Apollo 11: A Night to Remember (review)
Gives us the British-eye view on the momentous lunar mission, combining rare archival news footage from the BBC with 40-year-old tutorials from BBC science reporter James Burke…
Year: 2009
caption this! image from ‘G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra’
New 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. Because I’m having such a good time ragging on G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, I see no need to stop. So here’s a still from … more…
trailer break: ‘The Collector’ redband trailer
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… The Collector at IGN.com From the writers of Saw XIX or whatever? No, really? Looks like they just recycled the same old torture-porn scripts: Homocidal psychopath with waaaay too much time on his hands sets up an overly elaborate scheme to draw as much terror out of … more…
secrets of the universe and government conspiracies found in children’s movies!!!!
It’s true. IGNORE THIS AT YOUR OWN PERIL!!!!! The government does not want you to know this. THREATS TO ME FOR REVEALING THIS INFORMATION WILL BE FORWARDED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT!!!! Commenter “Rachel Masters” dared to post this yesterday in response to my review of Horton Hears a Who!: I will tell you exactly what this … more…
question of the day: What’s your best tip for being cool at Comic Con?
Newsweek has a piece up today offering “Seven Ways to Be Cool at Comic Con” — and its definition of cool is definitely… bizarre. This is what Newsweek thinks you’ll be competing with: Today, the cheerleading squad has gatecrashed the cafeteria’s geek corner: Gwyneth Paltrow goes to Comic Con, for Spock’s sake. And Jessica Alba, … more…
bias update: July 21
obsession: Torchwood: Children of Earth (holy crap, is this haunting me like crazy… episode by episode coming next week, so the BBC America viewers can join in) boyfriend: John Simm in Life on Mars (gonna have some John Simm news soon… plus, gonna go episode by episode through LoM, too) psyched: G.I. Joe: The Rise … more…
I eavesdrop on the pitch meeting for ‘G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra’
Over at Film.com. Enjoy.
North American box office: ‘Harry Potter’ whips up multiplex magic
The Half-Blood Prince opens huge, but not quite as huge as it could have: 1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: $77.8 million (NEW) 2. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: $17.6 million (3rd week; drops 36%) 3. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: $13.7 million (4th week; drops 44%) 4. Bruno: $8.32 million (2nd week; … more…
watch it: “Damn You, Recession”
The thing is, I fear will give some middle managers ideas: Damn You, Recession from Those Aren't Muskets! on Vimeo.
‘Pushing Daisies’ blogging: “Kerplunk”
Looks like that pie is almost gone…
