question of the day: Do you sit through the credits at the multiplex?
I don’t always sit through all the credits, but the idea that the movie theater employees are mad if I do is outrageous.
Year: 2010
watch it: 1980s My Buddy commercial
(via Social Times)
deep thought (re watching one’s words while guesting on a talk show)
Liev Schreiber should be required to sit still for a burn from Jon Stewart’s new goatee for spoiling *Salt* on *The Daily Show* tonight.
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: ‘Doctor Who’ at the Proms was awesome, apparently
Look how snazzy Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, and Arthur Darvill look in their dress-up clothes!
Charlie St. Cloud (review)
Poor Zac Efron: he’s at that awkward Movie Star stage. He’s got It: that indefinable onscreen charisma. But Hollywood doesn’t have a lot of options for him while he’s stuck in the postadolescent, not-quite-grownup phase.
quick list: five really relevant filmmakers working now
With a look at balancing brains and appeal and impact, here are the filmmakers who are driving what we watch, how we talk about it, and what’s to come.
Dinner for Schmucks (review)
It’s not so much *Dinner for Schmucks* as it is *Waiting for Dinner for Schmucks.* You know, like *Waiting for Godot,* only in reverse. Because the schmucks start showing up right as the damn movie starts, and they never go away.
trailer break: ‘Smash His Camera’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Someone had to be the first papparazzo. If it wasn’t this guy, Ron Galella, he was close. Smash His Camera opens in New York on July 30; no Canadian or U.K. release dates have been announced.
question of the day: Is the shutdown of the UK Film Council good or bad for British film?
This week the British government announced the shutdown the UK Film Council. Is the decision tragically naive, or is there reason not to despair?
watch it: “Acting With James Franco Episode 1: ‘Sense Memory’”
I love that Franco is so playful about his own image: Acting With James Franco Episode 1: “Sense Memory” from James Franco
