reminder: London meetup this Saturday, April 2
We’ll gather at 6pm at The Freemasons Arms, a Shepherd Neame pub, at 81-82 Long Acre, in Covent Garden, for drinks, food, and movie chat.
Month: March 2011
trailer break: ‘Mr. Popper’s Penguins’
I ask this in all sincerity: What the fuck?
question of the day: Are geeks to blame for ‘Sucker Punch’?
Jonathan London at Geekscape has posted a downright desperate screed attempting to defend Zack Snyder and his Sucker Punch by simultaneously insisting that the film is not terrible, and also that if geeks hate the film it means they hate themselves. Oh, and we’re just jealous of Snyder, anyway.
Pushing the Elephant (review)
This simple, stunning portrait of the strength and commitment of Rose Mapendo — survivor of ethnic cleansing and humanitarian worker — is no dry discourse on the tough, demanding work of humanitarianism. It is a deeply moving look at the real toll such work has had on one woman’s life…
deep thought (re review embargoes)
Review embargoes are the new not-screened-for-critics.
trailer break: ‘Oranges and Sunshine’
Great cast: Emily Watson, David Wenham, Hugo Weaving. Anything to make yet another real-life sad tale go down easier.
question of the day: What would you do with a ‘Limitless’ pill?
Are there things that you would like to do but feel that they’re beyond your capabilities now? What would the positive and negative side effects of your endeavors be, for yourself and for the world at large?
watch it: “King Philip IV”
Improv Everywhere strikes again, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York…
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Series 6 prequel scene
Richard Nixon: now there’s a villain for the Doctor to smack down. I look forward to this.
trailer break: ‘Killing Bono’
Oh, I hope this is funny. Other people’s thwarted dreams and missed opportunities usually make me want to cry, so I hope this is funny instead.
