watch it: “How To Wrap A Cat For Christmas”
In case you need some last-minute help wrapping those awkward prezzies.
Year: 2010
trailer break: ‘Animals United’
We really should worry about what happens when the rest of the natural world figures out that the upright simians at the top of the food chain have not been responsible stewards of the planet…
to give or to keep: Star Wars Chubbies: Jango and Boba Fett nesting dolls
Chubby used to mean something different when I was a kid. I mean, I could say, “Han Solo gives me a girl-chubby,” and that wouldn’t have anything to do with cute little nesting dolls.
what she said: Helen Mirren…
Dame Helen Mirren tells it like it is: Hollywood “continues to worship at the altar of the 18- to 25-year-old male and his penis.”
trailer break: ‘Sanctum’
Poor Ioan Gruffudd. He was gonna be such a big star after Horatio Hornblower…
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Matt Smith and Karen Gillan sing “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”
They do not, it must be said, sing it very well. But it’s amusing anyway…
question of the day: What actor who hasn’t already done so should play Ebenezer Scrooge?
I bet Morgan Freeman would be awesome as Scrooge…
watch it: 1980s Atari Christmas E.T. commercial
I fight it rather disturbing to think about E.T. masquerading as Santa. I also wonder if a being from a culture that has mastered intersteller travel would find the Atari 2600 game system rather primitive.
final (for now) FlickFilosopher get-together in NYC on Saturday, January 15
In anticipation of my flying out of New York and returning who-knows-when, I invite any and all to join me for drinks and generally revelry somewhere in Manhattan on Saturday, January 15.
to give or to keep: Roger Corman’s Cult Classics DVDs
You know who Roger Corman is. He made a slew of cheapo exploitation flicks in the era before inexpensive camcorders and online DVD sales made that somewhat less impossible than it is today. He virtually invented the American independent cinema scene.
