question of the weekend: Why are there no male muses?
The notion of women inspiring men to make art seems ‘normal,’ but the converse — men inspiring women to make art — is just about unheard of…
Friday night fortune cookie: Andy Dufresne says…
“Hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.”
watch it: “Happy Inside” (the Ikea 100 cats commercial)
One hundred cats roam the Ikea store in Wembley, England, in one of the most effective ads for anything I’ve ever seen.
Easy A (review)
The secret is out: Hollywood knows how to make movies about authentic female human beings. It just chooses not to do so 97 percent of the time.
‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: “Alternate Empire” Episode 2
The next installment in a fan film that’s also a crossover with the Star Wars universe…
screencap Friday: what the flick? #141 — now with prizes!
Friday fun! Here’s a screen capture from a TV show on DVD. Guess the TV show — you don’t need to guess the episode, just the show.
trailer break: ‘Waiting for ‘Superman’’
Education in the United States sucks. But worrying about it is left to lefty progressive documentary filmmakers in niche arthouse films. WTF?
question of the day: On October 30, will you attend Jon Stewart’s Rally to Restore Sanity or Stephen Colbert’s March to Keep Fear Alive?
As Colbert often says, We’re at war: pick a side. I hope the DC police are ready for this.
watch it: 1960s Newport cigarette commercial
Ah, no! The happy beach smokers are jumping out of the TV!
you’re not helping: Casey Affleck admits ‘I’m Still Here’ is a put-on
Just the other day, I asked whether the likes of Casey Affleck and his is-it-real-or-is-it-fake documentary I’m Still Here was contributing to the loss of trust in our institutions. Turns out, he is.
