win an Oscar, lose your husband?
Who let a girl do serious journalism? And more. Yup, it’s The Week in Women, my regular column over at the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Enjoy.
Year: 2010
Chris Evans is Captain America, Michael Bay takes on ‘Monster Squad,’ Sarah Palin’s TV deal, and more: leftover links
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But … more…
watch it: the 3/27/10 weekly address from President Barack Obama
For a succinct explanation of why the just-passed health-care reform legislation is complete bullshit and a total gift to greedy, murderous insurance corporations, see this rundown from Firedoglake [warning: PDF]. Did you know that: This bill is almost identical to the plan written by AHIP, the insurance company trade association, in 2009. Or that: The … more…
question of the weekend: What holiday would you invent, and how would you celebrate?
Yesterday, March 26, was apparently “Make Up Your Own Holiday Day.” (This is via the wonderful system that allows anyone to designate any day toward the commemoration of absolutely anything.) We’re a day late, but what the hell: What holiday would you invent, and how would you celebrate? I’d institute A Real Day Off Day, … more…
Friday night fortune cookie: Corey Flood says…
“The world is full of guys. Be a man. Don’t be a guy.” (referenced in my review of Hot Tub Time Machine, but worth repeating…)
watch it: “Moxy Mickey believed in love”
Friday baby squirrel cuteness, from my friend Pamela:
March 26: DVD alternatives to this weekend’s multiplex offerings
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but you dropped a pocketwatch in the shower and now you’re stuck in 1857. But you can have a multiplex-like experience in the 19th century (assuming you remembered to bring along your portable DVD player) with a collection of the right … more…
screencap Friday: what the flick? #116
Friday fun! Here’s a screen capture from a DVD… and just to make things harder for 2010, this one is from a TV show which may or may not be in my collection (it’s sooo much easier to do screengrabs now that Netflix is streaming to my computer). Guess the TV show — you don’t … more…
this is why Neil Gaiman is a god
I don’t know why it took this long, but yesterday, the Guardian published “A nobody’s guide to the Oscars,” by Neil Gaiman. He was present at that august event because he wrote the source material for Coraline, which was nominated for Best Animated Feature: I had also written a 15-second sequence for the Oscars, in … more…
poster covergence: ‘E.T’ and ‘How to Train Your Dragon’
I take a chance and reach out and touch the alien being, and my heart light glows. *sigh*
