The Guard (U.S. and U.K. trailers)
Funny stuff. And a most interesting look at how films are marketed differently on either side of the Atlantic. Compare and contrast the U.K. trailer with the U.S. trailer…
Year: 2011
question of the day: What is your favorite foodie movie, or foodie scene in a movie?
I think my very favorite is the prison cooking scene in GoodFellas: “He had this wonderful system for doing the garlic. He used a razor and he used to slice it so thin that it used to liquefy in the pan with just a little oil…”
deep thought (re iTunes)
When I was a kid, I used to stay up all night listening to the radio. iTunes makes this even more dangerous today…
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (retro trailer)
I can’t wait to see Super 8, J.J. Abrams’ tribute to Steven Spielberg. For now, I have to make do with some actual Spielberg…
Saturday cute: fruit-based Bert and Ernie snacks
Adorable, delicious, and good for you!
question of the weekend: What’s your perfect meal?
Mine would be a big bloody steak, a pile of nice green veggies — perhaps spinach or asparagus — and a glass of red wine. Something chocolatey for dessert. Yum…
Friday night fortune cookie: Tyler Durden says…
“You are not special. You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You’re the same decaying organic matter as everything else.”
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Steven Moffat is challenging the paradigms of TV formats (or is he?)
Is Moffat just a lazy writer who reuses the same motifs again and again, or is there a genius to his repetition?
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (trailer)
The trailer we’ve all been waiting to make fun of has arrived.
question of the day: If Chuck Norris and Jennifer Love Hewitt aren’t the worst Hollywood actors, who are?
Have you seen Slate’s Hollywood Career-o-Matic? This hilarious tool collates data from Rotten Tomatoes to assess who is a great actor, actress, or director based upon the Freshness ratings of their films. Its usefulness is questionable, though…
