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This big-screen adaptation is based on an 80s cartoon, some fans are saying, but not really: it’s based on three fake singing forest rats from the 1950s. It’s hardcore evidence of what should have been a pop culture novelty gone disturbingly mainstream. Isn’t that enough?
See it: • Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [buy it]. From my review: Oh, there is magic here, but there’s nothing sweet or luminous about it. This is magic as power, as an expression of recognizable human impulses both noble and terrible… Yates… is an artist who makes television dramas about the … more…
It’s the end of the world as we know it — again — but Hollywood’s emphasis is horrifically, hauntingly different for this movie outing.
Another from necessary muckraker Robert Greenwald and his Brave New Films. Note: Henry Kravis is only the 57th richest person in the United States. Check out War on Greed for action ideas. Via Americablog (Technorati tags: Henry Kravis, Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films, War on Greed)
Part of series incorporating movie titles: Home viewing guidelines: Lights out, curled up, and gotta Pump up the volume
We are losing the Internet to the corporations: Via TruthDig. See Free Speech TV for more info. (Technorati tags: Robots Are Taking Over the Web)
Because I keep conflating the titles of The Bucket List and Charlie Wilson’s War into Charlie Bucket’s War… which could be a pretty cool movie: ‘Charlie Bucket’s War’: Corp’rate candy takeover? Willy’s heir fights back!
It’s that time of the year: critics like me are starting to put together our final best-of lists for the year. And the sad truth of the matter is that the content of those lists will consist mostly of movies released in the last month or two. (And some of those movies are ones we … more…
Buy it on iTunes and proceeds benefit Homes for Our Troops. Via Sideshow (Technorati tags: Billy Joel, Cass Dillon, Christmas In Fallujah)
I caught up on Stargate Atlantis this weekend — yeah, all of the fourth season so far, all 10 episodes. Used to be, back, in the day, this was appointment viewing for me … if I didn’t actually make a point to be home to watch it live on Friday nights (because that’s what dorks … more…
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