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Take a break from work: watch a trailer… I know I’m known as a Judd Apatow hater, and it’s true I haven’t liked most of his recent work, but I’ve always got an open mind and I always go into the next movie hoping that this is the one that changes things. Substitute Adam Sandler … more…
For a while it was looking like this would be the first week in which I wouldn’t stumble across a new DVD that deserved the oh-no! label. And then, way down on the listing of new releases at Amazon U.K., I found this. And there was much rejoicing. Have I mentioned before how much I … more…
Maybe it only seems like the haters are more vocal when a movie is really really popular, but there’s a weird strand of Harry Potter hating going around that I simply don’t understand because it quite factually makes no sense at all, and yet this doesn’t stop anyone from spouting it. It’s perfectly expressed by … more…
UPDATE: I got a response from DeepDiscount to the complaint I sent them directly about the robocall. In the email, I was polite but angry, and I ended by informing them that they’d lost me as a customer. This is DeepDiscount’s response, in its entirety: Thank you for contacting DeepDiscount.com! Per you request, we have … more…
The Lizards are one of my favorite bands, and their satire is always sharp and smart and necessary. As in their latest bitter ditty:
Get it? It is a truth universally acknowledged that men love with their dicks and women love with their brains. Everyone just knows this. I’m not sure if we should take this as an indication that the people involved in making this movie actually genuinely don’t understand that people are wildly individualistic and so figure … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Didn’t get a chance to check out that screener last week, like I thought I would. So this is my first peek at the film… Oo, Colin Firth is the villain: that should be fun. Wait, I’m confused: Are the girls “trouble” because they detonate high explosives … more…
Production started today on the 2010 series of Doctor Who, the one with Steven Moffat in charge and Matt Smith starring as the Doctor, and the BBC released the first image of Smith in costume: Looks like David Tennant’s 10th Doctor geek chic has been exchanged for… what? Nerd chic? At least the boots keep … more…
There’s been a lot of nitpicking at the details — and the missing details — of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which is to be expected when so much of the book inevitably has been omitted from the film, and so many fans are deeply involved in both the book and film series. But … more…
Tons of spoilers! Don’t read unless you’ve seen the episode!
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