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Yes, the site was down again for at least a few hours this morning. Obviously, it’s fixed now. It had to do with my htaccess file getting corrupted through methods that remain mysterious. I’m at this horrible place at the moment, which should make me happy, but it only makes me miserable. The site is … more…
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 — NEW! — book, perferrably something with Xer appeal that we can either trash or have fun with, and cast a production or recast a hypothetical (or sometimes not so hypothetical) remake … more…
Remember when Coke taught the world to sing? That was awesome:
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but Adam Sandler dying of some awful disease isn’t your idea of a good time. 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 … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… It’s the nature documentary/science journalism as suspense/action movie. And it works — it really does. You’ll never want to go to Sea World again, that’s for sure. The Cove opens in the U.S. on July 31, and in the U.K. on October 23.
Tears of a Clown Oh, people are gonna hate this movie. Look, the jokes are not jokes in Funny People. The humorous-sounding bits of dialogue are not intended to make you laugh so much as they are intended to make you wonder why the characters uttering them are trying to make those around them laugh. … more…
The Best Picture category at the Oscars is gonna be wider than it has been before, what with a doubling from five to ten slots for nominees for 2009, but is it still a stretch to expect a movie with geek cred to get a nom? I’m not so sure. If I hadn’t sworn off … more…
But it’s still Bullock’s best British opening to date: 1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: £5.2 million (2nd week; drops 74%) 2. The Proposal: £3.2 million (NEW) 3. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: £2.2 million (4th week; drops 25%) 4. Bruno: £1.2 million (3rd week; drops 47%) 5. The Hangover: £.69 million (actual … more…
I won’t review District 9 till closer to the release date, but I can’t not say something right now. I saw the film tonight, and as I tweeted immediately after: maryannjohanson literally has chills from how absolutely fucking genius DISTRICT 9 is I feel the same way I felt almost 20 years ago, the first … more…
If you’ve been reading my online writings for any length of time, you may already be aware that I’m a fan of the works of William Strauss and Neil Howe, who’ve proposed a generational theory of history and culture that involves a regular, pendulumlike shift in attitudes every 25 years or so — that is, … more…
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