omg: lightsaber chopsticks!

I want. Probably the Luke lightsaber chopsticks pictured [Amazon U.S.]. Or maybe I should buy the Yoda and Vader set [Amazon U.S.] so both a guest and I can use the Force while we eat our dumplings. Product features (via Amazon): * Chopsticks in the shape of your favorite Jedi weapons * Fully licensed Lucasfilm … more…

Sex and the City 2 (review)

Thank Jimmy Choo for feminism! Am I right, ladies? I mean, not the nasty hairy feminism that’s all about equal pay and publicly subsidized day care and all that nonsense…

new this week in U.S., Canadian, and U.K. theaters: ‘Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time,’ ‘Sex and the City 2,’ ‘The Losers,’ ‘[REC] 2,’ more

U.S. AND CANADA/OPENING WIDE Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time: It’s tanking in the U.K., and now it gets a shot at tanking in North America. [trailer] review to come If you can’t make it to the multiplex, try: • Big Trouble in Little China (1986): In which Kurt Russell goes up against an … more…

trailer break: ‘The Oath’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Yesterday, I wrote about how filmmaker Laura Poitras has been targeted by the federal government because of her work investigating and critiquing the U.S.’s prosecution of the “war on terror.” This is her latest film. It’s easy to see why it might make the feds uncomfortable, but … more…