quick list: five great spy movies

Do you guys like lists? I tried doing a daily list a while back, and it never seemed to connect with you all. Plus it was a lot a work because I tried to be too comprehensive, too definitive. But maybe a quicker hit of a list — and ones that didn’t pretend to be … more…

calling bullshit on: Owen Gleiberman at EW’s The Movie Critics…

…for deciding that two female action stars constitutes a “new normal”: It’s amusing to realize, in hindsight, that Luc Besson’s funky-violent French art-house thriller La Femme Nikita, in 1990, and its rote American remake, Point of No Return, in 1993, were still treating lady-killer heroines with kid gloves. At that point, seeing an actress like … more…

the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘F.A.R.T. The Movie’

According to Wikipedia: F.A.R.T. the Movie, released in 1991, is about a man named Russell who is obsessed with farting. His girlfriend Heather despises farts and becomes angry with Russell because all he does is watch television and fart. She tells him that if the television turns into fart jokes, then Russell won’t even leave … more…

trailer break: ‘Let Me In’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Get ready for all the “Don’t spoil!”/“Revealing XYZ is not a spoiler!” discussions, à la the one we had in comments after my brief review of Let the Right One In, the Swedish film of which this is a remake. I suppose some of those discussions will … more…

‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: TARDIS cakes

I’ve always thought Doctor Who was sweet, but these folks are serious about that. From Cake Wrecks (from its Sunday not-wrecky-cakes alterna-blogging): Many many many people have had similar ideas. Another TARDIS cake: And another: And another: And another: Crazy. (Thanks to bronxbee for the Cake Wrecks link. If you stumble across a cool Doctor … more…