because Seth MacFarlane is a bigger jerk than we knew

On the recent episode of Family Guy entitled “Big Man on Hippocampus,” a blurb on a Pretty Woman video box reads: “This movie made me laugh so hard, I had mild headaches. So I went to the doctor and got myself checked out. I am currently waiting for the results. –Gene Siskel.” Because brain cancer … more…

trailer break: ‘Tooth Fairy’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Far as I can see, someone said, “Come up with as many ways as you can to humilate a grown man, and don’t stop at crotch injuries. Think pastels and pixie dust. Perhaps menacing by a housepet.” And then that person said, “Get me the biggest, toughest … more…

question of the day: What is it with January and bad movies?

And so the traditional January onslaught of crap commences today, with the releases of Leap Year and Youth in Revolt. Next week’s The Spy Next Door ain’t gonna be pretty, either. Why does Hollywood hate us? If someone paid just slightly more attention to the people making movies, couldn’t we avoid creating really, really bad … more…

Leap Year (review)

I say it’s about time, as we enter the second decade of the 21st century, to put behind us all that nonsense about ‘feminism’ and undignified female self-determination. Yes, we ladies must at last put down our feet daintily clad in $600 shoes and say: No more.

Youth in Revolt (review)

Please, horny teenaged lads — *please* — do not heed the “advice” of movies like this one, which mistakes being an unappealing doormat reeking of desperation (which girls don’t like) for being a genuinely nice guy (which girls do like)…

because Wacko Warner is running Warner Bros. these days

Netflix subscribers will have to wait 28 days to rent Warner Bros.’ latest DVDs and blu-rays, according to the Associated Press. Or because someone thinks people who couldn’t be bothered to haul ass out to the multiplex to catch a flick won’t be perfectly content to wait a month for the DVD on Netflix. This … more…

trailer break: ‘Extraordinary Measures’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Oh my goodness, won’t someone think of the children? The wee babies, they’re going to diiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeee! Is there no heroic doctor among us who can help them? Hoorah! It’s Harrison Ford to the rescue! But hey, why doesn’t Brendan Fraser just take his dying kids back to … more…