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…and meeting the kids from Kick-Ass. Thought I’d have time in between to check email, post something, etc. No such luck. Hauled the laptop around all day for nothing. Such is the life of the independent critic/film blogger/whatever the heck I am. You know, with criticism dead and all, I’m gonna have to find something … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… I hate it when dead people don’t stay dead. After.Life opens in the U.S. and Canada on April 9; no U.K. release date has been announced.
Jenna at Jezebel attended the first of a series of free screenings at New York’s The New School of movies focused on fashion, and in her writeup she quotes New Yorker writer Judith Thurman, who introduced Annie Hall: In 1978 in Nairobi, I got this bag. I got it because it was Annie Hall’s bag. … more…
Fun for Wednesdays! We look at an image from an upcoming movie or TV show and write snarky, witty, or otherwise entertaining captions for it. No prizes, it’s just for fun. “Peut-être I shouldn’t have asked that cute stewardess to pull my finger…”: Music Box Films tells us about the movie: Writer-director Michel Hazanavicius (“OSS … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… It was while watching this trailer that I suddenly realized what I’ve been doing wrong all my life, why I’m tragically still Not Married at the advanced age of 40. It’s because I’ve actually been living and enjoying myself and not settling for Mr. Good Enough… because, … more…
Trying something new as a way to at least acknowledge all the DVDs and other screeners I receive, cuz no matter my best intentions, I can never get around to reviewing all of them. These, though, I gotta review: Gamera: The Giant Monster: The Japanese language original, with new English subtitles, in an anamorphic widescreen … more…
Patrick Goldstein at The Big Picture is wondering whether 3D spells doom for The Movie Star, for the idea that a big-name actor can open a movie and that the studios can sell a movie almost exclusively on the basis of who is appearing in it: Put yourself in the position of a studio executive, … more…
BBC America is hosting this event. Details: 7:00 PM: A special premiere screening event of the new Doctor Who series, immediately followed by a Q&A with actors Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and lead writer and executive producer Steven Moffat at the Village East Cinema. The Q&A session will be moderated by USA Today’s Pop Culture … more…
Here are the thoughts I jotted down, pretty much in order as they occurred to me as I watched…
obsession: Doctor Who (because it now goes to 11) boyfriend: Matt Smith in Doctor Who (because he made me fall in love with him faster than I thought I would) psyched: Iron Man 2 (because Robert Downey Jr. is a permanent member of my boyfriend harem) girl crush: Amy Pond in Doctor Who (because she’s … more…
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