Mobile (review)
This British miniseries is a wild, outrageous ride through the conspiracy theories of the moment, wrapped in a paranoid, blow-’em-up, all-stops-out thriller.
watch it: “Could Stonehenge Be About To Give Up Some Of Its Secrets?”
From Britain’s Sky News, a bit of history:
prepare yourself: the American ‘Life on Mars’ is landing (and so is ‘Eleventh Hour’)
The American Life on Mars debuts tomorrow night at 10pm Eastern on ABC. I’m all stocked up on the liquor I’ll need to get through it. This “sneak preview” makes me cringe: It’s like a horrible nightmarish mirror image of the British show, kinda like how Tina Fey “imitates” Sarah Palin by simply saying exactly … more…
Patrick Stewart as a Time Lord?
The Sun says it’s so, with quotes from Stewart and everything, so it’s probably not total bullshit: ACTING legend Patrick Stewart is to make a giant leap across space — from Star Trek to Doctor Who. He has agreed to a major role in the Time Lord’s next series after teaming up with the Doctor … more…
a film and TV critic notes the details of the economic collapse
I traveled into Manhattan today for the first time since I returned home from England on Saturday. I was only away for 10 days, fer pete’s sake, and yet evidence of economic terror was suddenly everywhere. For one, two delis I visited in the theater district, hoping to pick up a soda to sneak into … more…
trailer break: ‘The End of America’
Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… Be afraid. Be very afraid. The End of America is screening at the Hamptons Film Festival later this month, and coming to DVD soon.
watch it: “Spinal Tap – Stonehenge”
Stonehenge-themed videos all this week…
the oh-no! DVD of the week: ‘Johnny Cash Christmas Special 1976-1979’
Now, I love Johnny Cash, but something about this terrifies me. Perhaps one Christmas special on its own would be fine, but the piling on of them just feels wrong. Did we learn nothing from the plague of 70s celebrity variety shows?
my week at the movies: ‘The Secret Life of Bees,’ ‘Body of Lies,’ ‘Good Dick,’ ‘Eagle Eye,’ ‘RocknRolla,’ ‘Religulous’
The jetlag is lingering — I’m wide awake at 3am, and ready to collapse by 5pm — but I’m forcing myself back into the swing of things with a full slate of movies. It’s South Carolina, 1964, and all cannot be well, can it? The Secret Life of Bees (opens wide October 17) is a … more…
‘Heroes’ blogging: “I Am Become Death”
(previous: Chapter Three: “One of Us, One of Them”) I can’t stand to fly I’m not that naive I’m just out to find The better part of me I’m more than a bird…i’m more than a plane More than some pretty face beside a train It’s not easy to be me Everyone thinks superheroes got … more…
