my week at the movies: ‘2012,’ ‘Women in Trouble,’ ‘The Strip,’ ‘A Single Man,’ ‘The Missing Person,’ ‘Nine,’ ‘Everybody’s Fine,’ ‘Serious Moonlight’

Woo-hoo! It’s the end of the world — again — as Roland Emmerich knows it, and I feel fine. Oh, there can be no question that this is crap, but will 2012 (opens in the U.S. and the U.K. on November 13) be glorious crap? I think it might be. I hope it might be. … more…

trailer break: ‘The Messenger’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Now this is what a trailer is supposed to do: it hints at what you’re gonna get but doesn’t give away the whole story, lets you know who’s starring but doesn’t spoil their performances. Then again, this movie is aimed at the crowd that doesn’t want to … more…

question of the day: How will the new secret copyright treaty impact the entertainment community on the Internet?

Boing Boing broke down the details last week: The internet chapter of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, a secret copyright treaty whose text Obama’s administration refused to disclose due to “national security” concerns, has leaked. It’s bad. It says: • That ISPs have to proactively police copyright on user-contributed material. This means that it will be … more…

retro trailer: ‘High School Hellcats’

Take a look back at an old trailer… Teenage girls: tantalyzing and terrorizing! I remember that dramatic and important even in my young life, when I had to decide whether to join a gang, go it alone, or mate. Blowing off a date to spend the evening with girlfriends is daring and defiant? They’re more … more…