Shutter Island (review)
If what I think is happening here, is happening here, it better not be…
Month: February 2010
watch it: 1960s Jell-O commercial
Poor Chinese baby!
because Hollywood is — truly and at last — creatively bankrupt
It seems like everywhere I turned this week for movie news, it was all the same: So-and-so has signed on for a remake, a sequel, a prequel, a reboot, or a reimagining: Christopher Nolan is reinventing Superman… Martin Scorsese and Robert DeNiro are remaking Taxi Driver with Lars Von Trier… Wuthering Heights is getting the … more…
U.K. box office: ‘Valentine’s Day’ dethrones ‘Avatar’
Though not by much: 1. Valentine’s Day: £3.7 million (NEW) 2. Avatar: £3.3 million 3. The Wolfman: £2.4 million (NEW) 4. The Princess and the Frog: £1.504 million (2nd week in wide release; drops 32%) 5. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief: £1.502 million (NEW) (actual numbers, not estimates) It was a huge … more…
trailer break: ‘Blood Done Sign My Name’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… I can’t believe this movie isn’t getting more promotion. I haven’t seen a single ad on TV. It has no official Web site. The trailer has only just become available on YouTube. It doesn’t look like it’s opening in more than a handful of theaters. This is … more…
question of the day: What movies do you find offensive that no one else does?
Today’s QOTD comes from reader/commenter doa766, who wonders: What movies do you find offensive that no one else does? Or, What movies do you see as offering a terrible message but no one else seems to notice it? doa766 continues: For example, I always thought the first Narnia movie was one the most offensive movies … more…
watch it: “Martini Ranch – Reach – directed by James Cameron”
It’s like a pop culture perfect storm: In the late 1980s, James Cameron directed a music video — the only one he ever made — for Bill Paxton’s band (for the one album they made). It features, among many Cameron players of the time including Paul Reiser and Jenette Goldstein, his then-wife, Kathryn Bigelow, as … more…
caption this! image from ‘The Secret of Kells’
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. Seriously, have you ever seen cockroaches this big?: Not only had I not heard about this movie before it was nominated for Best Animated … more…
The Red Green Show: The Infantile Years 1991-1993 (review)
Just as Bob and Doug McKenzie were sendups of both stereotypes of Canadians and cable access programs, so is *Red Green,* which apes homemade TV of both the DIY and outdoorsmanship stripes.
why didn’t someone tell me there’s gonna be another Muppet movie?
I was just surfing around, minding my own business, when I accidentally stumbled across a post at The Film Stage (a site I’d never even heard of before) entited “New Muppet Movie Details Emerge.” And I’m all like, What? How is it possible that I’ve never ever heard about a new Muppet movie? I figured … more…
