the oh-my-god! DVD of the week: ‘M.A.N.T.I.S.: Complete Series’
Oh, man, remember this show? I’d totally forgotten about it until I came across it at Amazon today. For some reason, this makes me nostalgic for Manimal as well…
Year: 2009
question of the day: Can the Net support yet another entertainment news site?
Yesterday, former New York Times Hollywood correspondent Sharon Waxman launched her new site, The Wrap, which will feature, we’re told, “authoritative original reporting, curated news from around the globe, and exclusive contributions from insiders in the entertainment industry.” The site’s about-us page includes this: “Our aim is to create the premiere news and information site … more…
Skins: Volume 1 (review)
Oh, I’m so glad I do not have a teenage child, because if I did I’d have to lock it in a room with no windows and me with the only key. Holy crap, is this really what all the kids today are up to?
watch it: “The Guacamole Song-Food Network”
Apparently there’s a big sports event this coming weekend during which people enjoy consuming various snack foods, such as this one: This is what YouTube hath wrought: Everyone thinks that online video can be designed to be viral, as Food Network clearly hopes with this little ode to the veggie dip. (I must confess, though, … more…
trailer break: ‘The Uninvited’
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Doesn’t look scary to me. The Uninvited opens in the U.S. on January 30, and in the U.K. on April 17.
question of the day: Do you pay any attention to the Monday-morning box office reports?
On Sunday come the estimates, then on Monday the actuals: box office numbers for the just-concluded weekend. Industry watchers and insiders can live and die by these numbers, in our era of the blockbuster and the all-important opening weekend. But how much do ordinary moviegoers or even die-hard movie fans care about them? Do you … more…
DVDs and screeners received: ‘Dennis Potter: 3 to Remember,’ ‘Holly,’ more
I receive more DVDs in the mail than I can possibly ever review, and here I run them down once a week. This are all Region 1, though I’ll note if they’re available in Region 2, too. (And as an aside to all those British DVD publicists out there, I’m totally open to checking out … more…
Frost/Nixon movie review: all the president’s mien
This was the sort of hopeless dread the news that Ron Howard was directing this left me with. I felt like Robert Stack in *Airplane!*: ‘It’s a goddamn waste of time — there’s no way he can land this plane!’
‘Torchwood’ blogging: “Dead Man Walking”
Tons of spoilers! Don’t read unless you’ve seen the episode!
watch it: “Doctor Who/Battlestar Galactica Opening”
I don’t usually post a “web video of the day” on Sunday, but I couldn’t wait to share this. It’s frakkin’ brilliant: (via Oliver Wills via Sideshow)
