50s sci-fi Converse sneakers
I have quite a collection of Converse sneakers already — hightops and low both — but I couldn’t resist adding these to my wardrobe when I came across them on eBay: Because I’m not a big enough dork yet.
Year: 2010
because stale leftovers are sooo yummy
The endless parade of remakes of old TV series is destined to continue for the foreseeable future, according to Bill Carter in The New York Times: Among the most prominent projects under consideration as new series next fall are these familiar names: “The Rockford Files” on NBC; “Charlie’s Angels” on ABC; and “Hawaii Five-O” on … more…
poster convergence: ‘When in Rome’ and ‘Leap Year’
I hope this isn’t going to be a trend for 2010: posters that reduce women to simpering little girls. Really, Amy Adams? Might you just faint your little old self at the prospect of an engagement ring? Is this 1815? Are you a character in a Jane Austen novel? Hell, I take that back: Jane … more…
trailer break: ‘The Spy Next Door’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Or, Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s a Spy. Yeah, men are totally incapable of taking care of children. Also: They have no idea how to read the simple instructions on a carton of oatmeal, or that you need to protect your hands when removing hot trays from … more…
question of the day: What movie are you most looking forward to in January?
As of this writing, 11 movies will open wide in North America in the month of January. Which means that even if you’re an active moviegoer and see a movie each week, you’ve still gotta pick and choose (and it’s even worse if you’re in a city on the arthouse circuit, but let’s not make … more…
‘Hurt Locker’ wins 2009 Best Picture from Online Film Critics Society
The Online Film Critics Society — of which I’m a member and serve on the Governing Committee — has announced the winners of its 2009 Awards. The Hurt Locker won Best Picture, Best Director (Kathryn Bigelow), Best Actor (Jeremy Renner), and Best Editing (Chris Innis and Bob Murawski). Also winning four awards was Inglourious Basterds: … more…
North American box office: ‘Avatar’ ‘Avatar’ ‘Avatar’
Biggest. New Year’s weekend. Evah: 1. Avatar: $68.5 million (3rd week; drops 9%) 2. Sherlock Holmes: $36.6 million (2nd week; drops 41%) 3. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel: $35.2 million (2nd week; drops 28%) 4. It’s Complicated: $18.8 million (2nd week; drops 15%) 5. The Blind Side: $11.95 million actual numbers, not estimates Once … more…
watch it: adorable Google Japan video
Total Information Awareness is so cute!
because individuality is suddenly unAmerican
Today’s Hollywood has no place for personality, concludes Henry Stewart at The L Magazine. Or perhaps because a movie about a talking animal that doesn’t come with its own Happy Meal is just too weird. (Perhaps not coincidentally, Fantastic Mr. Fox did get the Happy Meal treatment in the U.K.… where it had grossed, before … more…
my week at the movies: ‘The Spy Next Door,’ ‘Leap Year,’ ‘Daybreakers’
UPDATE: Looks like Daybreakers will screen after all. I’ll see it tonight. Pity me. It’s January, and I have to go to the movies. The Spy Next Door (opens in the U.S. and Canada on January 15; no U.K. release date has been announced yet) is from director Brian Levant, who is to cinema what … more…
