Splice (review)
What if there were realms in which *woman* was not meant to meddle? It’s not as progressive as it sounds. But you knew that already.
trailer break: ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… It’s been more than two years since I decided that Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead is the best movie title ever, and now, finally, the movie itself is about to be released. If I’d seen the trailer before I’d fallen in love with the title, however, I’d … more…
question of the day: Hardly anyone went to the movies over Memorial Day weekend: why not?
Worst. Memorial Day. Evah. Well, not ever, but in 17 years. Which means that the last time the box office was this bad over this major weekend, most of Hollywood’s target audience hadn’t quite been born yet. Neither of the two big newcomers, would-be blockbusters Sex and the City 2 and Prince of Persia: The … more…
watch it: “Ignore Stephen Baldwin – Restore Joss Whedon”
What? Surely you cannot mean that you have not heard of the righteous effort to restore Stephen Baldwin to his proper place in Creation… and simultaneously bring some much-needed public glory to God? You see, Baldwin has been forsaken by the wicked, wicked world — and by the godless heathens of Hollywood — since be … more…
Get Him to the Greek (review)
Russell Brand is still the best thing here, but at least he gets to be onscreen a helluva lot more than he was in *Sarah Marshall.* Alas that onscreen just as often is Jonah Hill…
the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘Live Nude Comedy’
How much do you wanna bet that no comedians are nude here? Cuz who doesn’t want to see some pudgy naked guy shuffling around onstage while he bitches about how his girlfriend won’t go down on him, airline food sucks, and geez, these kids today, with their sexting? What’s that? No takers to my bet? … more…
trailer break: ‘Cyrus’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Oh dear. I’m ready to hate this, or I’m ready to love this. John C. Reilly is “Shrek,” but he still gets beautiful Marisa Tomei. Except she’s not “perfect,” because she had a life before him… or else she’s not “perfect” because she’s a freaky mom with … more…
question of the day: Now that Guillermo Del Toro has departed from the project, who should direct ‘The Hobbit’?
It was only this past Friday when learned that the Lord of the Rings prequel The Hobbit was stuck in preproduction limbo because of the disintegration of MGM, which holds some of the rights to the project. But all indications were that director Guillermo Del Toro was ready to go ahead as soon as the … more…
‘Doctor Who’ blogging: “Cold Blood”
Made of spoilers. Don’t read until you’ve seen the episode.
trailer break: ‘Ondine’
Take a break from work: watch a trailer… Ireland is absolutely lousy with mythical creatures, isn’t it? Given Neil Jordan’s filmography, though, perhaps we should expect this strange and beautiful mermaid/selkie/woman of the sea to actually be, I dunno, a shark in drag, perhaps? Ondine played theatrically in the U.K. earlier this year, and is … more…
