trailer break: ‘Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole’
I can’t quite put my finger on it, but something rubs me the wrong way every time I see this trailer…
Month: August 2010
Eat Pray Love (review)
There’s something ridiculously and deeply sad about what Eat Pray Love reveals about the deprived lives American women lead…
question of the day: Are there any celebrities or historical personages that no actor could or should portray onscreen?
It seems that French screen legend Brigitte Bardot thinks no could possibly stand in for her in a film about her life…
5,000 subscribers at a buck a month?
Let me explain why I think this could work, and why it would be good for all of us, including you, my dear readers.
watch it: 1970s Oscar Mayer bologna commercial
Oscar Mayer, 1970s, advertising, retro
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: scientist goes all fangirl geeky
Astonomer writers *Doctor Who* fan fiction to explain the discovery of a new supernova…
The Ghost Writer (aka The Ghost) (review)
This is what I am profoundly grateful for: Roman Polanski’s elegant, gripping thriller The Ghost Writer is not about teenaged girls, not in any way at all.
looks like ‘The New York Times’ A.O. Scott is a nasty feminazi
He really should get back in the kitchen, where he belongs, and make me a sandwich, and learn when to just shut the fuck up if he knows what’s good for him…
trailer break: ‘Flipped’
Looks cute enough, and it’s from director Rob Reiner…
question of the day: Does Jet Blue flight attendant Steven Slater deserve to be a folk hero?
If the news has become entertainment, then surely there’s something of a pop culture perfect storm brewing over the spectacular exit flight attendant Steven Slater made from a Jet Blue plane on the tarmac at New York’s JFK airport the other day…
