While I recover from the insanity of New York Comic Con this past weekend — and take some time to go through all the stuff and swag I collected and try to organize it all into cohesive blocks, the better to tell you about it — I’m doing just one screening this week: Made of … more…

I’ve closed comments on my review of the creationist propaganda film Expelled. And yes, I use that term — creationist propaganda film — quite deliberately. I’d hoped the discussion about the film and my review would be about, you know, the film and the issues it raises about how science and fact are warped in … more…

The Forbidden Kingdom A kung-fu-crazed kid from South Boston wakes up in medieval China, where he is tasked with a quest that involves visiting the Jade Warlord before he can return home. And Jackie Chan was there, and Jet Li, and flying monkeys (really!). There’s no yellow brick road or yappy little dog, but there … more…