watch it: “PSA Texting while Driving”
Warning: it’s pretty graphic. Like a horror movie, but all too plausible: Jesus. Don’t fucking text and drive, okay? via the Guardian Film blog
Year: 2009
retro trailer: ‘Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure’
Take a look back at an old trailer… A most excellent trailer, dudes, for a most excellent film. I wonder what the Doctor would say about that phone booth time machine… Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure is available on DVD in Region 1 and Region 2.
September 11: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but it’s all this settling back down into pre-autumnal routine has got you exhausted. But you can have a multiplex-like experience at home with a collection of the right DVDs. And when someone asks you on Monday, “Hey, did you check … more…
watch it: the 9/12/09 weekly address from President Barack Obama
I wish more Americans understood that in every other industrialized nation, no one has to put up with the crap we have to put up with here: preexisting conditions, deductibles, copays, and the bullshit of having to fill out paperwork and worry about whether you’re covered or not when you’re sick or hurt. And for … more…
someone else notices that movies are hardly ever about women as people…
Plus: It’s okay if girls make movies, as long as we can talk about their bodies and their clothes when they show up at film festivals. Yes, it’s the latest installment of my regular column The Week in Women, over at the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Enjoy.
watch it: “Bobcat being affectionate Close-up!”
Big ol’ kitty:
screencap Friday: what the flick? #88
Friday fun! Here’s a screen capture from one of the DVDs in my collection (and it’s definitely from a movie, not a TV show). Guess the movie for fun and, well, fun. No prizes, just bragging rights. But hey: one guess per comment — no fair hogging all the guesses.
trailer break: ‘The September Issue’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Anna Wintour is the devil who wears Prada, in case you weren’t already aware of that. I worked for a few years at a competitor of Vogue — W magazine — which also produced an unholy September issue every year so large that it could be used … more…
question of the day: What children’s picture book would you most like to see made into a film?
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, based on the book by Judi Barrett and Ron Barrett [Amazon U.S.] [Amazon U.K.], opens next week. Spike Jonze’s take on Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are [Amazon U.S.] [Amazon U.K.] is coming soon. Movies based on children’s books are nothing new, but most of them are based … more…
U.K. box office: Prawns wash up in London; ‘District 9’ a hit
But not as big a hit as it was in North America: 1. District 9: £2.28 million (NEW) 2. The Final Destination: £1.98 million (2nd week; drops 45%) 3. 500 Days of Summer: £1.24 million (NEW) 4. Inglourious Basterds: £.76 million (3rd week; drops 40%) 5. Funny People: £.59 million (2nd week; drops 41%) (actual … more…
