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As of this writing, 12 movies are set to open wide in North America in the month of December. (Others will open limited in December and go wide in January.) Which means that even if you’re an active moviegoer and see a movie each week, you’ve still gotta pick and choose (and it’s even worse … more…
Yes, this is a movie about our soldiers today in Iraq and Afghanistan. Deal with it.
Fun for Wednesdays! We look at an image from an upcoming movie or TV show and write snarky, witty, or otherwise entertaining captions for it. No prizes, it’s just for fun. Bart the Bear needs a new agent, if this is the best he can do: Sony Pictures tells us about the film: The comedy … more…
Writer-director Kirk Jones has pulled off a little miracle with this lovely, lovely movie: He’s telling us a story both universal enough in its reach to speak to anyone who’s ever been part of a family, and specific enough in its particulars to keep it grounded in the fantasy of fiction.
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… The January release date is not encouraging, but I like this trailer. I like the new take on the very old vampire tropes. I like that this is from brothers Michael and Peter Spierig, who made the surprisingly poignant Undead on the cheap a few years ago … more…
Intriguing news from the Telegraph the other day: Christopher Eccleston to play John Lennon in Beatles biopic Former Doctor Who star Christopher Eccleston is to star as music legend John Lennon in a biopic set during the turbulent demise of The Beatles, it has been announced. Lennon Naked covers the period from 1967 to 1971 … more…
Today, December 1. Kind of astonishing to hear these two gay men talk about how they don’t know anyone who’s died of AIDS — that’s a measure of how much we’ve gotten it under control, though there’s still a long way to go to preventing it in the first place.
Team Sandy wins — take that, Team Edward and Team Jacob: 1. The Twilight Saga: New Moon: $66.3 million (2nd week; drops 54%) 2. The Blind Side: $57.5 million (2nd week; up 67%) 3. 2012: $25.2 million (3rd week; drops 5%) 4. Old Dogs: $24.2 million (NEW) 5. A Christmas Carol: $22.1 million (4th week; … more…
There doesn’t seem to be any official description of this DVD at all, but that’s okay: As long as you confuse it with the upcoming Disney animated feaure The Princess and the Frog, it’s all good. For maximum impact, ideally your princess-addled spawn will see the DVD cover in Wal-Mart and start screaming her head … more…
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