Fly Me to the Moon (review)

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My eyes are still burning from this painfully misbegotten attempt to… I don’t know what. Bring back the horrible racial, cultural, and gender stereotypes of the 1960s? Creep out audiences with a depiction of weirdly, disturbingly human-ish flies the likes of which we haven’t seen since the tiny head of that mad scientist squeeked out … more…

the hacktacular “journalists” of ‘Swing Vote’

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There’s an odd bit of nonsense in the ends credits of Swing Vote: The CNN Journalist portrayed is a fictitious character I’m not sure which character this is meant to refer to. I suspect it’s the TV news reporter played by Paula Patton, the one who befriends Molly, the little girl, but she’s not a … more…

trailer break: ‘The Haunting of Molly Hartley’

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Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… MTV Music Videos MTV Shows Entertainment News 1) I have sinned. 2) Usually I’m pretty good at flirting. 3) I can’t believe someone actually thought that line about what high school can be was worth running with. Unbelievable. 4) Who is named “Chace”? I mean, really. … more…

how does this happen?

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How does an outlet like Reel Suave get such a prominent link at the IMDB? The site has lots of prominent links at IMDB as a “news source.” I don’t begrudge anybody their links. But this review wrongly credits Ethan Coen as a screenwriter — it’s Etan Cohen, a completely different person — and worse, … more…

dream cast: hypothetical ‘Back to the Future’ remake

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It’s Thursday, so it’s time to remake an 80s classic TV show or movie with an all-new cast. This week: Back to the Future, the classic 1985 Robert Zemeckis science fiction comedy about a time-travelling high schooler who accidentally changes his family’s past… and so threatens to wipe himself out of existence. The original cast … more…

trailer break: ‘Blindness’

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Take a break from work: watch a movie trailer… It’s Children of Men, except everyone’s blind instead of infertile. Neat. I do so crave smart science fiction: I hope this qualifies. I love the cast: Don McKellar, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Gael Garcia Bernal, Sandra Oh, and Danny Glover. Nice. And it’s from director Fernando … more…