Year: 2009

trailer break: ‘The Ugly Truth’

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Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Oh god, she’s one of those, isn’t she? Background checks before a first date. Assuming something a guy wrote in his online profile is the entire totality of his personality and tastes. Oh god, he’s one of those, isn’t he? Women are fatties, unless they aren’t, which … more…

retro trailer: ‘Tiptoes’

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Take a look back at an old trailer… When I came across this recently (as a bonus nonpolitical post at the political blog Eschaton, which is one of my daily surfing stops), I was convinced it had to be a joke. There was no way in hell this could be real: it had to be … more…

opening in the U.S. and Canada July 1-3: ‘Public Enemies,’ ‘Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs,’ ‘I Hate Valentine’s Day,’ more

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opening wide Public Enemies: It’s the Miami Vice of its day, except everyone’s wearing sharp three-piece suits instead of pastels and loafers. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: Like Jurassic Park meets The King of Queens, except the stupid sitcom dad doesn’t get eaten by dinos. Damn. opening limited I Hate Valentine’s Day: Nia Vardalos … more…

watch it: the 7/4/09 weekly address from President Barack Obama

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I wonder what John Adams and Thomas Jefferson would think of the current U.S. government, which is of, by, and for extralegal global corporations. I mean, the “health care reform” that Obama is saying “must happen this year” has, so far, been geared toward making sure the for-profit insurance companies are allowed to keep doing … more…

opening in the U.K. July 1-3: ‘Public Enemies,’ ‘Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs,’ more

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Public Enemies: Fedoras and running boards… nice. How come Great Depression II ain’t as stylish? Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs: There’s an entirely new kind of barf joke here, so that’s something, I guess. Kambakkht Ishq: Rom-com about a Bollywood stuntman in Hollywood. He falls in love with Sandra Bullock, doesn’t he? [official site] … more…