The Time Traveler’s Wife (review)
They didn’t ruin the movie, I promise. But some will disagree with me.
Year: 2009
Bandslam (review)
It’s official: rock ’n’ roll has been tamed.
bias update: August 13
obsession: Torchwood: Children of Earth (yes, my episode-by-episode is on its way, I hope next week) boyfriend: Sharlto Copley in District 9 (not his character, Wikus Van De Merwe, who’s completely dorky, but the actor, who’s smart and funny and adorably sort of David Tennant-y as himself) psyched: absolutely nothing (it’s August) girl crush: Meryl … more…
dream cast: hypothetical ‘Breakfast Club’ remake
It’s Thursday, so it’s time for another installment in the semiregular Dream Cast, in which we take a classic movie, TV show, or book, perferrably something with Xer appeal that we can either trash or have fun with, and cast a production or recast a hypothetical remake with actors working today. This week: a hypothetical … more…
watch it: 1979 commercial for ‘Alien’ action figures
In honor of the release of District 9, a retro TV ad for toys designed to scare the crap of out us:
District 9 movie review: aliens go home
Even as half my brain was ticking off all those little nods with a geek’s appreciation for fellow geekitude, the other half of my brain was so floored with surprise that this could all still feel so fresh, so original, so like nothing I’d ever seen before.
trailer break: ‘Fifty Dead Men Walking’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… I still contend that Jim Sturgess is gonna be a huge star — he was amazing in Across the Universe — but maybe not for this movie. Not that the movie may not be fine; I just don’t see a story about an Irish man who goes … more…
question of the day: What movie has made you say, ‘Hell, no, I won’t go’?
Today’s QOTD comes from reader John, who asks: Has there ever been a movie (not including pornographic movies!) that you either saw a trailer for or read a summary of and just said, “Oh, HELL no. There is no way I’m watching this, not even for free. Not even if I’m paid to watch it. … more…
U.K. box office: Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler beat up ‘G.I. Joe’
It takes an ugly romantic comedy to best an action cartoon: 1. The Ugly Truth: £1.98 million (NEW) 2. G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra: £1.71 million (NEW) 3. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: £1.35 million (4th week; drops 54%) 4. G-Force: £1.22 million (2nd week; drops 51%) 5. The Proposal: £.76 million (3rd … more…
my interview with ‘District 9’ director Neill Blomkamp…
…is up now at the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. It’s good stuff: he’s such a geek. And so cute! Enjoy.
