trailer break: ‘The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec’
Oh. My. God. How cool does this look?
Month: March 2011
question of the day: Are today’s kids watching old movies?
I do know, from the one teenager I’ve had regular contact with in recent years, that she, at least, eagerly listens to and loves pop music from as far back as the 1950s (she adores Patsy Cline, for one). iTunes and downloadable music in general has made this music much more readily accessible — and easier to sample — than was once true. But is the same true of old movies?
Weinstein Company has a fucking comment on the shit piss fuck PG-13 version of ‘The King’s Speech’!
It’s sort of like someone getting blasted by an atom bomb and then commenting on how lovely and warm the weather suddenly is.
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: the power of the Doctor is such that even people who’ve never seen the show are able to parody it with such love
Kate Beaton from Halifax says she’s never seen Doctor Who, but then how could her cartoon be so eerily accurate?
wtf: ‘Clash of the Titans 2’ will be converted to 3D
Our Hollywood overlords hate us.
the oh-yes! DVD of the week: ‘The Promise’
This harrowing television drama, from the U.K.’s Channel 4, is a provocative look at the state of the modern Middle East that will shock as many people as it will enthrall, merely by dint of its reasoned, unhysterical look at Israel and its treatment of the Palestinians…
the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘Alive? Is Michael Jackson Really Dead’
Sometimes it’s a chore trying to pick which of several likely candidates is the oh-no-est DVD of the week. And sometimes they send you an engraved invitation requesting the pleasure of your ridicule…
wtf: Harvey Weinstein doesn’t want you to see the version of ‘The King’s Speech’ that just won Best Picture
If you despair of the lack of smart, mature movies for adults now, just wait till The King’s Speech, reedited for knee-jerk prudes afraid of their own shadows and unable to competently parent their children to explain how words work, makes $100 million at the box office.
trailer break: ‘Apollo 18’
Hmmm. I wonder if I would have been happier not seeing this trailer. Infection? Is that it?
