the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘Postal’ (Director’s Cut)
What, the theatrical version wasn’t insult enough, we have to have an even longer one foisted on us?
Year: 2009
question of the day: Do you have a blu-ray player?
Here’s a new daily feature, just a little something to jumpstart conversation. Today: Have you already acquired a blu-ray player? If so, does it live up to the hype? If not, are you planning on getting one soon? Me, I’m still perfectly happy with my upconverting DVD player, and I’m gonna try to hold out … more…
North American box office: top 10 moneymakers of 2008
Just for fun, here’s a quick look of the top movies of 2008, from a box-office perspective: 1. The Dark Knight: $531,001,578 2. Iron Man: $318,313,199 3. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: $317,023,851 4. Hancock: $227,946,274 5. Wall-E: $223,806,889 6. Kung Fu Panda: $215,434,591 7. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa: $177,016,810 8. … more…
North American box office: ‘Marley & Me’ sits and stays at the top
We had another five-day weekend this past week, what with New Year’s Eve falling on a Wednesday, but the ranking remains the same whether we look at the five-day or the three-day weekend, so for sanity’s sake, I’m gonna stick with the three-day figures… that is, Friday, January 2, through Sunday, January 4: 1. Marley … more…
my week at the movies: ‘The Unborn,’ ‘Bride Wars,’ ‘Hotel for Dogs,’ ‘Notorious,’ ‘Yonkers Joe’
And so another movie year begins, and it’s time to get back on the hamster wheel of screenings. I was all set to say, “You know, maybe The Unborn (opens wide in the U.S. on January 9, and in the U.K. on February 27) ain’t gonna be so bad after all. Yeah, it looks rather … more…
alert! ‘The New York Times’ picks the 10 bestest movies evar!
Stanley Fish has, for some reason, been chosen by The New York Times to name “the 10 best American movies”… ever. Fish is “the Davidson-Kahn Distinguished University Professor and a professor of law at Florida International University, in Miami, and dean emeritus of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois … more…
deleting comments left and right
Oh, the fun I’m having, sending the idiots to the trash bin. I’ve deleted more comments in the last 24 hours than I have in the entire history of this site since it moved to the blog format. I don’t know what happened to make the traffic jump as it has, but I can only … more…
daily open thread
Another new feature, and one you can expect every day Monday through Friday. News stories I missed? Stuff you’d like me to cover? Questions you have for me? Something movie-, TV-, DVD-, or pop culture-related you want to talk about? This is where to do it.
watch it: “Tales of Mere Existence: How to Cope With Depression”
It’s kinda like a Web comic that moves: “Tales of Mere Existence” reminds me of Matt Groening’s “Life in Hell,” only less cheery. Artist and filmmaker Lev Yilmaz, the self-styled “Ambassador to the Alienated,” mopes out online here, where you’ll find more short tidbits of depression and disaffection. Perfect for a postholiday January Monday. via … more…
trailer break: ‘X-Men Origins: Wolverine’
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… So all through this trailer I’m thinking, Is that Liev Schreiber? And then, at the end, it’s clear that it is. And that is seriously cool. There really is no one our age (he’s two years older than me) who isn’t a comic book geek, is … more…
