Date Night (review)
That Carell and Fey manage to maintain their gosh-darn likeability is the most surprising thing about this otherwise aggressively mediocre flick.
Month: April 2010
trailer break: ‘Letters to God’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Somehow I don’t think that undeliverable letters become the individual journey of whatever letter carrier happens to come across them. I believe that could be considered a federal crime, actually, to interfere with mail, even if it is undeliverable. Just goes to show how anti-Christian the federal … more…
question of the day: What imaginary item that you’ve seen in a movie or on TV do you wish you could buy?
Yesterday we talked about actual items — cars, clothes, makeup, whatever — that we’re inspired to lust after when we see them in movies or on TV. Today, let’s go fantasy shopping: What imaginary item that you’ve seen in a movie or on TV do you wish you could buy? It’s probably a given that … more…
what a girl wants
I was already down with the A-Team movie, just because: 1) hello! A-Team movie 2) silliest TV show ever 3) someone else noticed how awesome Sharlto Copley is But then I saw this image at Yahoo! Movies, part of a roundup about the most anticipated movies of the upcoming spring/summer season: And I almost fainted. … more…
U.K. box office: ‘Titans’ and ‘Dragon’ lead a fantastical weekend
But 3D isn’t necessary to kick ass: 1. Clash of the Titans: £5.7 million (NEW) 2. How to Train Your Dragon: £4.8 million (NEW) 3. Kick-Ass: £3.9 million (NEW) 4. Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang: £2.6 million (2nd week; up 1 percent) 5. Alice in Wonderland: £1.3 million (actual numbers, not estimates) Just looking … more…
watch it: 1970s Ty-D-Bol commercial
I’m not sure which is scarier: the tiny man in the tank with his little boat, or the use of plastic as a selling point:
was out all day at screenings…
…and meeting the kids from Kick-Ass. Thought I’d have time in between to check email, post something, etc. No such luck. Hauled the laptop around all day for nothing. Such is the life of the independent critic/film blogger/whatever the heck I am. You know, with criticism dead and all, I’m gonna have to find something … more…
trailer break: ‘After.Life’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… I hate it when dead people don’t stay dead. After.Life opens in the U.S. and Canada on April 9; no U.K. release date has been announced.
question of the day: What item have you bought — or wanted to buy — because you saw it in a movie or on TV?
Jenna at Jezebel attended the first of a series of free screenings at New York’s The New School of movies focused on fashion, and in her writeup she quotes New Yorker writer Judith Thurman, who introduced Annie Hall: In 1978 in Nairobi, I got this bag. I got it because it was Annie Hall’s bag. … more…
caption this! image from ‘OSS 117: Lost in Rio’
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. “Peut-être I shouldn’t have asked that cute stewardess to pull my finger…”: Music Box Films tells us about the movie: Writer-director Michel Hazanavicius (“OSS … more…
