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Take a break from work: watch a trailer… In my experience, bad guys who announce that they’ve renounced violence are just asking for trouble. This looks really interesting: The 15th century is not a period that sees a lot of fantasy set there, and I can’t think of another Puritan action hero. (That sounds like … more…
UPDATE: Added last-minute screenings this week of Our Family Wedding (opens in the U.S. and Canada on March 12; no U.K. release date has been announced; trailer here) and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (opens in the U.K. on March 10, in the U.S. on March 19; it played theatrically last spring in Canada, … more…
Last week, Hurt Locker producer Nicolas Chartier was banned from attending the Oscar ceremony on Sunday over the emails he sent to Academy members. According to The Los Angeles Times, this is the first time such a ban has been instituted. I didn’t understand at first why an email asking for an Academy member’s vote … more…
(previous: “Lighthouse”) There’s no way to “review” or “analyze” or even “discuss” this show on an episode-by-episode basis — it’s more like you just have to react and try to guess what the hell is going on. So I’m not even gonna try to impose any sense or reason upon it: I’m just going to … more…
The second of the three Oscar-nominated animated shorts that are available online (I featured one yesterday, the last will come tomorrow):
Came home this afternoon from a non-movie-related client meeting, flipped on the TV as background for the next few hours’ writing, and discovered an announcement from my cable company, Cablevision: • ABC is threatening to pull the plug on WABC-7 unless Cablevision and its customers agree to pay millions of dollars in new fees. Cablevision … more…
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… It’s My Big Fat Multicultural Wedding! With goofy dads who hate each other and indulge in ethnic stereotyping… because it’s adorable! Also: There’s a goat hopped up on Viagara! I bet the screenwriters are so proud of that last one. I hope Pfizer’s getting a cut every … more…
And they say there’s nothing on TV: Porn star Charlie Laine is used to sex on the job, but she never realized what goes on under the desks! All work and no play makes these Hot MILF Secretaries horny! Zoe, a curvy brunette, is forced to work overtime all alone and can’t help but get … more…
Multiplex horror story of the day combined with customer service nightmare of the year (via CNET): Recently, a patron of the [St. Croix Falls Cinema 8, in St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin] wrote a letter to the company complaining about the experience she and her husband and another couple had during a showing of “Shutter Island.” … more…
While crazy cops and zombie farmers do well, too: 1. Shutter Island: $22.7 million (2nd week; drops 45%) 2. Cop Out: $18.2 million (NEW) 3. The Crazies: $16.1 million (NEW) 4. Avatar: $13.7 million 5. Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief: $9.6 million (3rd week; drops 37%) actual numbers, not estimates Over its … more…
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