Friday night fortune cookie: Lloyd Dobler says…
“If you start out depressed everything’s kind of a pleasant surprise.”
Year: 2011
what am I keeping? my good china
One of the things that I absolutely could not bear to part with is the set of china I bought years ago: I hardly ever used it, but somehow it feels like it defines me, or at least a part of me…
Country Strong (review)
There’s solid workmanship and an authentic emotional muscle in this movie. I was startled to find myself overwhelmed, eventually, by its ragged charms and its rough-edged vision of female power and pain.
2011’s films ranked
I rank 2011’s new theatrical releases on the fly…
Season of the Witch (review)
The screenplay is like a transcription of a Dungeons and Dragons session: better hope you make a high saving throw during the wolf attack in Wormwood Forest! The “performances” are like clueless imitations of Monty Python by actors who don’t understand comedy. And those are its good points.
Disqus is down…
…and it’s not anything I have any control over…
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: Alex Kingston on Craig Ferguson
Alex Kingston — aka Dr. River Song — appeared on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson last night, and here’s the video to prove it…
question of the day: What will the first great movie of 2011 be?
Hint: It’s not Season of the Witch…
trailer break: ‘Sucker Punch’
Hey, it’s a newfangled chicks-in-prison exploitation flick! We haven’t had one of those in a while.
