retro trailer: ‘Red Dawn’

Take a look back at an old trailer… Kill a Commie for Mommy… and for McDonald’s. Ah, the right-wing paranoid fantasies of the 80s were so cute. Red Dawn is available on DVD in Region 1 from Amazon.com and from Amazon.ca and in Region 2 from Amazon U.K.

ah, Venice!

Doctor Who: “Vampires of Venice” should be wrapped up on BBC One by now. Don’t spoil here! My blogging shall be speeding to the Net with all due haste…

damn those PR-driven murderous film critics, anyway

First there was the guy who thinks film critics are “high society.” And now there’s Zennie Abraham, who believes that the reason that reviews of Iron Man 2 aren’t more glowing than they are is because, well, just read it and boggle: Iron Man 2 and Scarlett Johansson were awesome! This blogger has no idea … more…

question of the weekend: If Amazon (and other online retailers) are forced to collect sales tax from you, will that change your online shopping habits?

An editorial this week in The New York Times commented on Amazon.com’s current fight with the state of North Carolina, which is battling the retailer over the issue of collecting state sales tax. Right now, the law is that only if an online retailer has a physical presence in a state — such as offices … more…

bias update: May 7

obsession: Doctor Who (because it now goes to 11) boyfriend: Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man 2 (because I’d love to hear him say to me, “You complete me,” even if that line from the trailer didn’t make it into the movie) psyched: Robin Hood (because Russell Crowe will surely be the least merry Merry … more…