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In response to yesterday’s QOTD — about whether we are reinventing ourselves as people who watch movies and TV, listen to music, read books, and play games in light of the ever expanding choices we have for how we do these things — reader LaSargenta commented: I take umbrage at having to call myself a … more…
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. “Dude, it totally says you can’t park there!”: Universal Pictures tells us about the movie: Oscar winner Russell Crowe stars as the legendary figure … more…
Weird. I just assumed my DVR had recorded an episode last night and it had been driving me nuts all day that I simply had too much else going on today to get to it. And I suffered a strange sort of displacement when I sat down just now to finally watch it and jot … more…
The return of Sharlto Copley as District 9’s Wikus Van De Merwe, in a sketch from the recent South African Music Awards: Wikus and Charlize – watch more funny videos (via Cinematical)
When I was a kid and fell in love with movies and decided I wanted to make movies (an ambition that later morphed into writing about movies, so no, I’m not quite the cliché of the critic who’s a thwarted filmmaker), I decided that I wanted to be the next Steven Spielberg. His movies of … more…
In the name of the protagonist, the love interest, and the evil villain. The trinity: always a good choice, apparently, when marketing a movie. It doesn’t matter what kind of movie. A Western action horror zombie thriller? Perfect! An anti-imperialist feminist costume drama? No problem! Does the motif work for nonhistorical films? Of course!
For the last six months or so, I realize as I look back, I’ve been in some sort of larval state as I try to figure out how I can make at least some of what I’ve been doing here since 1997 continue to work in an environment in which, we’re told, film criticism is … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Heh: Girls are dumb. They can’t even count to three. Heh heh. OMG, it’s like a 1992 action movie crashed into an idiotic rom-com. Secret agents at the wedding? High-larious! Girls in hideous bridesmaids’ dresses screaming during a car chase? High-larious! Don’t let anyone tell you Tom … more…
And new releases fail to engage: 1. How to Train Your Dragon: $15.4 million 2. The Back-up Plan: $12.2 million (NEW) 3. Date Night: $10.5 million (3rd week; drops 37%) 4. The Losers: $9.4 million (NEW) 5. Kick-Ass: $9.3 million (2nd week; drops 53%) actual numbers, not estimates Ugh. It was ugly out there this … more…
I knew it! Stephen Hawking says aliens will want to enslave us and eat our brains, or maybe our sun, or something, and he’s, like, the smartest smart guy ever, so he should know, right? Then again… aliens can be cute: Or dangerous only insofar as they will expect you to buy them pints: Or … more…
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