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Oh, wow. Where to begin even calculating the awful? I’d probably start with the typo — “ITS’” — in the first ad (if the computer’s grammar is that bad, I’m not gonna trust it to do anything), and then move on to the painful sexual innuendo in the last two ads. Prior to this, I … more…
Rodrigo Garcia’s latest film, Mother and Child, opening tomorrow in the U.S. and Canada, is that rarest of rarities these days: a serious film about motherhood that does not resort to clichés and stereotypes but explores what is for many women the central experience of their lives without either denigrating it or dismissing it. The … more…
Okay, I’m a dork: I know this. But I’m typically out most nights of the week at screenings, and I really look forward to vegging on the sofa on Friday nights. Of late, this has involved some Syfy original programming: Caprica, Eureka, Stargate Universe, etc. This will soon end (via the L.A. Times blog Company … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… As is typical with Disney films, embedding of this trailer is disabled for the domestic version by the U.S. arm of Disney… but Disney U.K. is, for some bizarre reason, happy to have site owners like me give the film free advertising. So: Jerry Bruckheimer and videogame … more…
I’ve been a bit mystified by all the Betty White love that’s been going around recently, but I hadn’t given it too much thought because Internet memes like this one come and go and often remain inexplicable even after you try to analyze them. But because I hadn’t been paying too much attention to the … more…
Ooo, it starts getting mean about halfway through…
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. “Jason and Amber were reasonably sure they still had a shot at winning the Mary and Joseph lookalike contest even though they’d lost baby … more…
It gives a whole new meaning to the term “blood diamond”! Now, boys with terrifyingly fangirly fiancées can give their one-true-love — you know, the one who’s more in love with a fictional vampire than with the not-undead man right in front of them — the engagement ring of their dreams: Experience your romance with … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Ooo, sparkly! Is this gonna the Summer of Sparkle, what with Edward the Sparkly Vampire and the Sex and the City gals with their bedazzled lifestyles? Wait, what? Dubai? They’re going to Dubai?! The country with “decency” laws so strict that having sex with your spouse can … more…
It’s high time the tiniest people got a movie of their own.
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