bias update: January 10

obsession: Canadian TV (and film) (because I’m hungry for something new and good) boyfriend: Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes (sexiest Holmes ever) psyched: The Wolfman (because I adore Benicio Del Toro) girl crush: Vera Farmiga in Up in the Air (because she’s too cool) dreading: Tooth Fairy (The Rock, where is your dignity?) enemy: … more…

Spike TV ad dudes think women are disembodied tits…

…and that that’s what men want. Bitching about this Entourage ad campaign is part of my just-posted Week in Women column, but I thought it was worth repeating here, because of the coincidence that ads from the campaign have begun showing up at FlickFilosopher.com. I’ve been seeing ads like this one all over New York … more…

retro trailer: ‘Clash of the Titans’ 1981

Take a look back at an old trailer… Oh, man, did I love this movie as a teenager. My brothers and I must have borrowed the VHS from the library dozens of times — we never tired of watching it. I wonder if it’s really as goofy as this trailer makes it seem. (Please o … more…

apology to Edmund Druilhet, filmmaker

In response to a Web Video of the Day I posted back in April, I just received this email from the maker of that video, who also appears in it: Subject: MarryAnn URGENT, Criminal,Unlawful Slander of me take it off now!!!!!!!! Edmund Druilhet MaryAnn Johanson, I am Edmund Druilhet, Producer Madoff, Made off with America … more…

watch it: the 1/9/10 weekly address from President Barack Obama

Mr. President, with all due respect, fuck you very much. In February 2008, the Obama campaign ran this ad against Hillary Clinton (via Dead Horse): If Obama recognized in early 2008 that individual mandates are bad — and they are, unless the insurance corporations are stringently regulated, as they are in other countries that require … more…