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Are you sitting down? Kenneth Branagh — Kenneth Branagh — is in talks with Marvel Comics to bring the superhero Thor to the big screen. Branagh’s the last person I’d have thought of to take on a comic-book movie, but the more I think on it, the more I like it. Comic books are serious … more…
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Ah, Christ, how gut-wrenching is this one gonna be? The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas — aka The Boy in the Striped Pajamas in the U.S. — is now playing in the U.K., and opens in the U.S. in limited release on November 7.
I was sorta dreading Sex Drive (opens wide in the U.S. October 17; opens in the U.K. January 9, 2009) — which is about a high school student who drives across the country to have sex with a woman he only knows from the Internet — until I discovered that it’s the first big film … more…
Shot on a cell phone: (via KarmaTube)
I understand that in hard times, people just want something silly to entertain them. But Beverly Hills Chihuahua? Really? 1. Beverly Hills Chihuahua: $17.5 million (dropping 40% in its 2nd week) 2. Quarantine: $14.2 million (NEW) 3. Body of Lies: $13.1 million (NEW) 4. Eagle Eye: $11 million (3rd week) 5. Nick & Norah’s Infinite … more…
Oh yes, I bought DVDs during my recent trip to the U.K. A rundown: • The Complete Black Books: Series 1, 2 & 3: A comedy about people who work in a bookstore. I’ve been hearing about this for ages and have been dying to see it. And now it’s all mine. Bwahahahahaha! (Turns out … more…
Please don’t consider this a review. I saw the very first preview of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s new production of Love’s Labour’s Lost. This was the very first time the company was performing the play in front of an audience, and it was obvious, at least to someone like me, with experience not just as … more…
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… It’s the Rage virus meets the housing crisis. I hear there are some apartments going cheap in Los Angeles… Quarantine opens today, without benefit of press screenings.
Friday fun! Here’s a screen capture from one of the DVDs in my collection (and it’s definitely from a movie, not a TV show). Guess the movie for fun and, well, fun. No prizes, just bragging rights. But hey: one guess per comment — no fair hogging all the guesses.
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