my week at the movies: ‘Che,’ ‘Zack and Miri Make a Porno,’ ‘Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa,’ ‘Waltz with Bashir,’ ‘Splinter’

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How’s this for a movie marathon? On December 12 in New York and Los Angeles, IFC Films will release the “full roadshow version” of Che, Steven Soderbergh’s epic biopic of Che Guevara, for which star Benicio Del Toro won the Best Actor award at Cannes this year. On Friday, I’m gonna sit through all five … more…

RocknRolla (review)

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Guy Ritchie would surprise us if he surprised us. *RocknRolla,* his latest mockney crime caper, is exactly what you expect it to be. Hell, it’s exactly what you *want* it to be…

watch it: “Wassup 2008”

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Countdown to Election 2008. More political stuff all this week on “web video of the day.” Tune out if you can’t take it. In case you’ve forgotten the original: Just to be clear, I don’t highlight these videos out of any overwhelming admiration for Barack Obama — I’ll not be voting for him next week … more…

War, Inc. (review)

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No extras on the *War, Inc.* DVD? Really? I was so hoping for something — a commentary track, a making-of — that would help me understand why this seeming can’t-miss satire misses.

bias update

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obsession: Hamlet; not any particular movie version of it, just the play itself… and every movie version of it (still more of my summer of David Tennant and Hamlet to come, and yes, I know it’s now autumn) boyfriend: Lee Pace in Pushing Daisies (cuz he’s just the cutest thing ever) psyched: Quantum of Solace … more…

giving up on ‘Life on Mars’

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At least on writing about it, after Thursday night’s episode, which I just caught up with. It’s really mysterious, I must say. I’m Sam’s age. I lived in New York City in 1973, just as American Sam did, and so I’m supposedly getting a little glimpse into my own past, just like American Sam is. … more…

WARNING ! STOLEN BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL ! Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2007! regarding Scarlett Johansson (actress)

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Alert! I received an update by email this morning from “Serge G” (I assume this is a pseudonym, considering the sensitive nature of the information he is disseminating) regarding the situation with Scarlett Johansson. (She’s a clone, you know — the story began in May here.) Serge has this to reveal: Hello dear Ladies and … more…

just when you thought TV couldn’t get any worse

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Please, someone make them stop. From Variety: Broadcasters continue to raid network and studio vaults in search of old favorites to dust off. For starters, NBC is plotting a modern-day “The Partridge Family,” while CBS is looking at reviving “Hawaii Five-O” and “The Streets of San Francisco.” More recently, the CW turned to one of … more…