Simon Pegg.
question of the day: What is a Michel Gondry ‘Green Hornet’ going to look like?
French director Michel Gondry, whose films include such mindbenders as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Science of Sleep, is taking over directing chores on the upcoming Green Hornet movie. Not featured in Gondry’s filmography is anything close to a comic book action movie… unless you count some brief sendups of the genre … more…
the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘Cardio for Indie Rockers’
At first glance I thought this was a workout for indie rockers to keep in good enough shape to be able to bounce around the basement stage of their local alternative venues. But it seems it’s for wannabe indie rockers, kinda like if air guitar could give you a decent workout: Chaos, our favorite certified … more…
watch it: “HUGH JACKMAN OSCARS”
This is sort of sad, actually. Not the video itself, which is a perfectly ordinary promotional video — it could almost have been an extended ad for the Oscars. No, what’s sad is that — as Tom O’Neil at Gold Derby reports — apparently this was meant to be an attempt at viral video: it … more…
trailer break: ‘Departures (Okuribito)’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… This is the Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film. The subtitles are terrible, and clearly not official, but they do to give you a sense of what the movie is about until we get an official trailer: It’s funeral chic! I blame Six Feet Under. Departures … more…
question of the day: What is the appeal of Tyler Perry’s movies?
The final weekend numbers are in, and Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail is now confirmed to have sold an astonishing $41 million worth of tickets, down just a tad from Sunday’s estimated number of $41.1 million but still remarkable. (I’ll have my weekend box office roundup late this afternoon — I’m off to screenings … more…
