newsflash: Rapture publicist not raptured, still doing PR
This is why we can’t have nice things…
Year: 2011
watch it: “Chewbacca + Ewok = Dance Off!!”
This is what geeks do for fun.
the last episode of Oprah Winfrey’s show airs today
Have I ever watched a single episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show? I don’t think so… maybe accidentally, some day in 1993 when I was home sick from work and lolling on the sofa and too miserable to change the TV channel…
trailer break: ‘Real Steel’
Ho. Lee. Shit. They did it. They finally did it. They made Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots: The Movie.
question of the day: Are you able to find 2D versions of hot new 3D movies in your hometown?
Half of those who saw Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides this past weekend in North America saw in it 2D. Which is almost impossible in some places…
trailer break: ‘The Muppets’ teaser
Nice. All sappy romantic dramas should be invaded by the Muppets.
watch it: “Tropes vs. Women: #1 The Manic Pixie Dream Girl”
Are you confused about what a manic pixie dream girl is? Unsure why the MPDG isn’t such a triumph for the ladies?
question of the day: Has there ever been a good sequel to a movie made over 10 years after the previous one?
Is there an expiration date on good sequels?
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: tweed jacket controversy!
I thought it was half distressing, half hilarious enough when I learned that very soon, you too would be able to own a very rare tweed jacket — complete with leather elbows! — just like the one Matt Smith wears on Doctor Who. But it gets worse…
inconsistent embargo ugliness rears its ugly head again with ‘X-Men: First Class’
I have not seen X-Men: First Class yet. I’ll see it tomorrow evening. Right around 24 hours from now, I will have an unbearable urge to send a tweet out to the Net as I emerge from my screening, to let you all know what my inital reaction is. And I will have to strangle that urge in a way that other critics haven’t had to…
