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Take a break from work: watch a trailer… It’s My Big Fat Multicultural Wedding! With goofy dads who hate each other and indulge in ethnic stereotyping… because it’s adorable! Also: There’s a goat hopped up on Viagara! I bet the screenwriters are so proud of that last one. I hope Pfizer’s getting a cut every … more…
And they say there’s nothing on TV: Porn star Charlie Laine is used to sex on the job, but she never realized what goes on under the desks! All work and no play makes these Hot MILF Secretaries horny! Zoe, a curvy brunette, is forced to work overtime all alone and can’t help but get … more…
Multiplex horror story of the day combined with customer service nightmare of the year (via CNET): Recently, a patron of the [St. Croix Falls Cinema 8, in St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin] wrote a letter to the company complaining about the experience she and her husband and another couple had during a showing of “Shutter Island.” … more…
While crazy cops and zombie farmers do well, too: 1. Shutter Island: $22.7 million (2nd week; drops 45%) 2. Cop Out: $18.2 million (NEW) 3. The Crazies: $16.1 million (NEW) 4. Avatar: $13.7 million 5. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief: $9.6 million (3rd week; drops 37%) actual numbers, not estimates Over its … more…
obsession: Canadian TV (and film) (because I’m hungry for something new and good) boyfriend: Esai Morales in Caprica (not so much his character, though: he’s sorta sad and scary) psyched: Alice in Wonderland (even though I’m still on Disney’s shitlist) girl crush: no one dreading: She’s Out of My League (for perpetuating obnoxious stereotypes) enemy: … more…
I’ve heard from numerous other film critics that they get the same requests, but it never ceases to astonish me when I get an email like the following, which arrived recently: Hello Mary Ann! We are a group of students for [redacted university outside the U.S.]. We are American Studies majors doing a thesis on … more…
One of the three Oscar-nominated animated shorts that are available online (I’ll feature the other two tomorrow and Wednesday):
Thomas Doherty in The Chronicle of Higher Education Review is lamenting how “serious writers on film feel under siege, underappreciated, and underemployed”… which is something I not only sympathize with, I live it. It’s unbelievably disheartening to be looking for work — as I’ve been — and find only ads for “voluntary” jobs, or ones … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… There’s no actual footage from this film in the trailer, because it hasn’t begun production yet, but it’s labeled a “scifi comedy from the creators of Star Wreck,” so it’s not likely to be as intense as this beautiful teaser would suggest. I mean, “space Nazis on … more…
Lots of spoilers! assumes you’ve seen the episode!
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