The Forbidden Kingdom (review)

So a martial-arts-mad teen from South Boston goes into a Chinatown pawn shop, see. It’s pretty much the same little-bit-scary, little-bit-cool, loaded-with-interesting-old-junk Chinatown pawn shop that Hoyt Axton went into in *Gremlins* and came out with the cute, cuddly Mogwai, so you know some weird shit is in the offing.

newsflash: men have penises!

Shocking news from Hollywood! Individuals of the male half of the human species each apparently has an appendage of a sexual nature dangling between his legs. This breakthrough discovery has been made by the film Forgetting Sarah Marshall, as reported yesterday at the Internet Movie Database: In the latest exhibition of taboo busting, Jason Segel, … more…

I’m looking forward to: ‘Hancock’

Biggest box-office hero of Summer 2008? Yeah, maybe it’ll be Indiana Jones. Maybe it’ll be the cute animated robot Wall-E. But maybe — just maybe — it’ll be Will Smith as the superantihero Hancock: Smith’s got the upcoming Fourth of July weekend to himself, which is probably a wise thing: Smith has been the king … more…

‘Doctor Who’ is evil

Apparently I was wrong when I said that the entirety of England has gone geeky over Doctor Who. From Wiltshire Times and Chippenham News: A TROWBRIDGE Christian who renounced the evil of Dr Who in favour of his religion is selling his collection on internet auction website eBay. Simon White, 47, became obsessed with Dr … more…

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Just one of the many Forgetting Sarah Marshall ads that have been seen around New York City over the last few weeks: They others all have the same tone. (Technorati tags: Forgetting Sarah Marshall)

‘Battlestar Galactica’ blog carnival

TV journalist Amy Vernon, who was blog-carnivaling online coverage of Jericho, is now doing the same thing for the final season of Battlestar Galactica. So after you’ve checked out my discussion of last Friday night’s episode, head over to So Say We All to read what other thinkers on TV sci-fi are saying.