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The U.K. box office numbers for last weekend are in, and they’re not pretty. It seems that World Cup time is a dumping ground for U.K. cinema (which is absolutely contrary to how the movie biz works in North America, where June is, usually, when summer blockbuster business really heats up), and that may have … more…
There’s so much cool Doctor Who stuff in the universe, and I suspect we’re going to be starving for new Doctor Who stuff to talk about in two weeks, when the current series wraps up (well, except for my classic Doctor Who blogging and whatever other goodies I may be cooking up), that I think … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… I’ve already seen this, but Universal is embargoing all commentary on the film from critics who’ve seen it till June 28th, so I can’t say anything at all. Not even that an embargo on this movie makes very little sense. But I can say this, and I … more…
…in the BP oil spill movie, isn’t he?
Have you heard? Gossipmonger Perez Hilton is losing advertising at his self-named celebrity gossip site because he posted an “upshot” of a female superstar… that is, an up-the-skirt photograph that appeared to show that said female superstar was not wearing any underwear. Now, anyone who knows even the slightest bit about the nasty cesspools in … more…
From TED Talks. Horrifyingly, this predates the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico:
Everybody wants to be like Neo: That Inception poster is reminding me of another film: it’s on the tip of my mind, but I can’t quite grasp it. And at least that Matrix poster that it’s aping isn’t one of the really iconic ones. Disney seems to really, really hope you’ll think of Neo’s quest … more…
I cannot urge you strongly enough to see this movie — see it now.
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… We learned back in March that Disney was suddenly terrified of princess movies, and so was changing the title of its Rapunzel movie from, you know, Rapunzel to Tangled. And now we see how far the Mouse is going to de-girl the movie with this trailer. In … more…
Devin Fararci at CHUD.com posted a provocative essay recently decrying the dreary mainstream tastes of those who call themselves movie geeks these days: For the last couple of years I’ve been trying to wrap my head around an increasingly vocal segment of our readership – people who seem to hate weird, offbeat, unique and difficult … more…
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