Saturday cute: ‘The Great Gatsby’ game for NES
For real? Or a joke? So hard to tell…
Month: February 2011
question of the weekend: Are we entering a new era of grassroots, on-the-ground political activism, or is the fallout from the Egyptian protests only a temporary blip?
There’s no doubt that there is something inspiring about what happened in Egypt, and hugely relieving that it did not descend into all-out violent revolution. But how long can the inspiration last?
Friday night fortune cookie: Gandalf says…
“Many that live deserve death. Some that die deserve life. Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends.”
I Am Number Four (review)
High school is hard. High school is even harder when you’re a secret alien from another planet in hiding from big scary guys with enormous feet and weird tattoos on their bald heads who are after you for reasons no one really understands. Except maybe that you’re the last of your kind. Well, apart from your alien-warrior protector, who isn’t specially numbered like you are.
Vanishing on 7th Street (review)
The ambiguity of it all is at least as frustrating as it is intriguing, but director Brad Anderson whips it into something gorgeously terrifying, creating a sense of menace out of shadow and darkness the likes of which I’m not sure I’ve ever seen on film before.
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: dog versus Dalek
In light of Wednesday’s cat-versus-Dalek battle, it seems only fair to give dogs their shot at the homicidal tinpots…
Just Go with It (review)
Is it any wonder that is always seems to be Jennifer Aniston, America’s It Girl, who gets screwed by spectacularly selfish men who embody this new American ideal of “Do whatever you want, to whomever you want, no matter how evil, no matter how wrong, and you will not only escape punishment, you will be richly rewarded for your antisocial behavior”? Poor Aniston: She is the foreclosure crisis of the modern Hollywood romantic comedy.
trailer break: ‘Hall Pass’
I’m really starting to hate Owen Wilson.
question of the day: What actor’s voice — male or female — gives you chills?
For me, Alan Rickman might be at the top of that list…
watch it: “Cat Does Dog Tricks”
Gimme Five gets no treat there at the end? I bet someone stepped in a little trick not too much later…
