trailer break: ‘I Am Love’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Oh, Tilda Swinton, I do love you something fierce. I wish I loved this movie that much… I Am Love is now playing in the U.K.; it opens theatrically in the U.S. and Canada on June 18.

new this week in U.S., Canadian, and U.K. theaters: ‘Get Him to the Greek,’ ‘Splice,’ ‘Death at a Funeral,’ ‘The Brothers Bloom,’ more

U.S. AND CANADA/OPENING WIDE Get Him to the Greek: Rock stars (ie, Russell Brand) are a mess, and the normal people who are their fans (ie, Jonah Hill) are only slightly less a mess. Such is the plight of humanity. If you can’t make it to the multiplex, try: • Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008): Which … more…

I’ve been sorta absent for the last 24 hours…

…sorry. It hasn’t been deliberate. It’s just that plotting to take over the Internet is more time-consuming than you’d imagine. Part of the Net-domination plan is to get enough ahead of myself so that I have time to prepare more postings in advance, so that an unexpected few hours away from the computer doesn’t lead … more…

trailer break: ‘Centurion’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… A new movie from Neil Marshall, who gave us Dog Soldiers and The Descent? And starring Michael Fassbender and Noel “Mickey The Idiot Smith” Clarke? Yes, please. It’s just a bonus that it’s set in Roman Britain and features awesome Pictish chick warriors. Centurion is now playing … more…

question of the day: Shouldn’t Hollywood condemn Ashton Kutcher’s ‘piracy’ of ‘Killers’?

I noted in last Friday’s Question of the Day that the Katherine Heigl/Ashton Kutcher flick Killers wouldn’t be screening for critics before it opens tomorrow. (I’ll attend a courtesy screening for press tomorrow morning, and will have a review asap afterward.) Lionsgate’s reason for this? The studio wants to “capitalize on the revolution in social … more…

Splice (review)

What if there were realms in which *woman* was not meant to meddle? It’s not as progressive as it sounds. But you knew that already.