The Boys Are Back (review)
It’s hard to believe we haven’t seen Clive Owen in a movie like this one before.
Year: 2009
question of the day: What are the best pop songs ABOUT movies?
Help me create a new playlist on my iPod: What are the best pop songs about movies? I’m thinking about songs that mention particular movies or just a love of the movies in general. A few examples I really like: “Pencil-Thin Moustache” by Jimmy Buffett: Oh I wish I had a pencil-thin moustache the Boston … more…
caption this! image from ‘Amelia’
Fun for Wednesdays! We look at an image from an upcoming movie and write snarky, witty, or otherwise entertaining captions for it. No prizes, it’s just for fun. Oh man, am I looking foward to this one. Ewan McGregor and Christopher Eccleston? I’d be flying, too: Fox Searchlight tells us about the flick: Amelia stars … more…
watch it: “Kseniya Simonova’s Amazing Sand Drawing”
From, basically, Ukraine’s Got Talent: The blame the fuckin’ Gong Show… via Very Short List
trailer break: ‘The Stepfather’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… I have to say that it’s about time stepfathers started getting the same bad rap as stepmothers. Oh, wait: this is a remake of a 1987 movie? Then how could the idea of the evil stepfather never caught on? Could it be that first movie sucked? Are … more…
question of the day: What movie are you most looking forward to in October?
As of this writing, 15 movies will open wide in North America in the month of October. 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 if you’re in a city on the arthouse circuit, but let’s not make … more…
the further adventures of Nigel (Tuesday)
[previous] On Tuesday, it was all touring through the Cotswolds and an evening of theater: Nigel the Charity Pig had himself a stroke of luck when he ran into me. He could have been picked up by a grubby six-year-old and ended up thrown out the car window onto the side of the M40 covered … more…
the further adventures of Nigel (Monday)
[previous] Nigel the Charity Pig had a day exploring neolithic England on Monday. It began with a predawn drive to Stonehenge — a little over two hours from Stratford-upon-Avon, which included a stop for coffee along the way: Nigel is no good without his coffee in the morning. There’s a path under the road that … more…
watch it: “The Lemon”
In the interest of presenting both sides of the story, here’s the best the anti-health-care-reform people can muster: Dear God! East Germany had a single-payer auto industry! And because we love cars in America, we cannot let single-payer health car happen. Won’t someone think of the cars? Also: just because there may be problems with … more…
trailer break: ‘Couples Retreat’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… At first glance — and frankly, at second and third glances, too — this looks like something I’m really, really gonna hate. But it’s written by Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn, who I do really like on the other side of the camera as well, generally, and … more…
