question of the day: Why do we continue to be George Lucas’s bitch?
Just try to ignore the pull of Star Wars 3D. How do we escape George Lucas’s Svengali-like domination?
Year: 2010
cinematic roots of: ‘The Night Chronicles: Devil’
In The Night Chronicles: Devil, a group of hapless folks are trapped in an elevator with Satan. This flick sprang from (among other films)…
cinematic roots of: ‘Easy A’
In Easy A, Emma Stone — in a story based on the classic novel The Scarlet Letter — learns how cruel teenagers can be when she pretends to be the sluttiest slut their high school has ever known. This flick sprang from (among other films)…
cinematic roots of: ‘Alpha and Omega’
In Alpha and Omega, two animated wolves — a lowly cur (the voice of Justin Long) and a pack leader (the voice of Hayden Panettiere) — are relocated by humans to another park and fall in love on the road trip home. This flick sprang from (among other films)…
cinematic roots of: ‘The Town’
In The Town, bank robber (Ben Affleck) falls in love with a witness (Rebecca Hall) to his latest heist while dodging the investigation of an FBI agent (Jon Hamm) into his crimes. This flick sprang from (among other films)…
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Doctor’s Girls Wallpaper
There have been many, many screaming companions on the TARDIS. Just a small taste…
tres cool: “Thirty Five Images of Space Helmet Reflections”
Just a few. Click on over to Modcult for the rest…
wtf: Catholic press complaining that ‘Eat Pray Love’ isn’t Catholic Churchy enough
When EPL opened in North America in August, the Catholic press was pretty darned peeved over it. Why? Julia Roberts’ Liz Gilbert — and the film itself, as a consequence — gives less than zero thought to Jesus in her quest for spiritual enlightenment.
a few thoughts on ‘Mad Men’: “Hands and Knees”
Is SDCP teetering on the edge of dissolution? It sure seems that way after Roger’s lie about Lucky Strike and after Pete’s lie about North American Aviation… oh, and all of Don’s lies about everything.
trailer break: ‘Case 39’
A movie about a child who’s a demon? Quelle surprise! What an original concept!
