watch it: “Ms. Pac Man: Feminist Hero”
Girlz rool, even when they’re just yellow pixels: From Mark & Ari, and via Feministe (Technorati tags: Ms Pac Man, feminist hero)
daily list: what 10 celebs did before they were famous
Newsflash! Apparently some guy called David Hernandez who’s appearing on the modern Gong Show known as American Idol has been revealed to have been a stripper! Shocking! Unbelievable! Because there’s nothing at all exhibitionist about American Idol. Who’da thunk that someone willing to put himself through such ritual humiliation in front of millions of total … more…
‘Jericho’ blogging: “Oversight”
(previous: “Jennings & Rall”) Okay, so I was right to fear for Bonnie. But the poor girl never even got a chance to leave town. Oh, man… Horrible way for Stanley to learn, but maybe he gets it now: that things aren’t like they used to be, that corrupt politicians and evil corporations have gone … more…
watch it: “Scott Bakula – Imagine”
This might be my favorite bit ever from the old TV show Quantum Leap: Scott Bakula – ImagineUploaded by Knightrdr (Technorati tags: Scott Bakula, Imagine, Quantum Leap)
daily list: 10 things to do while waiting for the robot holocaust
Still no news from Fox as to whether The Sarah Connor Chronicles will be renewed for next season, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t things we can be doing now to postpone Judgment Day — or prevent it entirely — as well as prepare ourselves for the possibility of having to fight an uprising of … more…
‘Sarah Connor Chronicles’ blogging: “Vick’s Chip”/“What He Beheld”
(previous: “The Demon Hand”) Man, I hate it when a network promotes a season finale as a two-hour spectacular or something and then it turns out to be just two one-hour episodes smashed up against each other. What a cheat. Well, not really — these were two pretty good episodes. But could be this is … more…
my week at the movies: ’10,000 B.C.,’ ‘Paranoid Park,’ ‘Horton Hears a Who,’ ‘Sleepwalking,’ ‘Under the Same Moon’
I’m really hoping to get a kick out of 10,000 B.C. [opens wide March 7], because I loved sabertooth tigers and giant sloths and woolly mammoths and all those Ice Age creatures when I was a kid. It’s be nice to see a decent movie set in that period. I don’t honestly think this is … more…
Canvas (review)
Recipient of numerous film festival awards and praised by mental health experts for its authentic and humanistic portrayal of schizophrenia, this modest film is a must-see for its honesty and its fine, graceful performances.
Dedication (review)
There’s a reason why we don’t often see the black comedy combined with the romantic comedy: it rarely works.
mainstream Hollywood media: it is to laugh
Sometimes, ya just gotta scream. Media by Numbers, the home of “lead box-office analyst Paul Dergarabedian [who] has been the industry’s most widely respected and widely quoted expert for nearly 15 years,” a site that purports to offer us “unique insights… [e]xpert commentary and analysis…”, has this to say about this past weekend’s box office: … more…
