question of the day: Is social entertainment making us more passive?
Here I was thinking that the Internet and social media were making us all more active consumers of entertainment. Seems I might have been wrong…
Year: 2011
deep thought (re trying to protect my eco-karma)
There are not enought trash bins on the streets, tube and rail platforms, and other public byways of London.
Christian Bale ranting again; Keith Olbermann goes to Current; Morgan Spurlock, plagiarist?; more: leftover links
Plus: more trouble for Broadway’s ‘Spider-man’; what’s so hot about crazy chicks?; does journalism have a surprising savior?; more…
question of the weekend: How much should we protect uncontacted tribes?
It’s hard to imagine that there are some people living so remotely on planet Earth that they’ve still had no contact with the rest of the world. But the BBC recently released this clip from an episode of its series Human Planet featuring footage of what is supposedly the last uncontacted community of people, in the Amazon…
Saturday cute: ‘Law and Order: SVU’ valentines
Because nothing says “I love you” like a greeting from the tough-as-nails NYPD squad that hunts down sex offenders…
Friday night fortune cookie: H.I. McDunnough says…
“There’s what’s right and there’s what’s right and never the twain shall meet.”
cinematic roots of: ‘Justin Bieber: Never Say Never’
In Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, the reincarnation of an ancient demigod of music casts a spell over entire nations, and promises to bring peace to the planet, if only all those teenage girls would stop rioting. This flick sprang from (among other films)…
deep thought (re things that may once have looked cool onscreen but no longer do)
I am very very very tired of the “heroic badass slo-mo walk away from explosion.” Time to invent a new cliché, hack directors. Thank you.
question of the day: Has a movie ever changed your life?
It’s a question that’s simple to ask, but difficult to answer…
trailer break: ‘Jane Eyre’
Hey, here’s an idea: What if Mr. Rochester were a vampire? It might make a mopey tragic Victorian novel gone cinematic (again) appeal more to the kids.
