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Month: June 2011

Kung Fu Panda 2 (review)

Thu, Jun 02, 2011
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What saves this from feeling like it should have gone direct to video is the animation, which is breathtakingly beautiful: this fantasy ancient China is gorgeously designed…

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has Ronan Parke been prechosen as the winner of ‘Britain’s Got Talent’? are reality talent shows fixed? do you need to ask?

Thu, Jun 02, 2011
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An anonymous Sony exec reveals just how micromanaged and staged Britain’s Got Talent is… if we can believe it…

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retro ad: 1980s Pepsi commercial with Cindy Crawford

Thu, Jun 02, 2011
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She’s hot, but not as hot as a redesigned soda can.

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‘FHM’ names ladylike dude Andrej Pejic one of the 100 sexiest women in the world… then freaks out when they learn she’s a guy

Thu, Jun 02, 2011
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The teenaged-boy fashion model is making hetero guys uncomfortable by turning them on…

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The Change-Up (redband trailer)

Thu, Jun 02, 2011
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If Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds are actively hoping to piss away their charms, they’re both doing excellent jobs of it.

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question of the day: Would you enjoy an action/comic-book movie franchise that gave us two or four small movies in a single year rather than one huge one every four years?

Thu, Jun 02, 2011
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For the estimated $125 million that was spent to produce X-Men: First Class, for instance, we could have had two $62 million movies, or four $31 million movies. Would you prefer that?

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: psych yourself for “A Good Man Goes to War”

Wed, Jun 01, 2011
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Oh dear. There’s a trailer for “A Good Man Goes to War.” Needless to say, don’t watch this if you consider teasers spoilers…

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (“leaked” redband trailer)

Wed, Jun 01, 2011
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This showed up online over the holiday weekend, ostensibly a pirated version shot in a movie theater. Movieline calls it Sony being sneaky…

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question of the day: Does American TV portray gays and lesbians better than British TV does?

Wed, Jun 01, 2011
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Not only should I not worry about how Torchwood: Miracle Day copes with Captain Jack’s sexuality, showrunner Russell T. Davies believes American TV has teh gay better than British TV…

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