watch it: “Buffy vs Edward”
Oh, snap! via Geeks Are My Peeps, a new blog from my brother Ken
Year: 2009
North American box office: ‘Bruno’ gewinnt
Who says America doesn’t love teh gay?: 1. Bruno: $30.6 million (NEW) 2. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: $27.6 million (2nd week; drops 34%) 3. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: $24.2 million (3rd week; drops 43%) 4. Public Enemies: $13.8 million (2nd week; drops 45%) 5. The Proposal: $19.6 million (4th week; drops 18%) … more…
trailer break: ‘2012’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Second-by-second reactions: 0:23: “Mayan calendar predicts the end of time”? *snort* And I’ve got an ark on a Middle Eastern mountaintop I’d like to sell you… 0:37: Oh no! Not John Cusack! Johnny, what were you thinking? God, I hope they paid you a shitload of dough … more…
site was down half the afternoon
Yes, FlickFilosopher.com was offline for several hours this afternoon. The server my site was on crashed because my site, among others, were hogging the CPU. Now, I had no idea that Movable Type was a CPU hog (my large database apparently also contributes to the hoggage), but my Web host moved me (and the other … more…
question of the day: Do you tweet your reactions to movies?
I’ve reminded readers here more than once lately that if you want to get my instant first reaction to a movie, you should follow me on Twitter and/or Facebook, because the first thing I do when I leave a screening is text my 140 characters of mini review goodness. (Those texts also go to my … more…
the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘Michael Jackson – The Trial and Triumph of the King of Pop’
Oh, don’t worry: this quickie DVD wasn’t assembled to cash in on Michael Jackson’s death. It was assembled to cash in on the series of 50 concerts in London he was about to embark upon when he died. The fact that the producers can now cash in on his death is pure dumb luck: Michael … more…
watch it: “LES PLUS BEAUX FEUX D’ARTIFICES DE FRANCE”
Some fireworks for Bastille Day:
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (review)
So, is this the fourth Harry Potter movie, or the fifth? It’s the sixth? Really, already? Ah, that’s the one where Harry goes to the magic school, which has yet another new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, right? And Harry fights the evil wizard?
cool ‘District 9’ bus-shelter ad
Speaking of District 9, this very cool ad for the film showed up on a bus shelter in my neighborhood recently: It doesn’t look like a movie ad at all, especially from a bit of a distance — it looks like an artifact from a world where aliens are here and humans are afraid of … more…
trailer break: ‘District 9’ trailer 2
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Nice. After that ominous and enigmatic first trailer, this one gives us more hints at the story, a taste of the action (which doesn’t look quite like the usual stuff while still clearly designed to get the adrenaline flowing), and a sense of even greater threat and … more…
