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…will hopefully no longer be turning up here. Because I just turned off another huge slew of hideous ads featuring fat bellies overhanging belts, cartoons of fat people turning slim because they ate some freakin’ junk with acai berries in it, terrifying before-and-after images of insecure guys who looked better before they pumped up, etc. … more…
Take a look back at an old trailer… I never, ever tire of this movie. I’ve memorized it — not deliberately, just through endless re-viewings. It has a quote for every occasion, from which springs a big chunk of my vernacular. I love love love this movie. That is all. My review is here. Ghostbusters … more…
Where is the networking and support for female filmmakers? Yup, it’s The Week in Women, my regular column over at the Alliance of Women Film Journalists. Enjoy.
Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But … more…
We know how it is: You’d like to go to the movies this weekend, but they won’t let you of the special hospital without a good reason. But you can have a multiplex-like experience right in your room with a collection of the right DVDs. And when someone asks you on Monday, “Hey, did you … more…
So, Obama runs down the outrages of the health insurance companies, yet doesn’t mention the obvious solution: Shut. Them. Down. We don’t need the health insurance companies. The purpose of health insurance companies is to turn a profit, not to provide health care — in fact providing health care is antithetical to the purpose of … more…
Are you watching the Olympics? I’m not. (If you have a suggestion for a QOTD/QOTW, feel free to email me. Responses to this QOTW sent by email will be ignored; please post your responses here.)
The things people do to their cats…
Friday fun! Here’s a screen capture from a DVD… and just to make things harder for 2010, this one is from a TV show which may or may not be in my collection (it’s sooo much easier to do screengrabs now that Netflix is streaming to my computer). Guess the TV show — you don’t … more…
I challenge anyone who sincerely believes that *The Blind Side* is a good film to take a look at this one and see how this kind of story is meant to be told.
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