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Traffic goes up a little, and the spammers come out of the woodwork. To all the new readers: Welcome. Hope you enjoy yourselves here. To all the new spammers: You’re ugly, and you’re going to die alone and miserable, whereupon ravenous squirrels will eat your body.
Just in case you thought it wasn’t just caprice underlying the ratings work the MPAA does, it recently awarded a restrictive R rating — because of “brief strong language” — to the upcoming Julia Roberts travel romance Eat Pray Love… and then just as easily changed it to PG-13 when the director, Glee’s Ryan Murphy, … more…
Sex and the City 2 is doing remarkably well at the U.K. box office, handily retaining the No. 1 spot this past weekend and overall doing about twice as well, comparatively speaking, as it is performing in North America. As Charles Gant at the Guardian’s Film blog notes: After two weekends in the US, it … more…
One of these years, I’m going to assemble an “every ‘Doctor? Doctor who?’ scene” clip fest, and an “every ‘reverse the polarity of the neutron flow’ scene” clip fest. Jelly babies are one of the most disgusting things I’ve ever tasted. *bleech*
I’ve been talking about it loudly and frequently for ages: the entertainment environment is changing rapidly, all sorts of new options are available for acquiring and viewing movies, and Hollywood should be listening to how its customers are telling the industry it needs to change. Going to the multiplex is an expensive and unpleasant proposition … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Ooo, intense! Ron being mean to Harry! Harry and Ginny kissing! How will it all end? Oh, wait: we already know how it will all end… Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I opens in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. on November 19.
Today’s question comes from reader Overflight, in response to my review of Marmaduke: What other newspaper comic strips do you want to see turned into a crappy movie? Overflight continues: How about Mary Worth as a glurge fest? Or Funky Winkerbean as a heartwrenching drama? No wait! I’ve got it! Take advantage of the upcoming … more…
Meet the Volturi. Okay, the Beatles album cover isn’t a poster. But it serves the same purpose. And it was the first thing that popped into my head when I saw this poster for Twilight: Eclipse on a bus shelter last night. Dakota Fanning is totally John Lennon, don’tcha think?
There’s a large crossover between theater geeks and Star Trek geeks, as evidence by this troupe in California, which has mashed up Gilbert and Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore with Trek. With singing! More info here. (thanks to bronxbee for the heads-up)
What’s next: a Family Circus movie? Where o where is the hero who will save us?
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