watch it: retro 1960s Norelco commercial
Starring Santa! Which is sorta ironic, actually, since clearly Santa does not need a razor. A beard trimmer, maybe, but not a razor.
Year: 2009
Still Walking (review)
Like a big, deep, relaxing cinematic breath of fresh air and wonder and loveliness…
trailer break: ‘Death at a Funeral’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Oh. My. God. Why would anyone take Frank Oz’s hilarious 2007 flick of the same name, and turn it into this? Why would Neil LaBute do that? Is this all Chris Rock is capable of: taking someone else script and adding some minstrelry to it? I was … more…
question of the day: What movie most embodies the spirit of the 2000s?
As the first decade of the 21st century wraps itself up, the members of the Online Film Critics Society weighed in on which movies they felt best captured the feeling of the decade. Click over to the OFCS news blog for all the replies. Here’s mine as a teaser: It’s coming right at the end … more…
watch it: “The TRUTH About David Tennant”
Cute funny snarky fanboy: The young YouTuber says that Tennant has seen this, and likes it.
looks like I picked the wrong week to say that I’ll never buy a blu-ray player…
Actually, I’ve been saying forever — for almost a year, at least — that I have no desire to own a blu-ray player. Yes, I’ve seen demos of blu-ray, and yes, it does look super cool, but I’m still not convinced that it’s better enough to make it worth the expense, not just for the … more…
caption this! image from ‘The Spy Next Door’
Fun for Wednesdays! We look at an image from an upcoming movie or TV show and write snarky, witty, or otherwise entertaining captions for it. No prizes, it’s just for fun. Pretty in pink: Lionsgate tells us about the film: Lionsgate and Relativity Media’s family action comedy THE SPY NEXT DOOR stars Jackie Chan as … more…
my week at the movies: nothing
UPDATE: Just heard about a Friday screening of Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (opens in the U.K. on December 21, and in the U.S. on December 23). I figured it would be on Monday at the earliest — go know. So I’ll attend that, and since I’ll already be downtown, there’s no reason not … more…
trailer break: ‘Robin Hood’ teaser
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… The first look at Ridley Scott’s Gladiator-style take on the folk hero: Pretty dark and scary and intense. And no tights in sight. Robin Hood opens in the U.S. and the U.K. on May 14, 2010.
question of the day: What are your favorite science fiction tropes?
For all the ground that Avatar breaks, you’re gonna see a lot of familiar things there, too: space marines, the notion that anything could be valuable enough to be worth hauling out of a gravity well in huge quantities and transporting it across intersteller distances, the spy who goes native, and a lot more. You’ll … more…
