what she said: Ragen Chastain at the blog Dances with Fat…
…on Jennifer Hudson’s Weight Watchers ad, in which Hudson states that before she lost weight, her “whole world was can’t”…
Month: September 2010
the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘She-Ra: 25th Anniversary Edition’
I’m trying to remember: What is the appropriate gift for the 25th anniversary of your cheesy children’s cartoon fantasy adventure series? Is this the flaming-sword anniversary? Or is it the magical-tiara one?
trailer break: ‘Freakonomics’
I’m into this sort of stuff — thinking outside the box, looking for the fundamental interconnectedness of all things — but I wonder if freakonomics is merely finding coincidences and calling them connections.
question of the day: Who is the greatest British filmmaker working today?
It’s the obvious followup to Friday’s QOTD — about great American filmmakers — and corollary to the Guardian’s new list of most powerful people in British film…
watch it: “I Don’t Understand Job by Garfunkel and Oates”
Who says women don’t think about sex?
wtf: the ‘Guardian’s list of 100 powerful people in British film has few Brits on it
I’m not blaming the Guardian for this. I’m blaming Hollywood’s overwhelming dominance.
is independent film criticism worth a buck a month?
I’m looking for at least 5,000 readers to subscribe to FlickFilosopher.com for at least a buck per month by October 1.
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Neil Gaiman with a Weeping Angel
Cool thing about getting to hang out on the Doctor Who set: faux attacks by famous monsters.
Jack Goes Boating (review)
He is Jack’s self-conscious heart. The title, you see, is a metaphor, for oddball Jack deciding it’s time to open up and experience something of the world, such as learning to swim and going on dates.
trailer break: ‘The King’s Speech’
I’m so looking forward to this…
