question of the day: Is there room for film criticism on TV anymore?
Roger Ebert says At the Movies must end unless financial backing can be found. How much should we worry that its end means the end of intelligent criticism on TV?
Month: November 2011
London photo of the day: levitating bikes
Lighter-than-air bicycles in Soho.
must reads: “The Formula for Complete and Utter Bayhem”
The secrets behind Michael Bay’s success are precisely what we thought…
critic’s minifesto #3: it’s all about story
This means that a film that does not tell a story that appeals to me on some level has, in my reckoning, failed as a movie.
watch it: Peter Jackson’s fourth video blog from the set of ‘The Hobbit’
Did you know that The Hobbit is being shot in 3D? Well, it is.
Doctor Who thing of the day: kid’s upcycled Dalek costume
Awww. Cute and green…
Wuthering Heights (trailer)
Well. I’ve loved Andrea Arnold’s work so far, but I don’t know what to make of this trailer.
question of the day: Is Hollywood trying to kill the DVD rental business?
Have you come across DVD rental copies of movies that are somehow disabled or hobbled? Have you seen other evidence of an attempt to squash the rental business?
London photo of the day: New York Yankees caps
For some reason, New York Yankees caps are a thing here.
Miss Bala (review)
There is a whole lotta frustration to be found in a movie about a woman forced to play men’s games who doesn’t fight back… not even a little.
