watch it: “Think Equal Ad: ‘Barring Equal’”
Part of BlueJersey’s marriage-equality campaign, which advocates for dispensing with the “civil union” nonsense and just letting everyone marry: via Americablog (Technorati tags: Think Equal)
Academy Award countdown: 5 days till Oscar
Casey Affleck, nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, has never been nominated for an Oscar before, but he did share an MTV Movie Award for Best Onscreen Team for 2001’s Ocean’s Eleven. (Click the DVD for a quote from his character.) (Buy … more…
‘Sarah Connor Chronicles’ blogging: “Dungeons & Dragons”
(previous: “Queen’s Gambit”) Ah, so that’s who shot poor Andy the computer guy! It was Derek Reese, sent back from the future on the mission by John Connor. But wait. If Andy is dead, how did he survive to get to the 2020s and be a part of Connor’s crew? Oh, okay, since we were … more…
Academy Award countdown: 6 days till Oscar
Tom Wilkinson, nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Michael Clayton, was previously nominated for Best Actor for his role in 2001’s In the Bedroom. (Click the DVD for a quote from his character.) (Buy In the Bedroom at Amazon.) (Read my review of In the Bedroom.) (Read my review of Michael Clayton.) … more…
my week at the movies: ‘Vantage Point,’ ‘Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day,’ ‘Flawless,’ ‘Married Life,’ ‘Snow Angels,’ ‘CJ7,’ ‘Paranoid Park’
The screening of Vantage Point [opens wide February 22] I was supposed to attend last week was cancelled at the last minute. I’d like to think that’s not a bad sign — I’ll find out this week, when I’ll finally see it. But I was able to replace it with a screening of Miss Pettigrew … more…
watch it: “Yes We Can – Barack Obama Music Video” and “john.he.is”
Oh, these kids today with their presidential candidates and their crazy rock ’n’ roll: And the inevitable response: Gots ta love teh Internets. (Technorati tags: Yes We Can, Barack Obama, John He Is, John McCain)
watch it: “High Tech Noon”
Awesome! Thanks to Dan Kimmel for pointing out this one. (Technorati tags: High Tech Noon)
Academy Award countdown: 7 days till Oscar
Philip Seymour Hoffman, nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Charlie Wilson’s War, won an Oscar for Best Actor in 2005’s Capote. (Click the DVD for a quote from his character.) (Buy Capote at Amazon.) (Read my review of Capote.) (Read my review of Charlie Wilson’s War.) (Technorati tags: Academy Award countdown, Oscar … more…
watch it: “Star Wars Paraphrase Theater: Tarkin n Friends”
From the wits at Paraphrase Theater: (Technorati tags: Star Wars, Paraphrase Theater)
Academy Award countdown: 8 days till Oscar
Saoirse Ronan, nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Atonement, has never been nominated for an Oscar before. (Click the DVD for a quote from her character.) (Atonement is estimated to be released on Region 1 DVD in March.) (Buy a Region 2 DVD of Atonement at Amazon UK.) (Read my review of … more…
